The Journal of Fordham University's Top Thinkers
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, […]
On January 21, 2020, COVID-19 reared its ugly head in the United States. Since then, the number of infected individuals in this country has exceeded 7,000 people and shows no sign of stopping. As a […]
Several studies* have shown direct correlations at least until the ‘90s between U.S. foreign aid expenditure and human rights violations in recipient countries. This correlation was especially strong in the ‘80s as a product of Reagan’s […]
As of early March, Joe Biden is the favorite to win the Democratic nomination for president. The former vice president’s once faltering campaign, aided by overwhelming support from African American voters, won by an unexpectedly […]
On January 31, an organized, unsanctioned protest occurred in Grand Central at 5pm. The protest’s organizers have a platform with many concerns surrounding treatment of people of color within New York and on a broader, […]
In a city where the cost of living has long outpaced residents’ ability to pay rapidly rising rents, this past summer, on June 14th, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Housing Stability and Tenant […]
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 […]
The 2020 Democratic primaries have certainly been a sight to behold, with candidates yelling over each other at the debates, a certain former Vice President forgetting where he was (twice), a former Republican mayor attempting […]