Speaking to residents of a Newton retirement community on Wednesday, civil rights advocate Rahsaan D. Hall drew a direct line from slavery to mass incarceration, warning that the nation’s failure to confront its past harms its future. 

Less than one percent of detained immigrants in deportation cases will have success in the U.S. courts, according to Jennifer Klein, director of the Immigration Impact Unit.

In politics, one needs more than just determination and a good platform: one must also be a good entertainer. A successful politician, just like a successful showman, must know what the audience wants to hear and see. The most recent performance was done by none other than Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

Originalism is a deeply partisan, political ideology that shrouds itself in the language of protecting the Constitution and democracy through serious intellectual rigidity. With Barrett now confirmed to the Supreme Court, the convincing, yet hollow, rhetoric of this formidable ideology on the court will be a force to contend with if we want to protect civil and human rights in America. 

“There’s so much that colleges and universities can do, so as to make sure that it’s an inclusive community for all students,” said Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the University of California at Berkeley School of Law.