Elise Schumacher | staff writer On Jan. 29, President Donald Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into Law. The new law requires the Department of Homeland Security to detain undocumented immigrants who have been arrested for burglary, theft, larceny or shoplifting. It includes an additional mandatory detention measure, which prevents any opportunity to be released on bond. It means individuals can be detained whether or … Continue reading Federal immigration policies needlessly endanger immigrants

This week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at preventing American transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports. The debate over transgender and intersex athletes competing against cisgender women in athletics has long preceded his political career, as well as his birth. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) began mandating sex verification in 1936 for the Berlin Olympics, following the publicity that intersex Czechoslovakian … Continue reading Staff Editorial: NCAA policy change is understandable, but regressive