The Power of the People: Protests Through the Lens of Kenya and Ghana
Many people, especially ignorant people, want to punish you for speaking the truth, for being correct, for being you. Never apologize for being correct, or for being light years ahead of your time. If you are right and you know it, speak your mind. Speak your mind. Even if you are a minority, the truth [...]
Labor strikes, such as The Screen Actors’ Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) strike, have permeated the news. The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics found that 80,700 workers were involved in major strike activity in 2021, and that number increased to 120,600 in 2022. 2023 has already seen more workers [...]
JURIST Features Editor Ingrid Burke Friedman talked with Brian Concannon, a human rights lawyer and the executive director of the Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti about the ongoing civil unrest in Haiti. Below is a transcript of their conversation, which has been edited for clarity. Could you please tell us more about your [...]
US dispatch: the midterms are over, but dangers to democracy remain
Justin Lindsay is a US National Correspondent for JURIST, and a 2L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. He served 10 years as an Officer in the United States Army. Election day in America has passed and the majority of votes have been counted. Only a few close races remain undecided, but control [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Angela B. Cornell of Cornell Law School discusses the implications that a recent case in Kentucky will have on labor relations and labor rights...Departing from decades of labor and industrial relations practice in the U.S. and rejecting...
Michigan governor seeks advisory opinion on right to work law
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder sent a letter to the Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court on Monday requesting an advisory opinion on the constitutionality of the state's right to work law. Under...
