A Firsthand Perspective of the Humanitarian Needs of IDPs in Cameroon
Cameroon, once a bastion of peace and tranquility, is now a nation beset with a series of violent and armed conflicts. Since late 2016, an armed conflict between the state defense forces of Cameroon and the non-state armed groups (NSAGs) of Southern Cameroons’ has...
Demonstrations in Chad: Violent Suppression of Free Speech
On October 21st, the thunderous crack of tear gas grenades echoed throughout the streets of Chad as palls of black smoke billowed into the horizon. The security forces in Chad’s two largest cities, Moundou and N’Djamena, indiscriminately opened fire onto an...
Constitutional Changes in Chile
The streets of Santiago were filled with the sounds of horns on September 4th. The vote for a new constitution had finally taken place, after three years of sustained protests, and four decades after the dictator Pinochet first replaced the constitution. The people...
Eugenics: How the Remnants of a Bygone Theory Threaten Personal Liberty Over a Century Later
by Sumaira Quraishi Trigger warnings: rape, invasive medical procedures, and medical malpractice. Often, the Supreme Court of the United States is seen as a paragon of the American legal system and the national values it strives to uphold. At least, it used to be....
Why Our Criminal Justice System Is Working So Well
The justice system is working perfectly. It’s doing exactly what it was designed to do. The withholding of information by prosecutors violating the Brady Rule, the failure to investigate other potential suspects, and a lawyer who failed to follow a...
Relativism’s Implications on Universal Human Rights
If you consider yourself to be a supporter of human rights and all of its technicalities, then you are surely aware of the document that formally brought forth legislation about human rights: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The Declaration was passed...
Hurricanes: How Climate Change Has Made Them More Intense and More Frequent
Hurricanes have been a natural disaster that Americans have been aware of for quite a while. They are, however, getting to be more frequent, and unfortunately more intense. They have devastated communities like New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, the Caribbeans after...
The Viral Intersection of Sex Trafficking and #SaveTheChildren
by Sumaira Quraishi The first images that come to mind when you hear the words “human trafficking” usually include ones from popular media where the victims, typically young and wealthy individuals, are miraculously saved soon after they go missing by well-connected...
Mental Health in Graduate and Professional Schools
Recently, I sat and had conversations with fellow peers in graduate programs and professional schools ranging from subjects such as Master of Art Education to Medical School and Graduate studies in Nonprofit Management. We talked about mental health resources and...
The Implications of an Abusive Command Economy on the Rural People of North Korea
Note from the author: This post is the first of my four-part series on the North Korean Regime. To find the other parts, scroll down and click “View all posts by A. Price.” If the other parts are not available yet, check back in during the upcoming weeks when they...
