President Trump’s recent travel ban and the family separation policy facing undocumented immigrants at the Texas border, have both gotten many potential and current immigrants of all kinds, rattled about their statuses. I happen to be one of them. Three years ago I started the tedious process of seeking permanent United States residency. I was […]
SB-320: Should Public Universities Offer Abortions Via the Pill? NYU Student Nishka Dhawan Responds to Serrin Foster, President of Feminists For Life
California’s potential new legislation, SB-320, would require CA state colleges to offer abortion pills to students, at university health centres. DailyClout’s full article about the bill is here. Over 3.4 million undergraduate students are mothers, as Feminists for Life President Serrin Foster points out. Of these, 43% of all undergraduate students who are parenting are […]
Free Speech or Safety on Campus: Why Do We Have To Choose?
The United States is supposed to be a country in which free speech is protected under the First Amendment of the Constitution. But is it really — on American college campuses? Colleges and Universities are supposed to be places that prepare millennials for the future. But many of them have decided to slap tape on […]
Immigration Fairness Act – A Fix to the Green Card Backlog?
Recently, there has been a lot of debate on the influx of immigrants into the country. Additionally, there has been a significant backlog on green cards — citizens of some countries like China and India may have to wait decades to gain employment and citizenship status in America. The Fairness for High-Skilled Immigration Act of […]
Pres. Trump Bans Transgender Individuals From U.S. Military
Do transgender individuals in the military weaken the military’s effectiveness? Early Wednesday morning, President Trump announced via Twitter a ban on all transgender individuals from serving in the military. He attributed this change in policy to “tremendous medical costs.” Fact-checking this premise, some asked the Pentagon to clarify how many transgender soldiers and officers there […]