In case anyone has forgotten, Boeing crashes killed over 300 passengers in 2019. The two fatal crashes were the result of an automated system called MCAS, which was responsible for controlling the pitch of the plane. Read More
Police Complaints
In our country, citizens can report police misconduct via internal complaints, criminal charges, or civil suits. Each of these legal avenues offers advantages and disadvantages. Read More
Simplifying Restroom Access: Who Has The Right to Flush?
Last year, I was shopping at the Seattle QFC on Broadway and Pine at 7PM when suddenly I felt a twinge in my stomach. The QFC sandwich I had just eaten was beginning to make its presence known. I needed to use the restroom. Read More
Planetary Defense: Dismantling the Doomsday Clock
The possibility of the extinction of humankind is probably greater now than ever before. The Doomsday Clock is at two minutes to midnight––we are essentially at the closest point we have ever been to the apocalypse since the clock’s inception in 1947. Read More
How Do We Get Universal Healthcare? Through “Marijuana for All”
In February, Rob Wyden, Sen. (D), and Earl Blumenauer, Rep. (D), introduced H.R. 420, “Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol Act” and S. 420, “Marijuana Revenue and Regulation Act,” potentially legalizing marijuana at a federal level. Read More
Reparations For Real: Beyond the Lip Service
As the debates in the 2020 Democratic Presidential Primaries are starting to show, if there was ever a time for the successful extension of reparations for slavery to all Black Americans, that time has finally arrived. This conversation is truly happening on a national level, for the first time. Read More