Published: Daily Dot (April 28, 2015)
If the recent polls are to be believed, Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida is all but guaranteed to be the Republican presidential nominee in 2016.
The Hill, a prominent Beltway blog, reports that Rubio is besting his Republican challengers in two different early polls, one from Fox News and the other from Quinnipac University.... Read Original Article
Published: Good Men Project (April 28, 2015)
If Americans truly wish to eradicate the scourge of racial oppression from our nation, we must start by paying our debts.
Last week, The New Yorker obtained footage from two surveillance cameras that depicted the horror of Kalief Browder’s experience on Riker’s Island.... Read Original Article
Published: Daily Dot (March 30, 2015)
Those with power must be held accountable for how they use it.
This may seem like a self-evident proposition, but it is actually facing a considerable challenge in Texas right now. If passed, a new bill sponsored by Rep. Jason Villalba (R-Dallas) would define the act of “filming, recording, photographing, or documenting the officer within 25 feet of [a police] officer” as “interfering” with their duties and, consequently, as being a crime (the limitation extends to 100 feet for residents carrying a concealed handgun).... Read Original Article
Published: Daily Dot (March 25, 2015)
Whether it’s Reddit trolls or real-life ones, freedom of speech in the Internet age can be very unpleasant.
The Supreme Court is currently preparing to hear a controversial case about whether the government of Texas has the right to ban hate speech from state-issued license plates; in this case, the issue is over use of a Confederate flag-based insignia by a hate group, the Sons of Confederate Veterans.... Read Original Article
Published: Daily Dot (March 16, 2015)
co-author Tillie Adelson
To understand why the University of Oklahoma was wrong to expel the students responsible for singing a racist chant (as well as disband the Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter on their campus), it is first important to understand the legal arguments in favor and against the college’s decision, and only then can you fully realize why both positions entirely miss the deeper point.... Read Original Article