Unlucky 13: How Prison Slavery Feeds Fordham
One of the first articles I ever wrote as a columnist here at FPR in my freshman year was about prison reform, a cause I still strongly believe in. It is an issue that still […]
Author: J Elizabeth Mascoli
J Elizabeth Mascoli (FCRH '22) is a junior 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.
Who’s to Blame For Texas?
Must I recap the winter storm that swept across Texas and many other southern states last week? I’m sure we have all heard of the disaster. Power and water were shut off across the state […]
The Kansas City Chiefs Say “End Racism!!”
It’s been almost five years since Colin Kaepernick first took a knee at the beginning of a preseason game in a peaceful attempt to raise awareness for racial inequality in the NFL and in the […]
No, Joe Biden Should Not Pardon Trump.
On September 8th, 1974, newly-appointed President Gerald Ford pardoned his defamed predecessor, Richard Nixon, for “any crimes he may have committed or participated in while in office.” Nixon had resigned just a month earlier to […]
Statehood and Citizenship: What Does “American” Mean?
“World Series champs should get statehood,” said Hillary Clinton on Halloween night, 2019. Just over a year ago, the Washington Nationals clinched their first ever championship title, and baseball fans and DC statehood champions alike […]
What Does It Mean To Defund The Police?
A little over one week before the United States presidential election, another Black man was murdered by police officers. Walter Wallace Jr.’s family had called 911 asking for help because Wallace was suffering a psychological […]
Lincoln Isn’t the Hero Donald Trump Thinks He is. Neither is Trump Himself.
My decision to pick up history as one of my majors in college came as no surprise to my parents. As a child in elementary school, I would check out book after book on Abraham […]
Yeah, I’m Pro-Life. Quote Me.
No one issue in politics today causes greater polarization than the issue of abortion. I remember sitting down with my mother in high school, nerves fluttering in my stomach as I asked her, “What do […]