Time In Prison During A Pandemic Should Not Be A Death Sentence
As states shut down and people in the U.S. are urged to quarantine, questions arise about what is going on in prisons across the country. At San Quentin State Prison in California, for example, family members expressed safety concerns after transferred inmates were not tested upon arrival and later tested positive for COVID-19. Relatives claim that […]
The Price of Educational Success
Everyone has heard that “education is the key to success,” though at what cost? Recently with at home Advanced Placement (AP) exams, many students have complaints about not being able to upload their test. The previous 3 hour long exam has been shortened to a 45 minute free response exam due to the current COVID-19 […]
The Negative Mental Effects of COVID-19
The Hidden Pandemic Within COVID-19 The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the world, and resulted in a tremendous shift in almost everyone’s life. Due to safety precautions, non-essential businesses had to close, and schools moved to remote learning. Because of these closures, many people either began working/learning from home, or were let go from their jobs. […]
Vaccine Nationalism: The Race To A Solution
As the coronavirus pandemic spreads and new cases continue to rise, the world is waiting for the vaccine that will help restore economies, prevent further deaths, and enable life to continue. An effective vaccine will hopefully end the coronavirus, but this solution may come with its own set of issues. Even once the world discovers […]
The Social Economic Impact of COVID-19 in the U.S.
COVID-19 has immensely affected the world in ways we never thought. Across the nation, more than 4 million people have suffered from the virus. Many countries have been able to recover, but the United States, a fully-developed country, has failed to sustain not only its rise in cases but also its social economics. COVID-19 has […]
The ICE Foreign Student Policy Should Be Rescinded
The ICE Foreign Student Policy On July 6th of 2020, the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released a new policy targeted towards foreign college students. This policy was formed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in worldwide shut downs and quarantine. Some of the many businesses that shut down were schools and […]
Congress Needs to Extend the Federal Unemployment Relief Plan
The Original Plan In order to manage the spike in unemployment due to COVID-19, the federal government granted an additional $600 per week to unemployed Americans. This $600 is in addition to a usually meager weekly amount provided by state unemployment services. Over the last few months, this additional money has been incredibly helpful to […]
The Impact of the Coronavirus
Did you know that the coronavirus is affecting people in many ways? I will be talking about one main impact, the economic impact. The coronavirus is affecting people economically in a negative way because people are losing jobs, places are losing money and people are having to pay more money. Would you really want this […]
COVID-19’s Amplification of Systematic Racism in Poor Communities
While the current U.S. economy is in the works of recovery, many families have to deal with the loss of family members, jobs, and homes. So many families have been affected by COVID-19. However, the impact COVID-19 has on families who were already struggling compared to high-income communities is staggeringly high. Social inequities in low-income […]
Staying At Home When There Is None
No Place To Go With so much happening in our world today, the news can be overwhelming as well as misleading. Inaccurate information compared with reality’s reports reveal the roots of inequity that grip the widespread American issue of homelessness, which has only worsened with the COVID-19 pandemic. During the pandemic, shelters are inadequate to […]