By: Sofia Waterhouse, 3L Dawn Wooten, a licensed practical nurse formerly employed by the Irwin County Detention Center (ICDC) in Georgia, recently filed a whistleblower report claiming an alarmingly high rate of hysterectomies performed on Spanish speaking women at the detention center. On September 14th, Project South, along with several other human rights groups, filed […]

By: Camila Chediak, 2L The COVID-19 outbreak left nations around the globe scrambling to provide relief to billions of people. The pandemic created an unprecedented disruption that has been met with a wide range of government responses from every country—though not all responses have been praised. One recent unpopular response to the pandemic comes from […]

By: Nicole Vila, 2L In 2019, much of Latin America erupted in political turmoil—Peru’s President dissolved the country’s Congress; Honduras’ President allegedly received bribes from drug lords; and protests in Ecuador caused government members to flee the capital city. A downturn in economic growth throughout the region exacerbated the issue many countries faced: lack of […]

By: Joyce Wu, 2L As COVID-19 continues to race around the globe, countries have scrambled to implement emergency measures to inhibit the spread of infection. In Colombia, where various armed groups have been at war with the government since the 60s, the current global health crisis has further emphasized the delicate and dangerous sociopolitical complexities […]