Voting: In Full Color
2020 is the 100 year anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, which finally gave women the right to vote in the United States. Congresswomen celebrated the anniversary at the recent State of the […]
Author: J Elizabeth Mascoli
J Elizabeth Mascoli (FCRH '22) is a sophomore at Fordham University, double majoring in political science and history. She is interested in women's rights on an international level and other social inequality issues. Contact J Elizabeth at jmascoli@fordham.edu.
I Don’t Want a Battle of the Billionaires
Well, the two-party system is a mess, but what else is new? After the chaos in Iowa (Bernie won the popular vote but Buttigieg won the Electoral College delegate game — this sounds familiar) and […]
The Insulin Crisis
Imagine a tax on air. Now imagine a tax on your pancreas, which creates a hormone called insulin. Insulin allows your muscles and tissues to absorb glucose, a sugar, into your blood. Essentially, insulin […]
The Epstein Effect: Can We Stop Caring Yet?
Jeffrey Epstein is dead, and thank God about it. We can all move on with our lives. Right? It took me a while to be able to sit down and write this article, because I […]
Rehab vs. Control
Over 2.3 million people, adults and juveniles alike, are currently in some sort of correctional facility in the United States. Our country has the highest rate of incarceration per capita in the world, yet over […]
The Electoral College: Extinction or Evolution?
The biggest news of the 2020 electoral season (so far) is the ever-growing pool of Democratic candidates whose progressive policies are ever more in the mainstream. Recently, the senator from my lovely home state of […]
“Pro Not-Dying”
February 14th, 2018: Nikolas Cruz kills seventeen people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. May 18th, 2018: Dimitrios Pagourtzis kills ten and wounds ten in his own high school in Santa Fe, […]
Pink, White, and Blue: The Most Recent Transgender Fight
The LGBT community has made great strides in the past few years with the nationwide legalization of same-sex marriage, as well as the growing visibility and awareness of LGBT issues. However, the community does still […]