Privacy has been linked to property for much of American legal history. The root of this association can be found in the Fourth Amendment, which articulates “the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures.” Until the Supreme Court…

Actions (or rather the absence of meaningful action) speak louder than words, I say. An excerpt from a larger essay for class that I am still refining; version with footnotes here* Amazon has consistently shown its lack of care for Black lives. Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, 19,816…

*I wrote this paper for a class I took last spring. It was recent as of May/June 2020. You can find a version with footnotes here.* Introduction Both the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections demonstrate that the case for a progressive agenda has not…

To continue this blog’s focus on free expression, I want to draw attention to how the carceral state stifles any and all expression from incarcerated people. I saw this clearly during my time volunteering at a prison writing and justice program. We received many submissions by people who craved to…

When I was in the eighth grade, a friend and I started a petition for red sweaters. At a k-8 Catholic school, where there was not much to distinguish uniform-wearing students, we had longed for the plain red Champion sweaters that the eighth graders got to wear. …

The United States has waged open and secret imperialist wars of oppression and exploitation that have shaped current events all over the global south (one example I can elaborate on in another post). The United States has shaped the accumulation of knowledge, wealth, and power. Shaped the use of knowledge…

I am beginning a blog of essays where I share what I learn about oppression. The issues I cover may be obvious to some but useful to others who wish to eradicate oppression and find resources to help them do so. The inspirations for this blog are the allies who…