SMU Student With Goal to Change Protests Forever
Tyne Dickson created Equity Ahead in the hopes movements will be sustainable and accessible.
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REFLECTION: An International Student’s Perspective on Racism in America and Abroad
An international student reflects on racism in America and her home country of Romania after participating in Minneapolis protests.
REFLECTION: “Just Tell the Truth” About Race in America
“Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” SMU Professor Ray Jordan, arrested during the Monday night protests, reflects on what the George Floyd protests signify for racial discourse in America.
President Trump’s Dallas Rally Draws Diverse Perspectives in Support and Opposition
President Trump’s rally at the American Airlines Center drew many different kinds of people in support and opposition.
Venezuelan SMU student draws attention to humanitarian issues preceding political outcry
An SMU student’s perspective on the conflict in Venezuela.
FAMILIES BELONG TOGETHER – Protest
During the last week of June 2018, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of cities across the nation in protest of the “zero-tolerance” immigration policy that has led to the separation of over 2000 migrant children from their mothers, some of which are seeking asylum from domestic abuse or gang-related horrors in their native countries. After separation at the border, these children are being kept in cages within correctional facilities awaiting court hearings which ultimately decide their fate: deportation or entry into the country to join family members, accompanied by a GPS tracking device that is fastened like an ankle bracelet.
Parents of SMU student among dozens detained at DFW airport before expected release on Sunday
Following an executive order signed on Friday evening, dozens of immigrants were detained throughout Saturday in airports across the country, including SMU parents traveling to visit their son.
Activism on social media divides more than unites
Next time you decide to post something to your Facebook page, consider the impact it could have.
WATCH: The Daily Update, Friday, May 1, 2015
A North Texas teenager is looking at decades behind bars, Baltimore protests inspire protests in other U.S. cities, and learn about HANSOM, the new app that claims to be safer than Uber.
WATCH: The Daily Update, Wednesday, April 29, 2015
A Dallas man is charged with assault after kidnapping his girlfriend, police quell protestors in Baltimore, and a look at campus safety and awareness