On January 24th the Supreme Court announced that it would see two cases involving affirmative action; and due to the current makeup of the supreme court, this case could be the end of what we know as affirmative action. Affirmative action is defined as  the practice or policy of favoring individuals belonging to groups known to have been discriminated against previously. The cases involve two prestigious universities, Harvard University and University of North Carolina(UNC). Harvard is being sued on the basis that due to the way they operate their affirmative action program Asian American students are being discriminated against in order to raise the populations of other minorities at the school. Continue reading Affirmative Action Supreme Case

It felt like someone had taken a scoop out of my stomach when I heard the words: “we have to leave.” I knew there was no easy way for her to tell me a pipeline would be installed 120 feet from our door. My mother’s eyes, which normally comforted me and were encased in a ring of delicate long eyelashes, were empty inside. Black rivers washed away her sparkly makeup, and her hands felt cold and limp around me. The cream-colored letter she shakily held was a curse in disguise. We sat for a while on the floor of the dark kitchen, holding each other tight and wishing the bad news would go away. This was the day I discovered that the PennEast Pipeline would be stealing my home.  Continue reading End of the PennEast Pipeline