By: Holly Ji
Juneteenth is an important day for many Black people, as it marks the day slaves heard the news of emancipation in Galveston, Texas. Although on the surface, recognizing the holiday may feel like good news, it also demonstrates how surface-level the government is willing to go for Black liberation.
Read MoreBy: Sarah Son
What is Ethnic Studies? Ethnic Studies is a program that aims to develop fundamental skills in critical and global thinking, as well as an understanding of the interactions of race, class, gender, and sexuality in the experiences of a range of social groups.
Read MoreBy: Bobin Park
To the surprise of absolutely no one, being Asian in America is different from being Asian in Asia. As someone with the experience of being Asian for a span of fifteen years, I can attest to that. And, as someone who is a fifteen-year-old girl with Asian heritages, it stirred up strong emotions inside me when I got a post from my school counselor about the spa shootings in Atlanta.
Read Moreby Elliana Polyak
Although private prisons account for a small overall percentage of America’s incarcerated population, they have grown at a disproportionate rate, with an astounding 1600 percent increase in their populations from 1990 to 2005. When it comes to cost and quality, are private prisons better or worse than public prisons?
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