“Musings on human rights” with Katie Méndez

By Katie Mendez   The Trump administration has decided to pull out of the Global Compact on Migration, which is intended to: address all aspects of international migration; make an important contribution to global governance and enhance coordination on international migration; present a framework for comprehensive international cooperation on migrants and human mobility; set out…

By Katie Mendez   Normally, when we think of human trafficking, we think of the movie Taken—of people being sold overseas, of people in other countries. Rarely do we think of people in our country being trafficked—and, when we do, we usually think of Americans being sold to other countries, much like in the movie…

It was only a little over a year ago that the rape conviction of former football player Sam Ukwuachu sparked what is now a nationally known rape scandal at Baylor University. On August 21st, Ukwuachu was sentenced to six months in county jail and ten years’ probation…

  On January 21st, women from across the nation took to the streets to make a statement: they are not going to let this election and political administration take away their rights.   Women of all races, ethnicities, economic backgrounds, and from all areas of the country…