On September 16, Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian woman, died in the custody of morality police while visiting relatives in Tehran. Eyewitnesses report Amini was brutally beaten into a coma by law enforcement and forcefully detained in the back of a police van for the improper wearing of a hijab and clothing. CNN reported that… Read on
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Let’s get real and stop sugar coating. The truth is, guns have more rights than women. Don’t believe it? Here’s proof: within the span of 24 hours, the United States Supreme Court took away human rights and granted rights to a piece of metal. On Thursday, June 23, the Supreme Court ruled that Americans have… Read on
At the start of this school year, nine Pace Academy theater students created a powerful performance bringing to life the stories of two Holocaust survivors. With a mere four hours of rehearsal before the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival’s screening of the documentary “Witness Theater,” Pace’s student actors shared their own rendition of the Brooklyn, NY-based… Read on
This peaceful protest, which included a march from the Center for Civil & Human Rights to the Liberty Plaza at the Georgia state capitol, was a time for people of all kinds to come out, look beyond their differences, and make their voices heard about various human rights. Read on