Bullets or Zyklon B? States Bring Back Brutal Execution Methods
by Sophie Trist — Even as support for capital punishment reaches its lowest point in forty years, some states are so eager to kill their...
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- May 30, 2021
- 2 min
Death Penalty Ruled Unconstitutional in Malawi
by Rana Irby — The death penalty has now been ruled unconstitutional in the African nation of Malawi. In a monumental decision made this...
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- May 13, 2021
- 3 min
Innocence and the Death Penalty
by Sophie Trist — In April of 2017, the state of Arkansas likely executed an innocent man. Recently-tested evidence from the 1993 murder...
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- Apr 28, 2021
- 2 min
Racial Disparities in the Death Penalty
by Julia Smucker — In 1998, the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC) released an extensive report demonstrating “the infectious...
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- Apr 26, 2021
- 3 min
Traffic Stops and Police Brutality: Reflecting on the Death of Daunte Wright
by Katherine Noble — Daunte Wright was shot and killed on Sunday, April 11th, by a Minnesota police officer. Wright was a father of a...
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- Apr 2, 2021
- 3 min
"Time": A Documentary That Rehumanizes Mass Incarceration
by Sophie Trist — Garrett Bradley’s 81-minute documentary Time, available on Amazon Prime, tells the story of New Orleans prison...
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- Mar 15, 2021
- 3 min
Police Reform Legislation: A First Step to Dismantling Systemic Racism
by Sophie Trist — Six months ago, George Floyd’s brutal murder at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin ripped open old...
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- Mar 2, 2021
- 2 min
Biden’s Promise to Close Guantanamo Bay
by Katherine Noble — President Joe Biden’s press secretary Jen Psaki has said it is the intention of the Biden administration to close...
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- Feb 26, 2021
- 4 min
"13th" Shines a Light on the Lasting Effects of Slavery
by Christy Yao — Editor's note: citations for the statistics referenced in this article can be found in the documentary 13th. — 13th is a...
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- Feb 9, 2021
- 4 min
The Rich Historical Tradition of Black Anti-Death Penalty Activism
by Sophie Trist — From anti-slavery abolitionism to today, Black activists have played a central role in the fight to end capital...
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- Feb 2, 2021
- 4 min
Solitary Confinement Amounts to Cruel and Unusual Torture
by Sophie Trist — Many people are familiar with the tragic story of Kalief Browder, a Black teenager from New York City who was arrested...
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- Jan 27, 2021
- 6 min
The Trump Administration’s Killing Spree
by Katherine Noble — Though the Biden-Harris administration has now taken on the task of running the American government, our country...
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- Jan 20, 2021
- 4 min
Justice in the Biden-Harris Administration
by Katherine Noble — Our nation spent the better part of this summer in upheaval. Protests became a daily part of life as people took to...
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- Jan 19, 2021
- 3 min
"Who Built the Cages?": Immigration Under Biden
by Mikhayla Stover — Her name was Mariee Juárez. Mariee and her mother Yazmin were forced to flee Guatemala in 2018. At the time, Mariee...
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- Dec 9, 2020
- 3 min
Reflection and Call to Action for International Human Rights Day
by Sophie Trist — On December 10, the world will celebrate International Human Rights Day, marking seventy-two years since the United...
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- Dec 2, 2020
- 3 min
How A Novel Changed My Mind on the Death Penalty
by Sophie Trist — Like most American teenagers, I didn't spend much time thinking about the death penalty. The few times capital...
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- Nov 6, 2020
- 3 min
Nonviolent De-escalation Techniques for Mental Health Emergencies
by Katherine Noble — Two Philadelphia police officers shot Walter Wallace Jr., a Black man, on October 26th. Wallace was medicated for...
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- Nov 3, 2020
- 5 min
Rejecting the Violence of the Two-Party Duopoly
by Aimee Murphy — The pro-life movement began largely in left-leaning Democrat circles. The early pro-life activists’ understanding of...
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- Oct 26, 2020
- 2 min
Forced Surgeries on Intersex Children Are a Human Rights Violation
by Katherine Noble — In our society, we are often taught that everything fits into a binary system. There is good and bad, black and...
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- Oct 25, 2020
- 3 min
Ballot Initiatives to Look Out For This November
by Christy Yao — An essential part of our democracy is the people getting to vote on particularly important or controversial issues. This...
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