Social Justice Archives

The flag of the NRA at its headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia.

Social Justice

The NRA’s Legal Counsel and Executives Have Been Billing the Non-Profit Millions of Dollars in Fees

Accountants have been attempting to investigate what they believe to be financial mismanagement since 2018, but attempts were thwarted according to a senior employee.

Mike Spies

Big Ag Monopolies Have Stifled Small Farmers. 2020 Democrats Want to Break Them Up.

When a few agribusinesses have all the power, one choice by them can determine the course of a farmer's entire production. Will 2020 change that?

Emily Moon

Social Justice

How Health Officials in Pro-Life States Are Quietly Dismantling Abortion Access

Without the fanfare of a bill signing or a Supreme Court decision, the first state without an abortion clinic is in sight.

Rosemary Westwood

Social Justice

After Police Cooperated With ICE, California’s Sanctuary Law’s Strength Will Be Tested in Court

Immigrant rights advocates are set to bring one of the first legal challenges against a city that allegedly contravened the California Values Act.

Massoud Hayoun

Sandra Sanchez, a Honduran woman and asylum seeker, preparing lunch for her daughter.

Social Justice

The Real Intention Behind the Recent ICE Raids Is Intimidation

While only 35 arrests were reported during the most recent, multi-city raids, the campaigns have caused widespread fear and tangible impacts on the daily routines of immigrant families.

Sarah Holder

Searching for Savanna

She was young. She was pregnant. She was one of thousands of Native women who go missing every year. Now her disappearance could help others to be found.

Mona Gable

Mark Zuckerberg is escorted through the United States capitol.

Social Justice

Facebook’s Privacy Parole Officer Faces an Immense Regulatory Task

Along with a multiple-billion dollar fine, Facebook is required to have an "outside assessor"–a sort of privacy cop–to monitor violations of users' privacy, the targeted spread of harmful content, and instances of collecting far more data than is warranted.

Bhaskar Chakravorti

Social Justice

Adhering to Cultural Norms Can Help Immigrants Elicit Acceptance, Study Finds

New research finds Germans are less likely to help a hijab-wearing Muslim woman, but this bias fades if she demonstrates agreement with the national consensus that littering is bad.

Tom Jacobs

A teenager wears a Donald Trump shirt at a Trump rally on October 22nd, 2016, in Cleveland, Ohio.

Social Justice

Should the Voting Age Be Lowered to 16?

Taking a closer look at the neurological research on decision making, sociological research on civic knowledge, and psychological research on voting habits.

Spenser Mestel

Immigration advocates with the Florida Immigrant Coalition go house to house handing out fliers on July 13th, 2019, in Little Havana in Miami, Florida.

Social Justice

Why Were Trump’s ICE Raids So Ineffective?

After Trump announced his intention to deport "millions," undocumented immigrants and activists began preparing their communities with "Know Your Rights" campaigns.

Khushbu Shah