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The Power of Public Transportation in Social Justice
Seemingly mundane transportation policies are far from a peripheral issue in the national reckoning with race —…
Spotlight: Atticus Finch Isn’t a Role Model,…
This week on Spotlight, host Naomi Shi sits down with MIR Writer of the Week, Elizabeth Franceschini, to…
Opinion | Slavery Distorts Conservative Interpretations…
Staff Writer Jonah Fried argues that slavery determined much more than just the wording of the Second Amendment:…
Fair Pay, Fair Play, and the NCAA
The passage of California's Fair Pay to Play Act and the widespread adoption of similar legislation in other states…
MIR Meets: Wendell Adjetey
Host Mathieu Lavault sits down with Professor Wendell Nii Laryea Adjetey, a historian of the…
Opinion | Atticus Finch Isn’t a Role Model,…
To Kill a Mockingbird should not be ignored simply because it is antiquated, but repurposed for a contemporary…
Norway’s Lessons for Canada: Justice System Reform
In 1938, a government-mandated investigation of the Canadian criminal justice system found the need for massive…
Thank Slavery For The Second Amendment
Many Americans regard the Second Amendment as a safeguard against government tyranny. Yet few, according to Staff…
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Police Brutality, and “The Death…
Nearly four decades later, the dominant issues of Basquiat’s generation, including police brutality as depicted in…
Fanon and Collective Catharsis: The Removal of Racist…
Although the removal of these racist monuments is perhaps not "violence" as Fanon likely envisioned it when he…
Social Work is not a Miracle Cure for Systemic Racism in…
The rhetoric of social workers as a one-size-fits-all solution to police brutality overlooks the history and…
A Political Fumble: The NFL’s Opportunistic Change of…
The manner in which Colin Kaepernick has been treated is symbolic of the NFL’s relationship with Black athletes…