In the world of COVID-19, quarantine, increased productivity while WFH, life's typical struggles, and BLM protests everywhere, the last thing you’re probably thinking about is voting. But I’m here to share why it should move higher in your list of priorities. My journey with voting started long before I could actually vote. Throughout high school I organized voter registration drives to help get my peers prepared for when we turned 18. Even then I understood that this voting

The Insurrection Act is a call for the military to be deployed against US citizens if they incite a “violent” uprising. Donald Tr*mp has threatened to call upon the Insurrection Act, notably used recently against protesters at Standing Rock and after the assault of Rodney King in the 1992, to dismantle and frighten the Black Liberation Movement and those who are calling for an end to police brutality and systemic racism in the United States. His invocation of this act will ha

Every Black and Brown death at the hands of the punish-first-de-escalate-later system of policing in the United States deserves to be mourned individually, but as the list of names and faces grows and the pattern of destruction of Black life becomes more self-evident, so do the ominous consistencies. When George Floyd was murdered on March 25 in Minneapolis, the gruesome video echoed the murder of Eric Garner, 6 years prior, as he desperately choked out the same words: “I can

A short observation of the issues of race and racism in Argentina from the perspective of study abroad students. (Differing views of race and racism in Argentina in 2018) This documentary uses a compilation of interviews study abroad students of minority descent, indigenous rights experts, and an anthropologist about the discussion of their experiences and studies involving race and how it affects the lives of minorities in the context of Buenos Aires Argentina. Taylor Rainey

For Streamlined Activists, Waking up the morning of January 8th to just about everybody on the internet crowding my social media feeds with denunciations of H&M following the release of the now-infamous “Coolest Monkey in the Jungle” hoodie, I was immediately struck by the hypocrisy that this moment in H&M's long-blemished career finally warranted punishment in a court of public opinion that has long forgiven H&M and it’s contemporaries for far harsher offenses against social

To Mr. Trump, I am opposed to the executive actions you signed on January 24, 2017 and your permit approval on March 24th, 2017 . These actions advanced the potentially disastrous and unjust Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines. The United States has already proven negligent toward low-income marginalized communities of color. A contaminated water crisis, similar to the catastrophe in Flint, Michigan, a majority Black community with 41.2% of residents below the poverty lin

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Barry, In 7th grade, I posed for a picture with a bunch of my middle school peers holding up a sign that read "VOTE OBAMA! We can change the world!" We all wore blue and hailed from multiple ethnic backgrounds. We stood awkwardly and some of our eyes weren't totally open, but we all had big bright smiles on our faces because even though none of us were politically inclined at the time, we had the sense that your winning that 2008 election meant that our world was changing. Fo

When progression is under attack, it’s our duty as activists and conscious members of society to continue our fight for a more equal, empathetic, and embracing society. 2016 will surely be one for the books, so we've created this list to remind ourselves to keep on balking oppression. What We're Leaving in 2016: Claiming that condoning racist sentiments and behavior is not racist itself (i.e. “non-racist” Trump supporters). Allowing micro-aggressions to go unchecked. Say no t

Dear Blue Dots, A couple of months ago we were concerned about our own well-being in the hands of those sworn to protect and serve. A couple of months ago our parents silently wept and our frustration reached a boil, as another three souls were lost in the heat of police brutality. A couple of weeks ago we relished in the brilliance of our excellence, coinciding with the departure of one of the most genuine men to have ever graced the white house. A couple of days ago we were

For my "African-American over there," A few weeks ago Saturday Night Live ran a spoof on the second presidential debate. Kate McKinnon played a prevaricate, well-polished (and a bit phony) Secretary Hillary Clinton. Alec Baldwin played a pursed lipped, squinty-eyed, temperamental, and unpresidential Donald Trump. One part of the sketch featured Donald Trump’s response to James Carter, a Black man, who asked, “do you believe you can be a devoted president to all the people in

Dear Black Youth, As a biracial male and student/lover of politics, I’m conflicted. Within me lies a profound optimism for my future, clashing with substantial fear for it as well. Coming on the heels of a two term Black president, one would think my vision would be one of hope, belief, and ambition. But instead, what I’m witnessing is bigotry, xenophobia, and hate. This is a tumultuous time for American politics. Mr. Trump, the republican nominee, has awoken a sleeping giant

For marginalized people and #BernieOrBust, News outlets and undecided voters around this country accuse Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton of being "two evils" that American citizens must make the difficult decision of choosing between. This is an entirely misleading representation. If we sincerely reflect on the societal flaws that plague our country, most importantly its unrelenting sexism, it is unrealistic to have expected a female candidate in 2016 to have passively gained