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Legacy of Matter of A-B-: Reflecting on the Hardships Women and Other Individuals of Color Have Faced
By: Kathy Jara, Associate Editor, Vol. 27 (Celebrating Overturning Matter of A-B-, in Winning Back Protections for Refugee Survivors: Celebrating the End of Matter of A-B-, in Center for Gender and Refugee Studies (June 4, 2021),https://cgrs.uchastings.edu/news/winning-back-protections-refugee-survivors-celebrating-end-matter-b.) There are many arbitrary areas of immigration law that showcase deep-seated racist and…
Food Deserts, COVID-19, and the Path Forward
By. Elisa Teeter, Associate Editor, Vol. 27 (Image of a “fast food trading post” selling sodas, fries, and shakes in a desert with signs for a vegetable market, supermarket, and fruit stand pointing in the distance) The USDA defines “food deserts” as areas that meet both low-income and low-access…
Race and Human Trafficking
By: Shelly Feldman, Associate Editor, Vol. 27 One of the most pressing global challenges is human trafficking. Human trafficking is defined as “a crime whereby traffickers exploit and profit at the expense of adults and children by compelling them to perform labor or commercial sex.”[i] Former President of…
Unequal Protection in Jury Convictions
By: Madelyn Hughes Associate Editor Vol. 27 The Constitution establishes the right for those charged with a crime to have a trial by an impartial jury comprised of their peers.[i] As the United States reckons with the history of racism and discrimination that colors many of the systems…
The Disconnect in Vacatur Laws, Human Trafficking, and Race
By Shawntel Williams Associate Editor, Vol. 27 Survivors of human trafficking who have criminal records stemming from their victimization have some redress in vacatur laws. These laws allow victims of human trafficking the chance to start anew with a clean slate by expunging their arrests and convictions. Well, that is…
Missing White Woman Syndrome: How Gabby Petito Reminded Us that Women of Color’s Disappearances are Largely Ignored
By Alexis Franks Associate Editor, Vol. 27 When Brian Laundrie pulled his white van into his family’s driveway on September 1st, 2021, friends and family all began asking the same question: where was Gabby? Brian and his fiancé, Gabby Petitio, had set out on a cross-country road trip one month…
The MMIP Crisis: We Must Not Be Silent[1]
November is Native American Heritage Month (also known as American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month). In honor of this American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month, I will be writing about an issue affecting Native communities across the country: the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous peoples (MMIP). This is a crisis “centuries in the making that will take a focused effort and time” to unravel. Recent legislation and policy initiatives to address the crisis mark a turning point in terms of the government’s priority in tackling the crisis.Racist at its Core: The Continual Push for Work Requirements in Public Assistance Programs
By: Liza DavisExecutive Editor, Vol. 27 In March of 2014, now-retired congressional leader Paul Ryan appeared on a radio talk show to discuss the causes of “the economic conditions…plagu[ing] much of the country.”[1] At one point, Ryan said, “We’ve got this tailspin of culture, in our inner cities in…
Impossible to Erase: the Disparate Impact of Zero Tolerance Policies on Black Girls with and without Disabilities
By: Liza DavisAssociate Editor, Vol. 26 On January 29, 2021 and in the middle of a mental health crisis, a 9-year-old Black girl was handcuffed, forced into a squad car, and pepper sprayed by Rochester, NY police officers who then told her, “‘You did it to yourself, hun.’”[1] In…
White Liberals – Stop Demanding More Police, It Won’t Help
By Clara ButlerAssociate Editor, Vol. 26 After a national tragedy, within the thoughts and prayers usually offered to the affected community is a deep thread of pro-carceral sentiment. This response to instances of hate crimes and “domestic terrorism” is increasingly concerning, especially as most of the response comes from…