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Understanding the Derek Chauvin Trial
On May 25, 2020, Minneapolis Police Department officers responded to a call regarding George Floyd’s use of a fake $20 bill...
Ariel Donato
Apr 24, 20214 min read


Increasing Attacks on Asian Americans
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an alarming increase in racially motivated violence or other hate crimes...
Jana Abulaban
Apr 19, 20213 min read


Reflecting on Domestic Terrorism in America
After violent incidents in recent years, domestic terrorism has emerged as a major concern throughout the U.S. Even more than before...
Hayleigh Evans
Mar 25, 20216 min read


A Breakdown of Political Polarization
Political polarization has maintained an overwhelming influence on the realm of politics for a number of years...
Audrey Kim
Nov 16, 20205 min read


Black Lives Matter: A Local Movement with a Global Impact
The Black Lives Matter movement has risen to an international scale and has the potential to change the results of the 2020 election.
Alexssa Takeda
Oct 16, 20206 min read


The Future of Police Reform
Crowds and police clash after a Donald Trump rally in Phoenix, AZ. (AJ Colores/Unsplash.com) As the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna...
Michaela Dumlao
Jul 26, 20204 min read


George Floyd: A Summary of the Death that Changed the Nation
On May 25, 46-year-old George Floyd died in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A grocery store called Cup Foods on Chicago Avenue South called the...
Lindsey Kim
Jun 1, 20209 min read


The Decades-Long Debate over the Equal Rights Amendment
Nearly a century after its initial proposal, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) has returned to the forefront of politics. Although the...
Ashley Kim
Feb 11, 20203 min read


DACA: The Divide Over Immigration
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ― otherwise known as DACA ― gives the children of illegal immigrants a temporary reprieve from the...
Ashley Kim
Jan 20, 20203 min read
Jussie Smollett Incident Timeline
Victim or criminal? Fox’s Empire actor, Jussie Smollett, was recently charged for filing a fake hate crime as a police report. The...
Krischan Jung
Mar 10, 20192 min read
Virginia Governor's Late Term Abortion Controversy
📷 Pro-life and Pro-choice supporters have been lobbying for their beliefs ever since the Supreme Court ruling in 1973, Roe v. Wade,...
Krischan Jung
Feb 21, 20193 min read
New Decision Made on the Status of Transgender Service Members
The “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” military medical policy was put to an end on September 20, 2011 and it was the first step taken to expand the...
Daibik Chakraborty
Jan 22, 20193 min read
Banning E-Cig Flavors
📷 The use of E-cigarettes is becoming very popular among teenagers. A majority of these adolescents start smoking actual cigarettes...
Krischan Jung
Jan 7, 20193 min read
Legal Drug Injection Sites
Four decades ago, President Nixon declared the War on Drugs to combat drug use and narcotic trade. The United States has taken measures...
Krischan Jung
Nov 29, 20182 min read
Executive Order 13847: Increasing Retirement Security
📷 Overview Executive Order 1387 aims to increase retirement security for retired Americans by decreasing regulations that burden small...
Daibik Chakraborty
Oct 1, 20182 min read
New California Measure to Allow Undocumented Immigrants to Hold Public Office
(Edited by Daibik Chakraborty) On April 30, 2018, California Senate Bill 174 (SB174) was introduced by Senator Ricardo Lara. The bill, co...
Krischan Jung
Aug 17, 20181 min read
Public Response to ICE-2018
ICE, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency, has recently been under scrutiny by the public as well as some politicians in light...
Krischan Jung
Aug 14, 20182 min read
Trump Administration Family Separation Policy: A Neutral View on Civilian and Government Responses
(Edited by Daibik Chakraborty) The policies have received condemnation for excessive cruelty, ineffectiveness, the slow process of...
Krischan Jung
Aug 14, 20182 min read
Trump Administration's Family Separation Policy 2018
📷 As part of the Trump Administration’s “zero tolerance policy”, new protocols for immigration agencies were implemented on April 6,...
NCJ Editors
Aug 11, 20182 min read
President Trump's Immigration Promises and Reforms: 2016-2018
(Edited by Daibik Chakraborty) In the 2016 presidential elections, one of candidate Donald Trump’s main campaign issues was the topic of...
Krischan Jung
Aug 10, 20183 min read
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