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 […]
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.
Eighteen Years for American Democracy
The Founding Fathers of the United States of America intended for a lot of things to come out of their revolution: for example, a country and a Constitution. They also intended for a lot of […]
Universal Health Care in a Global Pandemic
Italy, Spain, New Rochelle, Seattle: all under quarantine. Graduations are cancelled, people are being fired, and above all, people are dying. Lives are being flipped upside down, and the biggest question on everyone’s mind is, […]
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 […]
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 […]