Archive: Feb 2025

VIEWPOINT SERIES: FIGHT FOR RIGHTS Winona Xu Shortly after President Donald Trump’s second inauguration on January 20, 2025, he issued an executive order halting nearly all foreign assistance for at least 90 days.[1] Almost immediately, the US…

Joseph J. Amon Nearly 60 years ago the comedian Lenny Bruce was arrested for saying “forbidden” words in his stand-up show.[1] A few years later, George Carlin carried on the tradition and was arrested for a routine on the “seven words you can’t…

Dana Repka The United Nations Human Rights Council’s Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls has released a guiding document on key considerations for conscientious objection to abortion, explicitly recommending that States prohibit…