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Author: Hafsa

Hafsa has BAs in International Human Rights and Political Science. She is studying public interest law and hopes to use her education to empower survivors of domestic violence and dismantle institutionalized racism by restoring dignity to the marginalized.
Better deal

Dems’ Better Deal: Courting white voters, abandoning social justice

August 14, 2017 Hafsa 2018 Election, Charity & Justice, Democrats Leave a comment

Since the harrowing, soul-crushing Democratic defeat in the 2016 elections (and ever since), liberals have been desperately wracking their beleaguered brains trying to devise

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minorities

10 ways Trump has hurt minorities

August 14, 2017 Hafsa Trump Leave a comment

It’s not all that surprising that a man who began his presidential campaign saying Mexicans were rapists and drug dealers— who then went on

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London van incident

The battle within between dispassion and empathy

June 21, 2017 Hafsa Civil liberties, Civil Rights, Human Rights, Immigration, International, Terrorism, Violence Leave a comment

I had been planning on writing yet another article decrying the afflictive double standard and dog whistle politics of the term “terrorism.” Saturday, thousands

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Don't Shoot

Happy Birthday

June 1, 2017 Hafsa Children, Civil liberties, Crime/Violence, Guns, Justice, LGBT, Police, Public safety, Uncategorized, Violence One comment

In a few weeks, I turn 20. People keep telling me how young I am— how my life is just beginning. But today I

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MLK

What My B.A. Didn’t Teach Me, But I Learned Anyway

May 29, 2017 Hafsa Activism, Education, Human Rights, Justice 2 comments

I just graduated, but as I’ve been reflecting on how it has shaped me, I realized my most important lessons came outside the classroom.

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Democracy in Crisis

The Many Threats to Democracy under Trump

May 23, 2017 Hafsa Democracy, Politics, Trump One comment

Since at least February, I’ve been making cavalier jokes about how our Supreme Leader Donald Trump may spell the end of American democracy as

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Muslim women and the power of representation

January 22, 2017 Hafsa Civil liberties, Widgets: Women, Women Leave a comment

I distinctly remember as a child once telling my mother I was divided into “half Muslim and half American,” as if there was no

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How to be a better, more active citizen in the Trump era

January 11, 2017 Hafsa 2016 Election, Activism, Politics Leave a comment

For me, 2017 has been marred with the knowledge that  it ushers in the era of Trump. The incoming administration has promised to push

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Dear white liberals freaked out by the election: Welcome to my world

December 18, 2016 Hafsa 2016 Election 6 comments

Dear White liberals: I’ve heard that this 2016 election really hit you hard. That it was a “wake-up call.” You’ve told me “I never

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London Has Fallen: An abhorrent movie, fueled by American exceptionalism, testosterone, and xenophobia

August 18, 2016 Hafsa Literature/Arts/Film Leave a comment

I’ll admit, most terrorism/spy/war/national defense movies of the past decade anger me for a dozen or so different reasons, not the least of which

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