Over the course of a month, Hurricanes Harvey and Irma devastated the lives of many, and have rendered people around the world fearful of a future where these storms only continue to build in strength due to climate change. While the United States was trying…
In an age of constantly evolving understandings and experiences of gender, historical women’s colleges and universities across the country are faced with the task of updating and reassessing their admission policies. Spelman College, a historically Black liberal arts college for women located in Atlanta, Georgia,…
Behind the need for health insurance lies the need for affordable healthcare, and getting a college degree reaps less profits as the cost for that degree increases. Americans have the highest costs for healthcare and tuition in the world. For most people, life in…
This week (9/20 – 9/28), activists have the opportunity to participate supply drives, town halls, film screenings and marches! Read on if you want to get involved in the community regarding farmworker’s rights, the drug war, immigration reform, or racial justice. Sept. 13 –…
Although the U.S. is sending disaster relief aid to several Caribbean islands damaged by Hurricane Irma, no aid is being sent to Cuba, which was hit by Irma while the storm was still a Category 5 for a consistent 24 hour period. Cuba hasn’t…
The most affected part of the U.S. was the state of Florida, but more specifically, the Florida Keys. Hurricane Irma made landfall on Cudjoe Key, FL as a Category 4 with the highest recorded winds reaching 120 mph in Big Pine Key. The Federal…
The United States and British Virgin Islands were among some of the first victims of the largest and deadliest recorded Atlantic storm, Hurricane Irma, with its full force of sustained 185-miles-per-hour winds at a Category 5. Saint Thomas and Saint John (of the U.S. territories)…
Barbuda was the first landmass to make contact with the monstrous Hurricane Irma and the entire island of 1,800 former inhabitants was evacuated--the first time in 300 years that Barbuda is completely empty. The country is comprised of the two namesake islands and several…
Within hours of the announcement that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals would be phased out over the next six months,, a group consisting of both New College students and Sarasota-Manatee residents assembled outside of New College’s ACE building to reveal a banner reading “DEFEND…
After learning that the strongest Atlantic basin hurricane ever recorded was headed directly for Florida, many packed up their belongings, filled up on gas and hastily left the state. Others needed to deal with an additional concern: the well-being of their pets. As most pet owners…
