Over 21 million people have viewed the “‘Slap her’: Children’s Reactions” video on YouTube since it was posted on January 4th. A media group in …
The Longest Three Days
‘No justice will be served for Eric Garner,’ declared New York Attorney General, Eric Schneiderman. Although this is a subjective and definitely paraphrased statement, on Tuesday, December 2, …
No “Blood on the Hands” of Mayor de Blasio and Protesters
Just five days before Christmas, two police officers, Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos, were sitting in their patrol car in the Bedford- Stuyvesant neighborhood of …
Learning from Bush-era Intimidation
The Senate Torture report is “a portrait of depravity that is hard to comprehend and even harder to stomach,” The New York Times Editorial Board remarked. The …
MAKERS Documentaries Bringing Awareness to Gender Inequality
[pullquote]People think feminism is a bunch of crazy women who have an agenda. – Ms. Weber[/pullquote] Six MAKERS documentaries, released throughout the months of September and …
UPDATED: A New Civil Rights Movement?
If only there were an ice bucket challenge to raise awareness for the reality of racism and white-on-black crime in America. On a hot August 9th …
Anti-Islamic Blogger Pamela Geller Strikes Again
What comes to mind when you hear the word “Islam”? ISIS? Anti-Semitism? Terrorist? These are a few of the many stereotypical and discriminatory words I …
Interview with Maria Casa from The Council of Foreign Relations
Maria Casa is the Director of the National Program and Outreach Administration at The Council of Foreign Relations. Hewitt Times: Can you tell me about …
The Dangers of Drugs and The Importance of Spreading Awareness
In the wake of multiple drug-related deaths in the private school community, the issue of drug safety is re- emerging; many of the schools that …
From Mrs. Gallin – Re: A New Civil Rights Movement?
This article serves as a response to “A New Civil Rights Movement?” written by Chelsea Gardner. Somehow, the summer ended badly again, somehow just as …