CARDOZO JOURNAL OF
EQUAL RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

In 2022, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began creating a centralized online repository for USCIS's...

In the spring and summer of 2022, monkeypox spread throughout the world, and had a prominent impact on the United States.[1] The outbreak...

Affirmative action was conceived amidst the civil rights movement of the 1960s[1] as an attempt to create more opportunities for people...

In November 2020, Hurricane Eta, a category 4 hurricane, slammed the coast of Honduras and caused widespread flooding and destruction...

On June 8, 2022, San Francisco voters ousted Chesa Boudin as district attorney.[1] Boudin was known as a “progressive prosecutor” who...

The Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) crisis today is a continuation of the centuries of violence against Indigenous people...

In September of 2022, Hurricane Fiona struck Puerto Rico. There was widespread flooding and power outages that left thousands of Puerto...

In an ideal world, the United States consumer bankruptcy system provides a “fresh start” to individuals who find themselves in financial...

In recent years, New York City’s jail system has been in a state of constant crisis due to overcrowding, violence, and consistent sick...

The Statue of Liberty has become known as the “Mother of Exiles, greeting millions of immigrants and embodying hope and opportunity for...

Adnan Syed, was released from prison on September 19, after being behind bars for 23 years.[1] Syed was convicted in 1999 for the murder...

In April of 2021, students seeking to create a LGBTQ group on the campus of Yeshiva University (“YU”) filed suit against the institution...

How NJ’s Institutionalized Cannabis-Users Are Systematically Denied Civil Liberties Some of New Jersey’s state-institutionalized...

Affordable housing is a major concern in New York City, now more than ever. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, half of all NYC renters were...

One crisp September afternoon, two young souls collide in the pasta aisle of the Whole Foods on 97th and Columbus, as both make a grab...

Should the United States push for drug decriminalization at the federal level? In the early 1970s, President Nixon initiated an “all-out...

In April 2021, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, then led by Cyrus Vance, announced that the Office would stop prosecuting...

On December 16, 2021, Judge Colleen McMahon of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York overturned the Purdue Pharma...

How the Federal Government is Failing to Protect Indigenous Sovereignty Within the opulent Hamptons community located on the east end of...

On December 1st, 2021, thousands gathered outside of the Supreme Court of the United States as the Justices prepared to hear arguments in...