Authored by: Matt Wathen, staff editor The debate over the federal government’s minimum wage has seen an increase in intensity over the past few months. The debate came to the forefront when the Biden administration included a $15-an-hour minimum wage increase in the $1.9 trillion Covid relief plan.[1] While the proposal made it through the House of Representatives, it did not meet the Senate’s guidelines for … Continue reading The Fight Over $15: The Debate on Increasing the Minimum Wage

Pharmaceutical Pollutants in the Public Water Supply and Why the Clean Water Act Needs to be Updated Authored by: Haley Walter, staff editor                 The Federal Water Pollution Control Act was passed in 1948, and then reorganized and expanded in 1972 to be the legislation we know today as the Clean Water Act (CWA).[1] The Clean Water Act was later amended to include … Continue reading Pharmaceutical Pollutants in the Public Water Supply and Why the Clean Water Act Needs to be Updated

Authored by: Toviya Nabugero, staff editor   Image courtesy of Equal Justice Initiative. https://eji.org/news/covid-19s-impact-on-people-in-prison/.     It has been over a year since the COVID-19 pandemic began. We have experienced overwhelming loss as a country, with our most vulnerable communities disproportionately affected. Some of those communities being individuals in immigration detention centers and individuals in jails and prisons. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities … Continue reading COVID-19 Behind Bars