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
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.
10 ways Trump has hurt minorities
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
The battle within between dispassion and empathy
I had been planning on writing yet another article decrying the afflictive double standard and dog whistle politics of the term “terrorism.” Saturday, thousands
Happy Birthday
In a few weeks, I turn 20. People keep telling me how young I am— how my life is just beginning. But today I
What My B.A. Didn’t Teach Me, But I Learned Anyway
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.
The Many Threats to Democracy under Trump
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
Muslim women and the power of representation
I distinctly remember as a child once telling my mother I was divided into “half Muslim and half American,” as if there was no
How to be a better, more active citizen in the Trump era
For me, 2017 has been marred with the knowledge that it ushers in the era of Trump. The incoming administration has promised to push
Dear white liberals freaked out by the election: Welcome to my world
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
London Has Fallen: An abhorrent movie, fueled by American exceptionalism, testosterone, and xenophobia
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