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Posted by Kristina Agbebiyi

All or None

February 1, 2017

It feels as though with every notification of a new Executive Order from Trump, I feel a 20 pound weight being added to an imagina… Read more »

Posted by Jessica Morgan

The Hypocrisy of March for Life

January 31, 2017

Nearly a week after Trump’s control of America started, March for Life — a movement built in preserving the fetus’ life and fight… Read more »

Posted by Micaela Elizabeth Canales

Reproduction of Race Science: How My Health Care Education is Teaching Racial Bias

January 30, 2017

“You have to push harder when you give black women epidurals, you know, because black people have tougher muscles.” This is how an… Read more »

Posted by URGE Staff

The 10 Best Things About the Women’s March on Washington

January 27, 2017

Like most college women, I voted in my first presidential election this cycle. When I completed my ballot, filling the empty circl… Read more »

Posted by Kenyetta Whitfield

Hasty Hypocrisy: A look at Trump’s Executive Orders

January 26, 2017

In the 6 days following the historic inauguration of former reality television turned president, Donald Trump, 12 executive orders… Read more »

Posted by Rachel Bezek

Split: Unleash the Beast of Ableism

January 25, 2017

Photo: Universal Pictures Split by M. Night Shyamalan has the following themes that are necessary of a trigger warning: kidnapping… Read more »

Posted by Aleo Pugh

The Pussy March, or the Women’s March?

January 24, 2017

This year has really shown me the power of the white woman. In a matter of months, they have accomplished some very… interesting t… Read more »

Posted by Micaela Elizabeth Canales

Activists! Immediate action needed to #BeBoldEndHyde

January 23, 2017

  On Saturday my grandmother, my mother, my sister, my brother and I marched with more than 1 million people around the world… Read more »

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