Marriage Trafficking in China Leads to Women in Chains
by Delisha Valacheril Chinese vlogger captured a horrific, viral video of a woman chained outside to a hut in January of 2022. This woman was mentally incapacitated and had been without clean water, food, and electricity for an extended time. Xiao Huamei had been...
New Alabama Legislation Restricts Absentee Voting Infringing on Voting Rights
By Delisha Valacheril In the United States, the right to vote is heralded as a cornerstone of democracy, in which every citizen can access the ballot box. However, recent legislation in Alabama has cast a shadow over this fundamental right, prompting a fierce...
How Stigma Hurts: The Ethnicity in ‘Marijuana’
By Eva Pechtl In my introductory blog on ‘How Stigma Hurts,’ I reviewed the opium crisis and the stigmatization of opium smoking by Chinese immigrants. I highly recommend reading this to better understand how addiction was viewed differently depending on the...
The Unrest in Haiti: Country in Crisis
By Jayla S. Carr Political History Haitis political challenges can be traced back to its revolutionary past. Following independence, the country faced the daunting task of establishing a functional government amid the ruins of colonial rule. The unmountable debt given...
Unraveling the Injustices in West Papua
By Jayla S. Carr The region of West Papua has been plagued by a complex web of struggles and injustices that have left indelible marks on its society. These issues are deeply rooted in the region’s colonial past and have been compounded by ongoing struggles for...
Group Homes for People with Disabilities are Harbors for Abuse
By James DeLano “I don’t feel safe here.” That statement was uttered repeatedly in interviews performed by the Alabama Disabilities Advocacy Program (ADAP) with residents of Sequel Courtland, a psychiatric group home for boys in Courtland, AL. The residents of the...
How Stigma Hurts Series: Opium and Chinese Repression
By Eva Pechtl Samuel Walker proposes that America has two crime problems, one affecting most white, middle-class Americans and another affecting mostly people of color in poverty. Racial bias has been expressed in drug policy for centuries and has not ceased to...
Femicides in Mexico
By Abigail Shumate Content warning: This blog contains references to violence and murder. Introduction The femicide crisis in Mexico can be best exemplified in the quote, “What is happening in Mexico is a gigantic tragedy, a humanitarian catastrophe”—a statement made...
Why Car Overreliance is a Human Rights Issue
By Lexie Woolums Sustainability means a lot of things to many different people, and I view that as a positive thing. One part of sustainability that is usually highlighted is the focus on environmental sustainability, given the real-time effects of climate change....
The Unrecognized Effects of the Opioid Crisis on Native Americans
by Abigail Shumate A Brief History of the Opioid Crisis Beginning in the late 20th century, opioid prescription rates skyrocketed in shocking numbers, and in just over ten years, opioid sales quadrupled. With the introduction of OxyContin into everyday life and...
