Stanford

High school senior Ziad Ahmed was completing an application for Stanford University when he was posed with this question: “What matters to you, and why?” His answer? #BlackLivesMatter written 100 times. Ahmed received an acceptance letter from the school on Friday. The next day, Ahmed tweeted this: https://twitter.com/ziadtheactivist/status/848215642385895425 “I was actually stunned when I opened the […]

Brock Allen Turner was a Stanford University swimmer who sexually assaulted an unconscious woman behind a dumpster at a “frat party” and was only sentenced to six months in jail, which he faced up to 10-14 years in prison. Judge Aaron Persky gave the 6-month sentence because a longer sentence would have “a severe impact […]