Saturday, April 20, 2024
Photo courtesy of Coolcaesar, Wikipedia. When creators in any medium are limited by big companies that prioritize financial gain over artistic expression or a set of core values, their work suffers. The clearest example of how corporate oversight crushes art is seen in the recent string of controversies over Disney’s relationship […]
Photo courtesy of Charles Rabada, Unsplash Hudson County, N.J. will end its controversial contract with the federal Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE), releasing its 45 detainees from Kearny jail as of Nov. 1. According to a letter obtained by The Jersey Journal on Sept. 10, Hudson County Executive Tom DeGise […]
Photo courtesy of Bergen County Sheriff's Office In November 2020, detainees in Bergen County Jail began a hunger strike to protest being kept in a facility that they claim is improperly equipped for housing them during a pandemic. N.J. residents who heard about the hunger strike have since been protesting for […]
Photo courtesy of Disney ABC Television Group, Flickr On Tuesday April 4, Pepsi uploaded what they thought would be a well-received and praised advertisement for their world famous soft drink. What ended up happening however was the exact opposite. The advertisment, which was posted to their YouTube page, featured people […]
Photo courtesy of Carly Hagins, Flickr One week after the Women’s March on Washington, scroll through Facebook and take note of how many photographs of feminist signage still fill your timeline. Take a walk down a populated New York City street and notice how many men and women are still […]
Photo by Hope Patti The morning after the election, I laid in my bed in disbelief. Later that day, I was set to moderate an open forum on sexual violence. The event itself was comprised of a panel of administrators who answered questions and concerns relating to Ramapo’s sexual violence […]
Demonstrators took to New York streets after a Staten Island grand jury ruled “no reasonable cause” to indict NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo for the chokehold death of Eric Garner. Pantaleo, a white officer, is released of all charges in the killing of Garner; an unarmed black man whose death was […]
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 […]
