You’d think that since menstrual cycles aren’t something that are controlled nor optional, that hygienic products would simply be free. Why must women have to pay for something they can’t control? A woman menstruates for an average of 2,535 days in her lifetime, or almost 7 years of 39. Affording...
For me, as a representative of Gen Z and a minority group, reading books is another way for me to leave harsh realities behind (COVID, political stress, climate change, racial turmoil.) Reading the likes of James Baldwin offers me a priceless perspective in this moment of deep challenge, and book...
I was scrolling through my Twitter feed today, and read a tweet that said something along the lines of “I low-key feel like we’re all casually living through the apocalypse.” The horrifying truth is that the statement doesn’t feel like hyperbole, especially as I think about the disruption that ha...
⅗ of individuals currently in jail in the United States today have not been convicted of a crime. This equates to almost 500,000 people sitting in jail on a daily basis, despite being legally innocent of a crime. How is this even possible?
Cash bail is how this is possible.
Cash bail is currently...