Moninisha Yadav, Author at Sampan

Moninisha Yadav

Metro July 26, 2022 0

Gun Rights in Massachusetts: What are the Next Steps After the Supreme Court Decision?

In the span of less than two weeks, two mass shootings made headlines across the country. These attacks at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas and a grocery store in Buffalo, NY, killed 21 and 10 people respectively. However, these are not the only ones. According to the Gun Violence Archive, as of July 4th, there have been 313 mass shootings in the United States since the beginning of the year — including a shooting at an Independence Day parade […]

Health July 14, 2022 0

Banning Juul e-cigarettes: Government Intervenes to Protect Youth

“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 […]

Front Page June 27, 2022 0

Student Loan Debt Crisis: a problem in need of a solution

The student loan debt crisis was one of the most important issues in the 2020 election, as well as one of current President Biden’s key promises during his campaign. And for good reason-the student debt crisis so far has led 43 million borrowers to collectively owe around $1.6 trillion. Since 1970, average in-state tuition has risen over 2,000% at both public and private schools, while average student loan debt has jumped 317% on average. In the last decade alone, tuition […]

Japanese Breakfast and Mitski: Two Asian American Musicians Expanding the Conversation on Representation in Popular American Culture

What is ‘indie rock’? Is it truly free from the restraints of corporate record label mandates, or is it simply the audio equivalent of a finely assembled glossy fashion spread in a magazine? Commerce usually likes to think it can manage the tastes and inclinations of the record-buying public, but in recent years some artists have challenged and expanded the pre-conceived notions of genre conventions that have been long populated (and dictated) by white people. Japanese Breakfast and Mitski are […]

With Immigration Rule’s Fate in Limbo, So Is Fate of Many Asylum Seekers

In recent decades, the United States has added approximately 1 million immigrants every year. This has happened in accordance with a number of provisions of immigration law, primarily through the sponsorship of family members who are U.S. citizens. However, when COVID-19 escalated in March of 2020, the number of immigration admissions, which had already been slowing greatly during the Trump administration, came to a virtual stop. As part of its approach to reduce immigration, the Trump administration sought to bypass […]

Features April 27, 2022 0

National Poetry Month2022: Musings

April’s nod to National Poetry Month is 30 days filled with recitations, incantations, slam poetry performances and spoken word gatherings that evoke the wonder of the 1950’s Beat Poetry gatherings once perceived as scandalous and impure. The fact that it fades away when May comes is less the calendar’s fault than it is our too short a love affair with poetry.. But as we impatiently wait for our flowers to blossom and for the world to stop hating, beautiful poetry […]

Front Page April 12, 2022 0

Restaurant Recovery from the Pandemic

As we continue to move forward after the pandemic, the U.S. unemployment rate hit a two year low of 3.6% in March of 2022. The hospitality industry was the first to be devastated by COVID 19. Restaurants are gradually recovering due to easing COVID-19 restrictions allowing for higher (in some places, even 100%) indoor capacity. However, many restaurants and small businesses are still struggling with issues like inflation when it comes to hiring employees back from when they lost millions […]

Press Releases March 28, 2022 0

The Global Refugee Crisis; Now Add Ukraine

Many of us have seen the headlines about the Syrian Civil Conflict and the Rohingya Exodus before, but these are just two examples of the ongoing refugee crisis. It affects millions of lives globally, both for the people escaping, and for the nations which face great humanitarian as well as economic pressure in taking these people. In the past decade alone, the amount of refugees worldwide has doubled. Over 84 million people have been forced to leave their homes and […]

Immigration March 14, 2022 0

Looking at the Past, Future of DACA

DACA, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals was established in June of 2012 by the Obama administration as an administrative relief for immigrants(known as DREAMers) who came to the United States as children (under 16) to receive a two year period of deferred action from deportation, as well as work authorization. 800,000 people were protected under it, with youth from numerous countries, from Mexico to as far as South Korea. Millions more were eligible. DACA quickly established itself as a […]

Education February 28, 2022 0

High-schoolers Struggle Mentally and Emotionally in Remote Learning Environment

Although severe cases of COVID-19 mainly affect the elderly and immunocompromised physically, young people have been challenged emotionally and mentally in the past two years. High schoolers ranging from freshmen to graduating seniors had shared and varying experiences. While all tried their best to adapt to a new normal of remote learning, each individual dealt with the sudden and unexpected changes differently based on their situations. Quarantine restrictions forced schools across the country to shift to remote learning. “No one […]

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