Background checks continue to submerge UMD in academic white privilege
The social context around criminalization should matter in this university's hiring policies.
Transgender Americans struggle to vote. Changing voter ID laws can help.
Voter ID laws create harmful barriers for transgender Americans.
The US government must stop funding human rights violations in the Philippines
Passing the Philippine Human Rights Act will ensure safety of Filipino citizens.
Diversity in the newsroom at all levels means fewer neglected stories
BIPOC voices in the newsroom should be a consistent pattern, not the exception.
Dating apps must prevent racial fetishization against Asian American women
Dating apps and websites should create an online space where algorithms do not encourage racial fetishization.
It’s time for an Asian American studies major at UMD
Implementing an Asian American studies major at this university has the potential to broaden students’ mindsets about a new facet of history, connect Asian Americans to their culture and simply make this university a better place to learn.
Children of immigrants shouldn’t have to interpret for their parents in court
Courts on all levels have a responsibility to provide equal access and processes for all citizens, including those who are not fluent English speakers.
Mission trips serve the white savior complex
Mission trips aren’t designed to help struggling communities. They’re new colonization.
Television and movies must take male sexual assault more seriously
The sexual assault of men is no joke, and entertainment media needs to stop treating it like one.
UMD’s efforts to recognize Indigenous people fall short
The university cannot promote diversity to its non-Indigenous community on campus without actively supporting the Piscataway tribe of the past, present and future.