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The Trump administration’s travel ban chooses Africans as their next target

Maya Brown February 23, 2020
[Trump's] ill-conceived notions about these countries is reflected in racist policies like the travel ban. The way he refers to them also demonstrates the little amount of respect he has for countries that may not be as developed as America.
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Activist and former child bride Naila Amin shares her story

Activist and former child bride Naila Amin shares her story

Maya Brown December 7, 2018
Naila Amin never got to experience childhood. She was engaged to her cousin at eight years old, married by age 13 and repeatedly raped by her husband until she was 15.
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Poster for the Angry Rivera event COURTESEY OF LIISA

Sexual assault survivor and immigrant activist Angy Rivera shares her story

Maya Brown November 11, 2018
Angy Rivera, subject of the Peabody Award-winning documentary "Don't Tell Anyone (No Le Digas A Nadie)". spoke about her experiences as an undocumented immigrant and sexual assault victim on Thursday, Nov. 8 in Roth Cafe.
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President Samuel L. Stanley at the 2016 State of the University address. Wednesday he hosted a town hall meeting about diversity. JERROD WHITE/STATESMAN FILE

Defending DACA: an economic perspective

Scott Terwilliger and Mike Sonta September 10, 2017
The effects of criminalizing immigration in the United States criminalizes entire communities. In doing so, America narrows its diversity, which can be deleterious to the notion of our country as a cultural melting pot.
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