Mass Incarceration a Perpetuator of Crime, Not a Solution
Blessing Falade | Class of ’18 | February 26th, 2016 Michelle Alexander’s book, The New Jim Crow, is a call-to-action for our nation to draw attention to the role of the criminal justice system in perpetuating and developing a racial hierarchy in the US. Many...
Health is a Habit
Akhil Surapaneni | Class of ’18 | February 22, 2016 Every single year, I have the same conversation with my dentist. She asks me, “Have you been flossing?” “Nope. I keep forgetting to”, I respond. “You know, you’re lucky that you haven’t gotten any cavities...
Flagrant Health Inequalities Affecting Overlooked Populations
Anna Klineberg | Class of ’17 | February 18th, 2016 Imagine a family: a mother, a father, two to three kids. They live in a home with two bedrooms, and a small yard out back. When the family walks outside, they have a straight view of the industrial plants and...
Gender Equality: Better Off Today But Still Far From Success
Cyndie Wu | Class of ’17 | February 12, 2016 For centuries, men are more likely to participate in labor force and are more favored in better jobs than women. This phenomenon has been true not only in the United States but also around the world. Reasons lie...
Educational Inequality: A problem of Rich vs Poor
Josh Rahman | Class of ’17 | February 8, 2016 Though access to sufficient means of education has improved over the past half-century, a 20-point gap in graduation rates between African-American and White students still exists in the United States today. But the...Subscribe by Email
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