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Background checks continue to submerge UMD in academic white privilege

The social context around criminalization should matter in this university's hiring policies.
  • Lei Danielle Escobal
  • May 4, 2022

Transgender Americans struggle to vote. Changing voter ID laws can help.

Voter ID laws create harmful barriers for transgender Americans.
  • Lei Danielle Escobal
  • April 26, 2022

The US government must stop funding human rights violations in the Philippines

Passing the Philippine Human Rights Act will ensure safety of Filipino citizens.
  • Lei Danielle Escobal
  • April 19, 2022

Diversity in the newsroom at all levels means fewer neglected stories

BIPOC voices in the newsroom should be a consistent pattern, not the exception.
  • Lei Danielle Escobal
  • April 14, 2022

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.
  • Lei Danielle Escobal
  • April 4, 2022

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.
  • Lei Danielle Escobal
  • March 11, 2022

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.
  • Lei Danielle Escobal
  • February 24, 2022

Mission trips serve the white savior complex

Mission trips aren’t designed to help struggling communities. They’re new colonization.
  • Lei Danielle Escobal
  • February 23, 2022

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. 
  • Lei Danielle Escobal
  • February 3, 2022

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.
  • Lei Danielle Escobal
  • January 28, 2022
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