July, 2022 - Sampan

July 17, 2022 0

The Fall of Roe V. Wade: AAJC & NAPAWF Convene to Discuss National Impact

On June 24th, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court officially reversed Roe v. Wade, ending the constitutional right to abortion that had been upheld for nearly 50 years. In response to this decision, the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF) and Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC) co-hosted a virtual briefing to discuss the details of the SCOTUS decision and how it will affect AAPI communities. The event, which this reporter attended, was moderated by Isra Pananon Weeks of NAPAWF, took […]

July 16, 2022 0

Opinion: The MBTA Is Ruining My Summer, My Life, Everything

by Jeff Millman

I can still remember the night the MBTA died. It was February of 2015, during one of the worst snowstorms Boston had seen in years. I boarded a Commuter Rail train at South Station at 6:15 PM hoping to beat the storm. I was too late. Just a few minutes after we left, the train stopped. The snow was walloping us from all directions, dropping in heaps from the sky. Then the lights went out. Sitting in the dark, trying […]

July 15, 2022 0

Ocean Vuong’s Time is a Mother: Death, Renewal, and Hope

by Sandy Battulga

At only 33 years old, Ocean Vuong has been making unprecedented waves in the literary world. He has received numerous accolades for his writing, a few of which include the 2017 T.S. Eliot Prize for his first poetry collection entitled Night Sky With Exit Wounds, a 2019 MacArthur “Genius” Grant, and the Carnegie Medal in Fiction for his debut novel On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous. Time is a Mother is the newest poetry collection to come from the Vietnamese-American author, […]

July 14, 2022 0

Banning Juul e-cigarettes: Government Intervenes to Protect Youth

by Moninisha Yadav

“This really doesn’t make sense to me,” says Jenny (name changed by request), a rising senior at a Boston exam high school. “There are so many cannabis shops now all over the place. I’m too young for that, but I don’t want it. I don’t want pot or tobacco like my friends. Juul is convenient, affordable, and a better alternative to what my friends are doing. Why is it now being banned?” Jenny, who asked her name to be withheld […]

July 13, 2022 0

The Millionaires’ Tax: How Will It Affect the General Public?

by Max Wei

The highest court in Massachusetts on June 22 cleared the millionaires’ tax question. The next step will be made by the Massachusetts voters on the November ballot. The official title for the “millionaires’ tax” is the “Fair Share Amendment,” which requires that for the domestic income over $1 million per year, the taxpayers will be adding a 4% tax. How will it help the rest of the public, in this case, the non-millionaires like us? According to the proposed amendment: […]

July 12, 2022 0

Immigrant and Minority Representation at the Roxbury Film Festival

by Sonia Cavazos

Authentic and truthful minority representation in media and film is difficult to come by, but the Roxbury Film Festival has promised to do just that. The line up in this year’s festival celebrates the diverse untold stories of different minorities, with films that focus on immigration and poverty. Celebrating its 24th year in action, the Roxbury Film Festival boasts a startling line-up, the kick-off feature being Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story. From influential Gospel singers during the Civil Rights […]

July 11, 2022 0

Sampan Interviews Former Government Official About Gun Violence in Haiti

by Megan Wong

[Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of SAMPAN interviews with people living in countries with strict gun laws.] Recent devastating mass shootings in the United States have yet again brought the issue of gun violence to the limelight. In 2022 alone, the Gun Violence Archive has counted more than 250 mass shootings in the United States. The director of the US. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has even come out to say that gun violence in […]

July 10, 2022 0

Sampan Analysis: What Abortion Ruling Means, What’s Ahead

by Chelsea Wang

The U.S. Supreme Court on June 24 upheld a Mississippi law banning abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, eliminating the constitutional right to abortion. This ruling comes 49 years after Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that struck down a Texas law banning all abortions except those necessary to save the mother’s life. The Court had ruled in 1973 that criminal statutes that outlaw abortions at all stages of pregnancy violate the Due […]

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