Tag: Social Justice
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Tibet’s Stolen Child
Edited by Boyana Nikolova and Joya Liu Cover Photo by Rodz Oporto The World’s Youngest Political Prisoner On May 17, 1995, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) forcefully kidnapped six-year-old Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, who was earlier crowned as the Panchen Lama—the second-highest authority in Tibetan Buddhism after the Dalai Lama. Tibet, often referred to as the…
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Death in ICE Custody: Examining the Case of Chaofeng Ge
Edited by Sophie Tipper and Sam Le Cover Photo by Rodz Oporto On August 5, 2025, 32-year-old Chaofeng Ge was found dead in the shower stall at an ICE detention facility. Ge had been an undocumented immigrant from China living in Queens, where he worked as a driver and package delivery worker. In late July…
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A Kaleidoscope Called Feminism
Edited by Boris Nezlobin and Jaiden Leary Feminist or Man Hater? Feminism is the advocacy of women’s rights based on equality of the sexes. That’s the simplest answer. This idea of feminism has been misconstrued and misinterpreted constantly since its origin, from its believers being labeled as witches, being dismissed as radical or inappropriate women,…
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From Inclusion to Erasure: The Dismantling of DEI
Edited by Travis Denson In January of 2025, President Trump issued executive orders tasked with ending “illegal discrimination and restoring merit-based opportunity”. The administration believes the removal of DEI programs in the federal government will protect citizens from diversity equity and inclusion discrimination. Trump has claimed that the previous “radical” DEI programs created by the…
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Who’s Writing the Rules on Climate Policy?
Imagine the irony: the presidents of the most recent COP’s, a global meeting between the United Nations to discuss climate change and climate policies, were oil executives lobbying for their own interests. Unfortunately, that is the reality of not only COP 29 in 2024, but also COP 28 in 2023. As David Tong, a climate…