The legislature for the Trump administration’s plans to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, have been unveiled and has been approved in deliberations by two house committees. As of Monday, March 13, the administration is waiting on considerations from…
After speaking at a news conference about her fear of deportation, 22-year old Daniela Vargas was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement [ICE] officials. Vargas, who was brought to the United States at the age of 7 from Argentina, was granted protection from deportation under…
“I’m not surprised,” thesis student Syed Saif Iqbal said in a phone interview after hearing that the mosque of his childhood was set ablaze. Iqbal awoke on Feb. 24 to news that Hillsborough County first responders answered a 2 a.m. call that the steps of…
The weekend of Feb. 25-28, six New College students flew to Washington D.C. to participate in the sixth annual J-Street National Conference. Over four days, the students attended various workshops to discuss topics from the Israel-Palestine conflict, to promoting a two-state solution in Israel. “The…
“Title IX hasn’t changed, but the way the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) is going to enforce Title IX has changed,” General Counsel Mike Pierce said. On Wednesday, Feb. 22, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Education (DOE) issued a “Dear Colleague”…
In the aftermath of the vandalism of a St. Louis Jewish cemetery, two Muslim activists have started a crowdfunding campaign to raise $20,000 for repairs. Within a few hours of being posted last Tuesday, the LaunchingGood fundraising page created by Tarek El-Messidi and Linda Sarsour…
Over a year’s worth of discussions and protests have endured in Sarasota and across the nation relating to transgender people’s fundamental right to use the restroom that aligns with their gender identity. On Feb. 22, Donald Trump rescinded the protections for transgender students that were…
“People more than ever need to know that there is someone out there fighting for them, someone willing to go to the end of the world to make sure that they don’t get deported back to nothing,” second-year and volunteer with All of Us Sarasota…
The resignation of former National Security Adviser, Michael Flynn, marked yet another upright nail in the Trump presidency’s recklessly built bed of them. With a hectic month of executive orders, super-majority meanderings and intelligence leaks, the Trump administration has recorded perhaps the most turbulent and…
Since the inauguration, the effects of a Donald Trump presidency have rippled across intellectual and communal landscapes far and wide. Reports of policies, executive orders, cabinet nominees and tweets are screeched into the ears of nearly everybody on a daily basis. New College, a school…
