By Zahnay Gates Florida was once considered the ultimate swing state, with winners often decided within the smallest of margins, the transfer of power swinging…
By Iris Yu It was January and I was in Starbucks, hesitating about whether to use a plastic straw. After all, I was always troubled by its…
By Aurora Brice Lenika Michelle Brown. Tammy Jackson. Sandra Quinones. These are the names of incarcerated pregnant women who either died, or had their newborn…
By Scott Johnson In the 69 years since Brown v. Board of Education (Brown), the United States has made slow progress in meaningfully desegregating its…
By Zahnay Gates I was 21 years old when I started working as a legal assistant for a law firm in Tampa Bay, Florida. As…
By Sarah Wattar Earl Washington was nine days away from his execution when an attorney secured a “stay of execution," meaning a delay or hold.…
By Stephen H. Graham Over the last two decades, public-transportation expansion and ridership in one of the world's largest cities, São Paulo, has surged, taking…
By Amanda Drucker Executive Summary Paid Sick Leave protections were expanded in 2021 in New York State (NYS) in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Although…
By Sam Tran When the world celebrated the arrival of 2020, it was not yet clear that a new disease had begun circulating in mainland…
By Michael Kitchin Executive Summary The NY State Department of Health (DOH) Should Deny the Proposed Lenox Hill Hospital Expansion The proposed $2.5 billion Lenox…
