The other day, I overheard a conversation between a teacher and a few students; they were “discussing” another teacher who apparently allowed her four
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.
Lesser-known heroes of the civil rights movement
We’ve all heard the timeworn speeches eulogizing the 16th president of our great nation for his iconoclastic measures to end slavery and admired his
Rule of law? MO executes a man while his appeal is pending
The Bill of Rights may have been passed over 220 years ago, but it seems to still not have been fully enacted. “Missouri executed
Why women do not love Huckabee
Well, clearly, someone did not learn from Todd Akin. As if the Republican Party really had any leeway for chauvinistic comments after Akin’s “legitimate
How American is “American”?
Before we start, I have a little… activity. Close your eyes. Well, maybe not; I need you to keep reading. Anyway. In your mind’s
The devolution of feminism
It saddens me that feminism has come to be associated with elderly Cat Ladies condemning the oppressive institution of matrimony in their solitary existence,
I’m graduating from high school, but what has school actually prepared me for?
I will graduate high school knowing how to take the derivative of complicated logarithmic equations. I will not graduate high school knowing how to
5 myths about Muslims, Islam and jihad
In the wake of the recent attempted suicide bombing at the Wichita airport, I fear a new resurgence of Islamophobic sentiment. The actions of
“Un-american”
“That’s un-american!” Pardon? “Un-american?” I type the word with as much scorn as physically possible. It has no meaning. None. How could it when