2017 January

01.13.17

Monitoring Assemblies and the Importance of Dissent

Jocelyn Rosnick

The right to dissent is a founding principle of our country. Often, in the United States and abroad, powerful forces attempt to suppress speech in times of political tension or when people are making demands for change. Yet, this is exactly when speech and assembly are most important.
01.04.17

Hopelessly Broken: End Capital Punishment

Katrice Williams

As part of our “tough on crime” mentality, many elected officials and members of the public have supported the belief that people convicted of serious violent crimes are deserving of death, yet few of us look beyond the crime to see how these sentences are handed down.