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As last weekend's End Family Separation/Keep Families Together marches across the country commenced in the name of our current administration's policies of tearing apart immigrant families accused of being in America without documentation, activists are adamant in protesting the inhumanity of...

Millennials-- the population of young people born between 1981 and 1996-- have had every insult thrown at them by older generations: accusations of laziness, apathy and entitlement are common for a youth that is believed to have had it far easier with a wealth of technology and not having lived...

Pride Month is in full swing as NYC abounds in rainbow flags and anticipation for the upcoming Pride March. New York has been a center of revolution for gay rights; the story of the Stonewall Riot in 1969 led by LGBTQ people of color, including Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera and many more, is...

Poverty and the criminal justice system are inextricably linked, and have been for centuries. From the days of convict leasing where newly emancipated southern African-Americans were subject to hard labor after being jailed for minor crimes for the benefit of industrialists and landowners, to the...

Over the past few weeks, everyone with an email account has been receiving an influx of messages from companies whose newsletters they've probably thoughtlessly subscribed to regarding privacy policies. GDPR, or General Data Protection Regulation, was created by the European Union as governance over...

This week, the NFL announced that it will penalize players on the field if they don't stand for the National Anthem in light of former San Francisco 49ers' quarterback Colin Kaepernick who kneeled in protest against racial injustice and police brutality and Trump's referral to kneeling athletes as...

May marks Haitian Heritage Month, a time of celebration for a country that has endured its share of tragedy and injustice. The poorest country in the western hemisphere, Haiti has endured natural disasters, corrupt government, outside forces interfering with the country's democracy, Haitian...

May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month where we celebrate Asian history in America and around the globe. Asians are the largest racial population in the entire world and comprise of nearly 6% of America’s population, but in the States, their representation in the media is close to invisible...

This past week saw the long-awaited premiere of Marvel Cinematic Universe's The Avengers: Infinity War. Featuring the original gangster Avengers, the third installment also included the newest members of the tribe, including Black Panther, Guardians of the Galaxy, Dr. Strange and Spiderman (alias...