CARDOZO JOURNAL OF
EQUAL RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

The United States has the highest number of incarcerated people in the world, accounting for roughly 25% of the world's total...

In 1875, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Miller delivered the opinion of the court in a case pertaining to the construction of a woman’s...

Following the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs, access to reproductive healthcare and the right to abortion have been severely...

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act shields “providers of interactive computer services” against liability arising from content...

In 1948, the United Nations General Assembly recognized the universal right of safety from persecution for the first time in history.[1] ...

There are many rights people forfeit when they are incarcerated; among these is the right to sexual expression.[1] Incarcerated people...

On November 24, 2022, the New York Adult Survivors Act (“ASA”) claim revival period began, providing adult survivors of certain sexual...

According to the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1974 (CAPTA)[1], under federal law, children are required to have...

In a sign of the case’s importance, oral arguments stretched over two hours when the Supreme Court heard United States v. Texas on...

The federal judiciary was first established in 1789[1], but the more concerning statistic regarding the age of the federal judiciary is...

Reform within the “child welfare” system is widely discussed due to the systems prejudicial nature.[1] The system is called many names:...

Gerrymandering through the method of redistricting poses a grave threat to our democracy. Redistricting is the redrawing of voting...

Congress passed the Fair Housing Act (“FHA”) during the Civil Rights movement, seeking to dispel discriminatory practices in the United...

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...