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Introduction Peremptory challenges, which allow attorneys to remove jurors without explanation or cause during the voir dire process, have been limited by two Supreme Court cases, Batson v. Kentucky (476 U.S. 79 [1986]) and J.E.B. ...
Men! Drenched in testosterone, booze, and angst! They hang onto the laws of old to preserve that sweet and toxic masculinity! Real men are the Paps and the Ahabs, not the boys of Hucks and ...
The body has been commodified. Different types are sold, with the most popular being the white, feminine body. There are variations of her, with the most popular version being a half white and half Armenian ...
When the country watched the midterm election results, Texas was under heavy watch. Beto O’Rourke seemed to be a political celebrity, appearing on The Ellen Show and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. He seemed ...
With one election season right behind us and people already talking of the ones to come, it can seem like our political world is zooming by, and for some of us negatively. It is easy ...
There has been a negative stigma around mental illnesses in our media, news, and daily conversations. Some don’t believe in mental illnesses and dismiss them as simply something one chooses, and others force others to ...
On October 21, 2018 the New York Times broke the news about a leaked memo from the Department of Health and Human services that is attempting to define gender as binary, determined by the genitalia ...
On November 19, Southwestern observed the Transgender Day of Remembrance for the second time in a row by holding a vigil on Academic Mall. Officially, Transgender Day of Remembrance is on November 20, but the ...
About 40% of food grown, processed, and transported in the United States goes uneaten and therefore, wasted rotting in landfills. A recent study says that Americans waste about a pound of food per person each ...
Let’s be honest, essays are difficult and no one really wants to write one. It’s that one part of college that is totally unavoidable, just like that all-nighter you’ll probably be pulling to finish said ...