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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...
Jan 20, 20214 min read


"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...
Jan 18, 20213 min read


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...
Dec 9, 20203 min read


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...
Dec 2, 20203 min read


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...
Nov 6, 20203 min read


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...
Nov 3, 20205 min read


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...
Oct 26, 20202 min read


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...
Oct 25, 20203 min read


Amy Coney Barrett on Life Issues
by Grace Aquilina — As of September 26th, Amy Coney Barrett is the Supreme Court nominee to succeed the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg....
Oct 2, 20203 min read


Updating Title IX: How Pro-life Principles Can Improve Investigations
by Stephanie Hauer — In Spring, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos revealed changes to Title IX. Title IX is a law that prohibits...
Oct 1, 20204 min read


Justice For Dannielle Brown and Her Son
by Liz P. — Marquis Jaylen “JB” Brown was a star student-athlete at Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit, a Catholic university in...
Aug 27, 20202 min read


Ahmaud Arbery Deserves Justice
By Maria Oswalt — On February 23, 2020, 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery was pursued by two men in a truck while he was going for a run in...
May 7, 20204 min read


Rodney Reed’s fight is not over
by Stephanie Hauer — All human beings deserve justice, and our country has enshrined in its legislation the right for a fair trial. Even...
Dec 10, 20193 min read


Sexual Abuse & Dehumanization of Incarcerated Humans
In the light of the #MeToo movement, where people around the world are sharing their stories of sexual harassment, rape, and abuse in the...
Aug 21, 20183 min read


In Solidarity with Incarcerated Humans
by Herb Geraghty Anyone who follows the news could conclude that the United States justice system is anything but just. Particularly,...
Aug 20, 20183 min read


A Texan’s Take on the Death Penalty and the Case of Taichin Preyor
Texans love the fact that they’re from Texas. Walk down the streets of any small town in Texas, stop someone and ask them why the love...
Jul 26, 20173 min read


A Response to the Execution of William Morva: from a Virginian
I am a very proud and enthusiastic Virginian. In my free time, I enjoy getting into arguments about how it is by far the superior of the...
Jul 17, 20175 min read


Solitary Confinement is Torture
BY MAXIME VILLENEUVE Photo by publik15; some rights reserved. According to the New York Times, there are well over 25,000 inmates in the...
Jun 27, 20132 min read


Facing a Common Christian Argument in Support of the Death Penalty
BY AIMEE MURPHY This'll be a brief little treatise. I don't have a whole lot of time before I leave for DC for a couple of days. But...
Jun 10, 20133 min read


Arias & Castro: Women & Men & the Death Penalty
BY AIMEE MURPHY "Juries are a little more reluctant to mete out the death penalty to a woman than a man," Andy Silverman, a law professor...
May 27, 20132 min read
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