What can be done to make The United States of America a more equal and equitable society? In 1961, President John F. Kennedy established, through…
Posts published in “Human Rights, Health and Social Justice”
Censure: The New Response to Opposition
More than 500 bills, laws, and acts have been introduced in recent months targeting the LGBTQ+ community. All 50 states have seen them and debated…
A Cold War Turned Hot: An Ever Expanding Front
As Russia ramps up its invasion into Ukraine, more evidence has surfaced of the Russian military’s disregard for conventional “rules of war.” For the Chechneans,…
Humanitarian Aid in Ukraine
At 5:55 pm on August 4, 2020, in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, there was a massive chemical explosion at a warehouse containing thousands of…
The Ukrainian Refugee Crisis
According to a statement put out by the United Nations at the beginning of April 2022, over 12 million Ukrainians have been displaced due to…
War Crimes in Ukraine
Warning: References mature topics such as sexual violence and murder Russian troops invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Since then, numerous allegations of war crimes…
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest
The Amazon rainforest, an essential piece of the planet––spanning nine South American countries––makes up half of the world’s remaining tropical forests. Sixty percent of the…
Journalist Murders in Mexico
The first six weeks of 2022 have been the deadliest for journalists in Mexico since 2012. Five journalists have been murdered since the start of…
Poland’s Immigration Crisis
Poland has had a fraught immigration policy throughout its post-communist history. Following World War II, and occupied by the Soviet Union, Poland was a satellite…
Can the U.S and the West convince Russia to stay away from Ukraine?
Following the demise of the Soviet Union at the end of the Cold War, Russia and Ukraine have maintained a complicated and tense relationship. Russia…