Social Problems

Family and Women's Health

Whenever I hear about ICE and immigration detention centers, I think about families and the health of women. There…

Gender Wage Gap and Racial Wealth Gap

I have had conversations with my mom about her job and the pay differences among her…

Microaggressions in everyday life(white supremacy)

The Truth About Southern Hospitality

I was born, raised, and currently go to school in Raleigh, NC. Living in a southern state my…

Hearing Loss

My grandmother lives in Cary, about 10 minutes away from campus. She is 74 years old and has a lot of health problems. One in…

Citizenship in the USA

Growing up it was difficult to figure out which “category” I belonged to. On…

Opioids in West Virginia

My mother is from West Virginia, an area with some of the highest rates of opioid use in the country. It’s a fact…

Wages and Work

The United States is lacking massively in our passenger train system in comparison to other developed countries. However our freight…

CRT in Education Systems

Critical Race Theory, or CRT, is an academic and legal framework that denotes that systemic racism is part of American society. Critical Race Theory recognizes that racism is more than the result of individual bias and prejudice…it is embedded in laws, policies and institutions that…