In 2016, Brock Turner was convicted of three counts of sexual assault. One of those charges was assault with intent to commit rape of an intoxicated woman. Recently during a hearing in front of a three-judge panel in California’s 6th District Court of Appeal, Turner’s lawyer, Eric Multhaup, tried once again to have the sexual […]
Politics/Community
It Helps to Have a Good Cry
By Elaine Ferrell I cry easily. Not because I’m a sad person generally, but because I just get emotional, and the first thing I do when something is sad, or overwhelming, or scary, or even joyful, is cry. Not always bawling — in fact, rarely bawling — but tears definitely wet my cheeks more than […]
This Is Why Target’s Teacher Discount Sale Misses the Bullseye
If you haven’t heard, Target is holding a teacher discount sale from July 15 through July 21, offering verified educators a 15% discount on school supplies, according to a post on their website. At first glance, this announcement seems great. I mean, teachers are constantly struggling to furnish their classrooms, so who wouldn’t be excited […]
Dear Conservatives: I Can Save My Daughter, But I Fear For Yours
By Lori Dziurda Dear Conservatives: I feel sorry for your daughters. It’s July 2018 and we are on the cusp of having a conservative majority in the Supreme Court, which is a direct threat to the protections for women’s health and privacy encapsulated in the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling. We feminists know that was your […]
15 Tweets That Hilariously Troll Tomorrow’s “Civil War”
Load up your muskets! Ready your bayonets! And tell Aunt Clara to put a pot of stew on the fire so we can fill our bellies tonight. Because guess what, folks? There’s apparently a civil war happening tomorrow, according to everyone’s favorite liberal-hater Alex Jones, who proclaimed this fact as “BREAKING NEWS!” on his own […]
Undocumented Immigrants Pay $24 Billion a Year in Federal Tax
It’s a story with which we’re all too familiar. It’s breakfast time. I cheerily greet my elderly patient who is in his hospital bed, enjoying French toast and turkey bacon. A barking newscaster is on his television. My patient concurs with the talking head. “Those illegals,” he complains indignantly, using the term as a pejorative. “They’re […]
Childhood Trauma as It Relates to Immigrant Children in Detainment
I was 7 when it happened; roughly the same age as my kids are now. The same age as so many of the immigrant children who are currently housed in detention facilities all along the southern border of the United States. My older brother and I had gone to stay for the weekend with a […]
Crowdfunding Is Raising $4,000 a Minute for Immigrant Children in Detainment
It’s every parent’s worst nightmare: having your young children taken away without knowing when, or if, you’ll see them again. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that this is reality for many immigrant families on our southern border. The Trump administration has issued a “zero tolerance policy” intended to punish immigrants by […]