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Ethnic Studies In California: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
In the state of California, there has been a prolonged effort to adopt an “Ethnic Studies'' curriculum. Through this curriculum,...
ramyaempowertochan
Sep 14, 20225 min read


The Media’s Portrayal of One: Missing White Woman Syndrome
Gabby Petito was first reported missing by her mother on September 11, 2021. Within days of her missing persons report, mainstream and...
robertempowertocha
Feb 7, 20226 min read


A Letter from the Editor: Kicking off 2022
Letter from the Editor: An introduction of E2C's first articles of the new year, which kick off 2022 by taking a look back at 2021.
Olivia Gingold
Feb 1, 20223 min read


Lost But Not Forgotten: Returning the Children of Native Boarding Schools
Earlier this year, Canada’s schools made major news headlines for the discovery of more than 1,308 unmarked graves found across the...
robertempowertocha
Oct 4, 20214 min read


A Nation Burdened Under Student Loans
Student loans play a huge role in colleges and universities around the United States. The amount of student loan debt is estimated to be...
Aida Agayeva
Sep 13, 20212 min read


Deinstitutionalization and the Criminalization of Mental Illness
About half of the U.S. prison population suffers from a mental illness. According to Alisa Roth, author of Insane: America’s Criminal...
bryannaempowertoch
Jul 19, 20213 min read


Underfunded & Under the Radar: The Continued Undervaluation of Women in Sports
During the 2021 March Madness Tournaments, University of Oregon forward Segona Prince posted a now-viral TikTok of a comparison between...

Angela Vo
Jul 12, 20213 min read


Inequities & Misinformation in the Vaccine Realm
Since the COVID-19 vaccines have been rolled out, the inequity and scattered distribution have been increasingly noticeable. Vaccine...
Aida Agayeva
Jun 29, 20212 min read


Summer Spotlight: The Sinister History of the Bikini
The days are getting longer, the weather is getting warmer, and swimsuit season is officially upon us. And although the bikini has become...
bryannaempowertoch
Jun 20, 20213 min read


The Problem with “AAPI” and the Need for Disaggregation
Continuously and consistently, the term AAPI (and its related labels such as, API, Asia-Pacific, etc.) has been used to describe the...
bryannaempowertoch
Apr 25, 20213 min read


Revisiting the ‘Zero-Tolerance’ Discipline
The term “zero tolerance” is coined from institutions implementing strict discipline policies and practices against student misbehaviors.
Aida Agayeva
Mar 30, 20213 min read


Justice by Race: Ending Juvenile Injustice in California
In Fall 2020, during the wake of nationwide demonstrations against structural racism and systemic injustice, Governor Newsom of...

Angela Vo
Mar 29, 20214 min read


A Look Back at the Trump Presidency
Yes, it was really that bad. Over the two months since Joe Biden’s inauguration, the American public has been all too eager to forget the...

Jackie Bueno
Mar 24, 202110 min read


Kānaka Maoli and the U.S. Prison System: Decolonizing our Perceptions of Justice
**Note: This piece does not intend to speak on behalf of the Kānaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) community. Rather, it aims to provide a...
bryannaempowertoch
Mar 9, 20214 min read


e2c WRAPPED: Looking back at 2020
These past 5 months running e2c have been truly amazing. Planning, leading, and onboarding an entire team in a global pandemic has...

Jackie Bueno
Dec 29, 20202 min read


Advocating for Government Resources to Address Mental Health
One in five Americans experience a mental illness as measured by the National Survey on Drug Use and Health. According to the Department...
Sydney Ching
Nov 22, 20204 min read


Black Friday and the Shift Towards Conscious Consumerism
With one of the biggest shopping days approaching, it is crucial to take an ethical standpoint and leap into conscious consumerism....
Aida Agayeva
Nov 20, 20202 min read


Critique of Black Reason: Considerations, the BLM Movement, and Implications for Equality
Photo Source Critique of Black Reason by Achille Mbembe is a very radical piece that challenges readers to reevaluate the ways in which...
bryannaempowertoch
Nov 18, 20204 min read


Why Being a "Social Liberal, but Fiscal Conservative" is Cognitive Dissonance
In such a politicized world, there remains a sector of voters claiming to value protecting citizens’ rights in this country and as well...

Jackie Bueno
Nov 9, 20204 min read


Who Should We Call? Trust Busters.
Trust-busting has been “out of fashion” since the 1970s and it’s past time that it become a tool in the government’s regulatory realm again.
Olivia Gingold
Nov 6, 20206 min read