Tuesday, October 8, 2024
In May 2023, at the 118th Congress, Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Raphael Warnock (D-GA) introduced the bicameral RESTORE Act with Representative Steve Cohen (D-TN). The RESTORE Act, which stands for Re-entry Support Through Opportunities for Resources and Essentials, is a policy that tackles food insecurity of incarcerated individuals. This […]
Photo courtesy of Moritz Hager, Wikipedia This past week, Singapore announced a new law that would crack down on fake news reports and punish users for posting fake stories. This was put into place because of Facebook’s continuous habits of publishing fake news on their site and allowing it to […]
Photo courtesy of Shealah Craighead, Wikipedia “If we don’t straighten out our border, we don’t have a country,” were the words of President Donald Trump during a meeting with lawmakers regarding gang violence. These talks stem from Trump’s deadline he has placed on immigrants who are protected under the program […]
Ramapo students Achyut Gautam and Antonio Navazio gave a presentation on Monday illustrating the significance of three women of color being elected to the U.S. Senate. Despite the massive number of women and women of color in the U.S., the election of Tammy Duckworth, Kamala Harris and Catherine Cortez Masto […]
Photo Courtesy of Len Radin, Flickr Creative Commons Conservatives and liberals collide when it comes to the legitimacy of global warming. Conservatives are not convinced that climate change is a reality, while liberals argue that climate change is a real threat to the environment and the civilized world. The majority […]
Photo Courtesy of Leo Reynolds, Flickr Creative Commons North Carolina’s general assembly called for a special one-day session to pass new legislation on Wednesday, March 23. The session – the first of its kind to occur for over 35 years, according to radio station WUNC – was to pass anti-LGBT […]
Photo courtesy of Planned Parenthood On Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that cuts off all federal funding to Planned Parenthood for one year due to allegations of illegal activities. These allegations stemmed from videos released by the anti-abortion group, Center for Medical Progress (CMP). According to the […]
Photo courtesy of Kenneth Lu, Flickr The importance of being informed is often tied to following the news, but the truth hidden in local and national news is too often lost by the belief that it does not affect us directly. When talking about freedom and being a citizen capable of […]
Photo courtesy of Trey Menefee, Flickr Creative Commons In recent weeks there have been a series of student protests in Hong Kong. These protests, as reported by the New York Times, are in response to the Aug. 31 decision by the Chinese Parliament to limit the candidates for the highest office […]
