Photo provided courtesy of Pixabay.com. By Shreya Desai, Staff Writer The United States charges the highest average tuition fees for baccalaureate degree programs. [1] The average cost of private law school tuition and fees during the 2019-2020 academic year was approximately $49,548, while the average cost at public schools […]
Photo provided courtesy of unsplash.com By Shreya Desai, Staff Writer “Defund the police.” Since approximately June of 2020, this cry has been heard around the United States of America. [1] The slogan gained popularity following the death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old African American man, who was killed in […]
Photo provided courtesy of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) By Shreya Desai, Staff Writer During Donald Trump’s presidency, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACA”), has continuously been litigated. [1] DACA is a program that allowed undocumented immigrants who were brought to the United States as children to remain […]
By Shreya Desai, Staff Writer On May 2, 2019, the Trump administration and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights announced that it would finalize the “conscience” rule (the Rule), which would allow healthcare professionals to deny care based on their own personal beliefs, to […]
Photo provided courtesy of Pixabay.com By Shreya Desai, Staff Writer Over the past year, more than 700 hundred civilians have been fatally shot by police officers across the country.[1] To no surprise, this number continues to grow. On October 12, 2019, 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson of Fort Worth, Texas was fatally […]
