Category: Social Justice
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How Equitable is the Vaccine Rollout?
On December 11, 2020, the FDA officially approved the distribution of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine in the U.S. While vaccine rollout initially began with high-risk workers in the healthcare industry, the conversation has always been, “how do we prioritize who should receive the vaccine?” The answer to this questions was those who are the greatest…
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How Income Inequality Has Worsened Under the Pandemic
By Katie Powers ‘22, Social Justice Writer Rising levels of income inequality have plagued our country for decades, and the recent health crisis has exacerbated this problem dramatically. The economic fallout from the pandemic, including tens of millions of job losses, has been clear and devastating, and that fallout has had a profound impact on…
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COVID-19’s Effect on the Homeless Populations of America
By Nitya Gupta ‘23, Social Justice Writer Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, stay-at-home and lockdown orders have been issued across the country in order to maintain social distancing and help people avoid close contact with others. However, staying inside poses a considerable challenge for the large populations of homeless people living on the…
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Innocent Until Proven Guilty…But Not if There is Cash Bail
By Julia Schwed ‘21, Editor-in-Chief We all grow up learning that in the United States everyone is “innocent until proven guilty.” But what we are not taught is that every year hundreds of thousands of people are incarcerated before being convicted. Of the 2.3 million people incarcerated in the United States at the start of…
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Police in BLM vs Capitol Riots: Their Action Is Not Unique
By Navyaa Jain ‘23, Social Justice Writer On January 6, 2021, the day set by the Constitution to certify the election results, America’s Capitol, the center of its democracy, was breached for the first time in 200 years. Thousands of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol and incited chaos in the name of President Trump. The…
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COVID-19’s Effect on The US Prison Population
By Nitya Gupta ‘23, Social Justice Writer Since the COVID-19 vaccine rollout and distribution began in the United States, there has been an ongoing debate on who shall receive the vaccine first. However, it seems as if the American public and government officials have dismissed a large, yet forgotten, group of people that have been…
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Stop Racism, Not Black Votes
By Julia Schwed ‘21, Editor-in-Chief It is no secret that there have long been efforts to disenfranchise people of color in the United States. For years, these efforts primarily were focused on making it more difficult for people of color to cast their votes. One of the tactics that has been used in several states…