by | Jul 2, 2020 | Amicus, Housing, Human Rights, Legislation, Poverty and Economic Justice, Racial Justice
Photo Credit: Steve Richey/StockSnap The fight for Black lives is not a monolith. In fact, the past few months have made it abundantly clear that strategizing a sustainable movement for defending Black lives means that allies must remain cognizant of other systems...
by | Jun 29, 2020 | Amicus, Congress, Criminal Justice, Legal History, Legislation, Policing and Law Enforcement, Racial Justice
Photo credit: Getty Images. Months before his death, Thurgood Marshall warned about apathy in the interminable American pursuit of forming a more perfect union. The Supreme Court justice was born into Jim Crow and built his career upon making racial segregation,...
by | May 1, 2020 | Amicus, Human Rights, Legislation, Reproductive Rights, Sex Equality
Photo by Luke Jones on Unsplash Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic just a few short months ago, the entire world has been in an uproar. Globally, the virus has killed over 200,000 people, and has infected over 2.8 million. The virus has had a staggering negative...
by | Apr 29, 2020 | Amicus, Congress, Executive Branch, Legislation, Sex Equality
Photo by lucia on Unsplash The past decade has seen women making great strides in the realm of politics. During the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton was the first woman in history to be nominated for President of the United States by a major political party...
by | Apr 27, 2020 | Amicus, Legislation, LGBTQ Rights
Photo by Rosemary Ketchum from Pexels Most Americans have probably at least heard of conversion therapy, a broad term encompassing various dangerous practices aimed at changing the gender identity or sexual orientation of an individual. These practices have...
by | Apr 23, 2020 | Amicus, Criminal Justice, Executive Branch, Legislation, Reproductive Rights
Photo credit: Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune The spread of coronavirus and the COVID-19 pandemic that came with it has raised countless problems in the areas of education, public health, economic policy, elections, and more. An additional issue overlaying all of these...