As the American economy becomes increasingly concentrated in a handful of large metropolitan areas, housing has become an ever-pressing issue as longtime residents and new arrivals compete for housing stock that in many cities has not kept up with population growth and demand. While this phenomenon is seen in cities across the country from Austin […]
Donald Trump has been president for a little over a year and when it comes spectacle he has not disappointed. Due to the intense pressure and dissatisfaction of serving under such a temperamental and volatile executive, over 60 percent of the senior management at the State Department had already resigned within 90 days of Trump’s […]
A Salvadoran immigrant teen was imprisoned by ICE and is now facing deportation charges after becoming an MS-13 gang informant, revealing a string of murders in Long Island, NY. Henry, the mononym that protects his identity, worked with U.S authorities for a year to turn in a few of his classmates that were killing fellow […]
On March 18, 2018, Sacramento police officers confronted Stephon Clark, leading to yet another fatal conclusion [1]. The two officers chased the unarmed 22-year old into his grandmother’s backyard and unleashed a deadly barrage, firing twenty shots and hitting Clark eight times. Unfortunately, this is but one of several deadly police interactions with black men […]
On March 6th the trial deciding the validity of Kansas’ ‘documented proof of citizenship’ or DPOC law began [1]. The case Fish v. Kobach is seeking relief for plaintiffs who according to the ACLU were erroneously preventing from registering to vote under the DPOC law implemented in 2013 [2]. The complaint filed by the ACLU […]
Parkland, Sutherland Springs, Las Vegas, Pulse, Charleston, San Bernardino. In each of these mass shooting cases, the perpetrator(s) of the crimes obtained their guns and ammunition legally and used them to kill and injure scores of people in public places ranging from schools and churches to offices and nightclubs. While popular debate continues to foment […]
