May 4, 2017 By Jacqueline Souza Before the 2017 Academy Awards, I watched a number of the documentaries that had been nominated for my favorite category, Best Documentary. One of those films, […]
Incentivizing Racism: U.S. Prison-Industrial Complex
Tomi Lahren and Our Media Problem
April 2, 2017 By Jacqueline Souza Recently, conservative news anchor Tomi Lahren was suspended from her position at The Blaze for sharing her unexpected views on abortion on the talk show “The […]
New Michael Brown Footage at SXSW: Why Does It Matter?
March 16, 2017 By Jacqueline Souza This week, the 2017 SXSW Film Festival was held in Austin, Texas, where a variety of independent movies and documentaries premiered on-screen for the first time. […]
Your Racism Is Plant-Based
March 18, 2017 By Jacqueline Souza Veganism is a microculture that has garnered a significant amount of attention in recent years. Vegetarians account for roughly three percent of the U.S. adult population, […]
One Thousand Forty Days and Counting
March 8, 2017 By Jacqueline Souza That’s how many days have passed since the citizens of Flint, Michigan have had clean drinking water. (Published in print on March 1, 2017) In April […]
Milo Yiannopoulos Resigns from Breitbart
March 3, 2017 By Jacqueline Souza Earlier this week, Milo Yiannopoulos resigned from his position as the editor of Breitbart News after a series of horrific comments regarding statutory rape […]
White Vegans: We Have A Race Problem
February 16, 2017 By Jacqueline Souza People often go vegan so that they can fight for a cause: more often than not, the main objectives are to eliminate animal cruelty from our […]
Flint, MI: 1,000 Days, No Clean Water
February 10, 2017 By Jacqueline Souza In April 2014, members of the Flint community went to their government to bring something to their attention- the tap water coming out of their sinks […]
Forced Migration in Pittsburgh: How Do We Fight Back?
February 6, 2017 By Jacqueline Souza On January 10, 2017, members of the Pittsburgh Planning Commission met with architects and attorneys of LG Realty to discuss the construction of new complexes in […]
Senator Warren Rejects Betsy DeVos and You Can, Too!
February 2, 2017 Jacqueline Souza On January 17th, 2017, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) grilled Secretary of Education nominee Betsy DeVos on her lack of experience and inferiority within the […]
