Recent Posts

  1. The Threat of a Coronavirus Outbreak in Juvenile Detention

    America’s juvenile detention centers are no place to be during a pandemic, and we need to let incarcerated youth out.

  2. Justice in Motherhood: Combating a Maternal Mortality Crisis Divided Along Racial Lines

    The United States has a maternal mortality crisis, and communities of color are on the frontlines.

  3. Artificial Intelligence is Still a Double-Edged Sword: How Algorithms Supercharge Inequality

    Could artificial intelligence, which is newly touted as something of a silver bullet to our world’s most pressing pro...

  4. The Mechanics of Inequality: A Look At Why We Need Class-Based Affirmative Action

    Last week, the College Board unveiled a new “adversity” score, already rolled out last year by a slew of institutions...

  5. Highlights and Takeaways From Last Night’s 2020 Town Hall

    Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Kamala Harris (D-CA), Bernie Sanders (D-VT), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), along with Sout...

  6. Examining the Costs and Benefits of Plea Bargaining in the United States

    Plea bargaining has always been a point of extreme contention — should we consider it an unconstitutional miscarriage...

  7. Voter Suppression Is Slowly Eroding Our Representative Democracy

    Four months after voting day, the 2018 midterm elections still aren’t over.

  8. Pretrial Detention: Necessary Evil or Constitutional Travesty?

    Imprisoned at 16 for the alleged theft of a backpack, Browder’s family was unable to post bail, and he was almost ins...