By sarahmohrIt is clear that the recent #BlackLivesMatter protests have been incredibly necessary, and pushed the current civil rights movement forward. However, there question continues as to why many people wait until we’re saying “rest in peace” to get involved and get active in civil rights movements and matters. While many of us love and respect…
By GameelahOn July 31, 2020, in Columbia, Maryland, a pregnant woman was killed after multiple shots were fired into her home. The woman’s baby was initially in critical condition, but has now been reported to have passed away as of yesterday, August 6, 2020. The 30-year-old woman, Rabiah Ahmad, was taken to a local trauma center,…
By Fatimah SRepresentative Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) successfully defended her House seat for District 13 in Michigan’s Democratic primary against challenger Brenda Jones. Tlaib won 66% of the vote in a landslide victory. She will face Republican David Dudenhoefer in November. Tlaib made history with Ilhan Omar as one of the first Muslim women to be elected to…
By Maliya NazDartmouth College graduate student, Maha Hasan Alshawi, is on a hunger strike in response to how the college has handled her allegations of sexual misconduct against a professor. Maha is a first year PhD student at Dartmouth’s Department of Computer Science. A group of Dartmouth students and community members gathered outside the college’s administration building…
By Fatimah SIt’s that time again. The Census is officially live to be completed. Read on to find out about why you should fill out the census. The Census helps fund communities. The Census determines where billions of dollars in funding goes, from fire departments and schools, to roads and other important community services. Important infrastructure like…
By Maliya NazOn May 30, 2020, Brooklyn attorneys, Colinford Mattis and Urooj Rahman, were arrested for throwing a Molotov Cocktail into a New York Police Department vehicle. CNN reported that Urooj approached an empty police car with a broken window and threw the “explosive device.” Shortly after, the police stopped the vehicle and found “precursor items” to…
By Sharia AjmalCancel culture is a highly-charged idea which often surrounds public figures. It appears as if one day, a celebrity may be idolized and placed on a pedestal, only to be “cancelled” just as quickly. But what exactly is cancel culture, and why is it so detrimental? The answer lies in the word itself. Cancel, according…
I don’t want to be eloquent today; I don’t want to code switch or tone it down or be the diluted brand of Black that is easiest for you to digest. I don’t want my safety or acceptance or respect to be dependent on how well spoken I am, how well I assimilate, how well…
By sarahmohrThe ongoing nightmare of COVID 19 and the global pandemic has revealed major differences between countries. One of the most prominent differences involves the provision of health care services to citizens of the world by their respective countries. And the United States is coming in looking abysmally bad, backwards, and abusive to those living with…
With a global pandemic happening, the last thing on your mind is probably the U.S. Census. What even is the U.S. Census? Not many from our community understand the impact Census data has on our lives. From government representation to federal funding for social service programs, Census data is used to inform so many issues that…
“If you have come here to help me you are wasting your time, but if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.” -Lilla Watson As a white woman, the time I have spent reading Black authors, including Toni Morrison, James Baldwin, Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X, Martin…
By sarahmohrMany of us who work outside the home may have experienced discrimination or been exposed to people with phobic beliefs about other people before. I work in San Francisco with homeless youth, at the heart of what’s known as the Gay Bay. My organization is obviously pro-LGBTQ+, and we get hit with endless demands to…
When Rep. Rashida Tlaib booed Hillary Clinton at an event for presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, the reactions were swift and, as has become the norm in U.S. politics, divisive. Rep. Tlaib followed up by stating, “You all know I can’t be quiet. No, we’re going to boo,” in response to Hilary Clinton’s negative comments about…
By GameelahHi there! You may recognize me. I’m a Muslim woman, who also happens to be American. I’m also Arab, and I have something to say about the recent spate of American-based television shows that pretend to understand my culture. They have triggered debate after debate, and an Emmy win that we did NOT see coming….
Well, it’s happened. After almost three tumultuous years that even the greatest minds in fiction couldn’t dream up, House Democrats have unveiled two articles of impeachment against President Trump. This makes him part of a unique little club — as of today, he becomes only the third President in the history of the United States…
