Category: Policy/Contributor Blogs

Perspectives on Sexual Violence from Cornell’s Recent Gender & Justice Conference

JLPP’s Rashell Khan shares enlightening perspectives on sexual violence from her interview with three Zambian participants at Cornell’s Third Annual Gender & Justice Conference.

Nov 2012

The Internet Home of the Cowards

JLPP’s Senior Blog Editor Suzy Marinkovich looks at the heated debate on online anonymity.

Oct 2012

Tackling Complex Public Policy Concerns: The Need for Interdisciplinary, Problem-Solving Clinical Education

Are you familiar with acid violence and how to combat it? Complex public policy problems, arising from globalization and specialization between and within disciplines, are at the forefront of society’s development issues. Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum discusses an innovation methodology to solve these problems.

Jan 2012

My Life as an Undocumented American

Mr. Krsna Avila describes how his view of himself as an American was shattered when he discovered his status as an undocumented immigrant. He describes how his status as an undocumented immigrant affected his emotions and his identity.

Dec 2011

Words of a Dreamer: An Undocumented Student’s Story of the DREAM Act

Uncertainty and diminishing job prospects for undocumented youth and the pathway to permanent residency through the DREAM Act. Kemi Bello discusses.

Nov 2011

What is the Tea Party?

An amalgamation of small, regional tea parties throughout the country—The Tea Party—touches even the liberal collegetown of Ithaca. But what is the Tea Party?

Oct 2011