Zero Tolerance Policy- What Should Be Done?
Introduction According to CNN news, current president Donald Trump’s ‘Zero Tolerance Policy’ is to prosecute anyone who enters or re-enters to the United States. This would mean that immigrant children are to be separated from their parents at the border regardless of how they come (legally or illegally) here. Trump’s policy derived from two former […]
The Only Way to Draw the Puppet Show’s Curtains: Vote!
The Helsinki Summit Explained On July 16, 2018, President Trump rounded off his European sojourn with a clandestine meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland. Through personal diplomacy, President Trump hoped to reform broken relations with one of the world’s nuclear power holders and discuss solutions over global issues such as Syria, Crimea, […]
Rising Hate Crimes: A Symptom of Trump?
Rising Hate Crimes It’s startling to see a hike in hate crimes in California. The rise of bigotry and hateful rhetoric is having an appalling effect on our society. As a result of Trump’s election, hate groups that would normally remain quiet are emboldened and Trump’s weak condemnation of hate groups seems to be encouraging […]
Trump To Rescind Affirmative Action: An Attack On Students Of Color
Trump’s Agenda The Trump administration is moving backwards to emulate former Bush-era policies regarding education and race. Trump rescinding Obama-era policies on diversity among colleges is an attack on not only his legacy, but all American schools. What This Means With Trump and his administration’s work to rollback these guidelines, students of color will have […]
The Environment Doesn’t Agree: Why We Shouldn’t Have Withdrawn
Introduction On June 1st, 2017, President Donald Trump announced that the United States would be withdrawing from the Paris Agreement. The United States, under the administration of Barack Obama, and 195 other countries agreed to it back in 2015 during the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference. The agreement intended to bring the world together in […]
Trump’s Attacks on the Press Spell Danger for Democracy
Fake News as a Presidential Weapon In jam-packed stadiums across the country, where campaign rallies continue a year and a half after the election, President Trump and his supporters choose from a plethora of fan-favorite rallying cries. “Lock her up.” “Build the wall.” “Drain the swamp.” But perhaps the most dangerous chant is one Trump […]
The Tragedy At The U.S./Mexico Border Is A Human Rights Issue: What To Know
Many seem to be shocked at what has been happening at the border: the inhumane practice of taking children from their parents. However, this is just a symptom of what the Trump Administration is doing to migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. What we need to know Many right-wing supporters of Trump and his administration […]
Racism In American Immigration Policy
What Happened This Week It seems that all there was to hear this week was the wailing of terrified children on the southern border. Due to the Trump Administration’s ‘zero-tolerance’ border policy set back in April, border control began separating illegal immigrant children under the age of twelve from their parents to persecute adults without children […]