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Featured Articles
The Jones Act
The way of life between Puerto Rico and the Continental United States is different in numerous ways. A law that cannot benefit all citizens equally cannot be a law that should continue to be present.
Angelina Molina
11 min read
Why are Male Rats Considered the Baseline of Science?
By: Bayan Rouhani Scientists consider male rats to be the standard in areas of research. While seemingly innocent, this assumption is just the tip of an iceberg of androcentrism (the prioritization of the male view, experience, interests as the norm) present in science, and how our biological discoveries are skewed in favor of the male body. Kathleen Okruhlik demonstrates in her article “Gender and the Biological Sciences” how the male body is considered to be the standard of
Bayan Rouhani
6 min read
Politics
The O.J. Simpson Trial
The people now had the opportunity to seek justice for a Black man against the California judicial system, even if it was at the expense of Nicole and Ronald’s own receipt of justice.
The Jones Act
The way of life between Puerto Rico and the Continental United States is different in numerous ways. A law that cannot benefit all citizens equally cannot be a law that should continue to be present.
The Evolution of True Crime: The "Missing White Woman Syndrome" and Racial Paranoia
The position white women have in American society, the history of accusations of misbehavior directed towards men of color, the lucrative nature of true crime content, morbid curiosity; all play a part in the over-reporting of white women’s victimization.
Student Perspectives
The O.J. Simpson Trial
The people now had the opportunity to seek justice for a Black man against the California judicial system, even if it was at the expense of Nicole and Ronald’s own receipt of justice.
The Jones Act
The way of life between Puerto Rico and the Continental United States is different in numerous ways. A law that cannot benefit all citizens equally cannot be a law that should continue to be present.
The Evolution of True Crime: The "Missing White Woman Syndrome" and Racial Paranoia
The position white women have in American society, the history of accusations of misbehavior directed towards men of color, the lucrative nature of true crime content, morbid curiosity; all play a part in the over-reporting of white women’s victimization.
Academic
The Jones Act
The way of life between Puerto Rico and the Continental United States is different in numerous ways. A law that cannot benefit all citizens equally cannot be a law that should continue to be present.
Movies & TV
The Evolution of True Crime: The "Missing White Woman Syndrome" and Racial Paranoia
The position white women have in American society, the history of accusations of misbehavior directed towards men of color, the lucrative nature of true crime content, morbid curiosity; all play a part in the over-reporting of white women’s victimization.
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