social justice

The fight against heartless social justice

What if we had so many homeless friends that public safety started to get nervous about how many of them were sleeping in the dorms?

By Sy Hoekstra | Feb 23 06:18 pm ET

A new look at social justice

Social justice is not the John Wayne style of justice in which one ferrets out bad guys with a Winchester or a Colt-45 and throws them in jail.

By Ben Lyons | Nov 3 07:01 pm ET

The heart of the issue

he battle for social justice in the world is not simply a battle for the promotion of certain results, but it is another facet of a conflict that has existed for millennia and continues to plague us.

By Derek Turner | Oct 5 07:49 pm ET

Who am I that I survived?

“What can we students do?” This was the overwhelming question asked during Columbia’s Veritas Forum on Monday—“Fighting Modern-Day Slavery: Two Activists Share Stories from the Trenches”—which launched a week of events aimed to promote the fight against human trafficking.

By Sarah Ngu | Sep 27 06:52 pm ET

A small group of committed people

Quite simply, we learned that slavery is not dead. Far from it, it is one of the largest illicit markets in the world today, second only to weapons trafficking. We decided it was time to get to work.

By Phillip Dupree | Sep 22 07:23 pm ET

A privileged campus, a segregated community

I quickly learned that the reality of student life at Columbia, while boasting of its own internal “diversity,” was harshly segregated from the communities to the north of campus.

By Rudi Batzell | Mar 31 08:38 pm ET

New Orleans reflection

We weren’t rebuilding houses—we were rebuilding lives and bringing back a bit of normalcy.

By Kelicia Hollis | Mar 25 07:05 pm ET

The Forgotten Mothers of Harlem

I wish to express my sadness and disappointment with U.S. Representative Charles Rangel’s (D-Harlem) poor stewardship of the trust that the people of Harlem have for so long placed in him.

By Anthony Williams | Sep 15 10:27 pm ET

Student-Run Fellowship Emphasizes Charity

In response to what they see as a dearth of opportunities for philanthropy on campus, two students from Columbia/Barnard Hillel have formed a faith-based fellowship devoted to giving back.

By Alexa Davis | Sep 10 03:23 am ET

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