New York 4 Social Change

Over the past two decades, Affirmative Action has played a crucial role in addressing systemic inequalities and fostering social change, particularly for marginalized groups and people of color. Nevertheless, the recent bold affirmative action ruling by the Supreme Court, effectively putting an end to race-conscious decisions, begs the question “what …

Though many say affirmative action lowers the academic standard for admission to top universities, it enables less fortunate people to get an opportunity otherwise not given to them in their academic journey. Because of our faulty education system, we should push for affirmative action to help discriminated parties get a …

The Problem In 2018, 44 percent of renting NYC households were rent burdened (meaning they spent 30% or more of their income on housing) and 23% of households were severely rent burdened (meaning they spent half of their income or more on housing); this was with Section 8 vouchers and …

New Laws Criminalize Abortions in Multiple States In recent months, many states have begun to pass laws banning the practice of abortion, a procedure where a human pregnancy is terminated. These abortion laws place restrictions on abortions, banning them according to a strict set of guidelines with no exception for …

Introduction In March of 2021, the use of weed was legalized in New York by Governor Andrew Cuomo. But this did not only bring good outcomes but also brought up a lot of cons and questions about the legalization. Most people were upset because they were concerned about their community …

Weed was recently legalized on March 31, 2021 in the state of New York. As long as people are being safe with how much they consume, and where they consume it, then weed being legalized doesn’t bother me. Some believe marijuana shouldn’t be legalized, whilst I am fine with weed being …