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https://www.npr.org/2021/06/03/1001404416/corporate-landlord-evicts-black-renters-at-far-higher-rates-than-whites-report-f

A report says a corporate landlord run by a former Goldman Sachs partner has filed to evict renters in predominantly Black counties at four

Full offense, if you say that racism no longer exists in America, you’re so wrong. After reading this, and the article on race norms in the NFL, I am horrified that black people experience so much systemic and perpetual racism in so many aspects of their lives. Even in things we take for granted, such as healthcare, black people are disproportionately affected. Black women are more likely to die from childbirth, and, in what is supposedly a first world country, this is absolutely unacceptable. We have so much work to do in this country in order to promote equality and human rights, and it’s extremely hard when this whole country was built on the backs of minorities and designed to keep them that way. This country needs drastic change

https://www.npr.org/2021/06/03/1002831545/high-school-valedictorian-swaps-speech-to-speak-out-against-texas-new-abortion-l

"There is a war on my body and a war on my rights," Paxton Smith said. She was allowed to finish the well-received speech, but the school di

If you haven’t seen Paxton Smith’s amazing speech, you should absolutely watch it. This woman is incredible, and hearing her speak on such an important issue is amazing. She is completely right- women should have access to abortion everywhere. Human rights mean that humans may live safely, and access to proper healthcare is undeniably integral to human health. Women and those who need abortions should have full autonomy over their bodies. Women’s rights are human rights, and lack of access to safe abortions threatens the livelihoods of women everywhere. I want to live in an America where a fully grown woman is more important than the clump of cells in her uterus.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/01/us/klamath-oregon-water-drought-bundy.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

A drought crisis has erupted in the Klamath Basin along the California-Oregon border, with fish dying en masse and farmers infuriated that t

For some reason, people who built and live in huge cities in the desert are suddenly surprised that they’re running out of water. The topic of water and resources has been on my mind recently, and not only concerning American cities. Obviously, water is the basis of human survival, yet somewhere in the world, everyday, someone is fighting for access to it. In California, where frequent droughts lead to inaccessibility. While the rich water their lawns, families and farmers are unable to afford rising water prices. Water is a basic human right, and everyone should have access to it, with no exceptions.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/05/26/world/middleeast/gaza-israel-children.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage

At least 68 children were killed in the Israel-Hamas war this month. This is who they were.

These last few weeks have been especially hectic, regarding social media and public opinion. The terms surrounding the conflict have been hotly contested- many say that using the words “ethnic cleansing,” “apartheid,” and “genocide,” as being too strong to describe it. I have to ask- if you debate the words surrounding a conflict, are you not negating the urgency of the issue? How can you look at the death toll of Palestinian children and argue that the terminology is too strong? Words do not matter, human lives do. Terminology is absolutely trivial when Palestinians are suffering. No matter the term, Palestinian’s human rights are being violated.

https://www.npr.org/2021/05/25/1000298293/a-year-after-george-floyds-death-plans-for-minneapolis-police-reform-have-soften

Last June, a veto-proof majority of the Minneapolis City Council pledged to defund and dismantle the police department. They have since soft

In the same vein as my last post, the momentum behind the social movements for racial equity seem to have slowed in the year after George Floyd’s death. As stated in class on Wednesday, fighting for human rights is a losing battle, and the most crucial part- exposure- is an incredibly hard thing to keep. In today’s social media age, many vye desperately to keep eyes on the issue they’re fighting for, but it’s incredibly hard when the world‘s issues are now center stage. How can one think about racial equity when families in occupied Palestine are being murdered? Or vice versa? Why can’t change be enacted without social pressures?

https://www.npr.org/2021/05/25/999841030/black-lives-matter-fights-disinformation-to-keep-the-movement-strong

Calls for racial justice and an end to police brutality still fill social media platforms a year after George Floyd's murder. But Black Live

It has been a year since George Floyd was murdered in broad daylight. Since then, his murderer has been found guilty, but has anything else changed? How do we measure change in racial biases? In brutal honesty, America has leagues to go. Black men and women are still being profiled and killed by police everyday, and yet many cite social movements such as Black Lives Matter a beacon of changing opinions, and yet they still fight to prove that they are fighting for racial equity and basic human rights- such as the rights to privacy and liberty that Americans value so deeply. We need urgent and drastic change in this country, and I hope one day to see that change enacted.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/21/upshot/covid-bills-financial-long-haulers.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

Insurers and Congress wrote rules to protect coronavirus patients, but the bills came anyway, leaving some mired in debt.

As the pandemic comes to an “end” (at least in most people’s eyes), it’s important to remember that millions of people are left without vaccines or proper healthcare, and many have lost their whole families. In India, thousands of civilians are dying due to a disease that most of the world has had to struggle against. Now, as Americans begin to resume a normal way of life, what becomes of these countries where vaccines were sparse, or altogether denied. I once again say, healthcare is a human right, and we must work toward bettering world health as a whole, not as individual countries.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/05/18/upshot/abortion-laws-roe-wade-states.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

Depending on how the Supreme Court decides a Mississippi abortion case, access to legal abortion could be restricted in large parts of the c

After our discussion of Mary Wollstonecraft and the expansion of women’s rights, we must address contemporary women’s rights. I have heard the argument many times that women today have more rights than they ever had- which, in most cases, is true. However, women’s rights are not simply about having ‘enough.’ It’s about being completely equal in society. In the discussion of Roe vs. Wade and abortions, there is one statement that rings true- restricting access does not mean eliminating abortion altogether, but simply makes safe abortions harder to access. Especially in cases of poverty, in which many women may attempt unsafe and unregulated ways of terminating pregnancy, women’s lives are threatened by restricting access to safe healthcare. Access to safe abortions is healthcare, and healthcare is absolutely a human right.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/05/19/world/israel-palestine-gaza

The president’s remarks, to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Wednesday morning, added to growing international pressure to end

With recent events in occupied Palestinian territory, I feel like it is only appropriate to begin with a post on human rights abuses within this region. It’s also important to note that criticism of the State of Israel is not inherently anti-Semitic, and anti-semitism has no room in the movement for Palestinian liberation.

While the State of Israel may continue to claim self-defense against Hamas, their recent attacks on Palestinian homes and businesses clearly show that the State is attempting to intimidate Palestinians; moreover, the Iron Dome of Israel is about 80% effective in stopping Hamas rockets, while air strikes in Gaza come without sirens, little to no warning, and Palestinians are left without protection- It’s hard to fight a “war” when only one side has a military.

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