Back to School 2020, USA Today Special Edition
Powerful Men Do Terrible Things: Why Lawyers Like Kavanaugh Perpetrate Sexual Assault
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh now has two accusers. Listening to debates about the allegations of sexual violence committed by the current SCOTUS nominee, I have been particularly surprised at those who cling to his profession as an attorney and judge as an indicator that he would be morally incapable of doing something as reprehensible as rape or sexual assault. That was, in fact, the opposite of my experience as a law school student.
Globalization and its impact on the future of human rights and international criminal justice (Book, 2015) [WorldCat.org]
"An assessment of the current international human rights paradigm and recommendations for moving forward" / Carli Pierson
Can AMLO end Mexico’s devastating drug wars?
AMLO’s campaign promises of amnesty fall short of the reality of the country he is about to take the helm of.
You Hit Your Kid and Shouldn’t Have—Now What?
Hitting a child is never a recommended form of discipline, but it happens, especially during stressful times like the pandemic. Experts explain how you can avoid spanking your child and what to do if you already have.
YEAR IN DEFENSE 2020
"Budgeting Boundaries" feature on Pg. 30
SUSTAINABILITY 2021
The world needs to do more to stem the climate crisis. "Silver Synergy" feature on pgs. 28-32.
GO ESCAPE NEW YORK 2020
Reach the peak of adventure in this mountainous region. "Suffrage Celebration" pgs. 24-27
How 3 Artist Moms Of Color Are Finding Unexpected Beauty Right Now
Ten months into the pandemic, it's undisputed that the loss of loved ones, jobs, and social safety nets has been devastating, especially for mothers, particularly single mothers and women of color.
Latinas for marijuana! Meet the women fighting to decriminalise cannabis in Mexico
From ‘Twerk and Smoke’ sessions on Zoom to ‘yoganja’ (yoga plus weed), feminist activists in Mexico have joined the fight to legalise marijuana.
cbd-intel.com-CBD firms find more pros than cons in legal recreational cannabis markets
cbd-intel.com-CBD firms find more pros than cons in legal recreational cannabis markets
Catholic bishops plan to pressure Biden over abortion rights. It’s time to make a choice | Carli Pierson
When Joselyn turned 15 she was already two months pregnant. Her mother, a housemaid who worked in another city, came back to her tiny village in a rural area of Puebla, Mexico, for her daughter’s quinceañera and her abortion. They had the party celebrating her 15-year birthday and so-called “entry into womanhood” first, and the next day they induced the abortion. It was bloody and painful. She retched on the floor for hours.
Red flag laws don’t work. The only way to heal our nation is to ban guns | Carli Pierson
How many shootings in the past month? In 2021? Well, as any “woke lawyer” (as my trolls on Twitter like to call me) would tell you, it depends. It depends on how you count them, for instance. According to the Gun Violence Archive there have been (so far) 36 mass shootings in April with a total of 44 people killed and many more injured. If you want to count “simple” shootings, then in just the past 72 hours there were over 253, but that number will likely go up between the time I finish writing...
We all wanted to believe Pope Francis was different. Now he’s finally proven he isn’t | Carli Pierson
“Who here isn’t sure if they believe in God?” I tentatively raised my skinny seventh-grader hand with bitten-down nails and chipped pink and blue polish; the entire class held their breath. I was apparently alone in my apostasy.
I had just turned twelve years old and was the new girl at a posh Catholic school in a suburb of Denver, Colorado.
I had just turned twelve years old and was the new girl at a posh Catholic school in a suburb of Denver, Colorado.
Opinion: Is 2021 the year of the Equal Rights Amendment? I hope so
If you believe that women’s rights to equality under the law are enshrined in the US constitution, and that the Equal Rights Amendment consecrating women’s rights passed decades ago, then you’re wrong.
The ERA was famously drafted by Alice Paul of the National Women’s Party in the early 1920s and was introduced in every Congressional session since the presidency of Woodrow Wilson. The bill gained significant momentum in the women’s movement of the 1970s and was approved by 35 states before...
The ERA was famously drafted by Alice Paul of the National Women’s Party in the early 1920s and was introduced in every Congressional session since the presidency of Woodrow Wilson. The bill gained significant momentum in the women’s movement of the 1970s and was approved by 35 states before...
Despite threats, Frida Guerrera raises women's lost voices in Mexico
In Mexico today, there is an undeclared war against women and girls. Femicide, the gender-based murder of a woman by a man, is a national emergency in a country where violence against women has been spiraling out of control for years.
US-created crisis is now a humanitarian disaster at Mexico's doorstep
Mexico is expecting another major migrant caravan to begin arriving at its southern border with Guatemala. This latest group is suspected to be between 5,000-8,000 persons and been called the "Devil's Caravan" by the media and migrants themselves. Both locals in the southern state of Chiapas and migrants are worried about what's to come.
Pros and Cons of Probiotics
A physician and naturopath weigh in about these supplements