A background check can make or break someone’s future. Every day, people are denied jobs, housing, and educational opportunities because of “failing a background check.” These checks are often ...

Jordyn is a first year PhD student in the Sociology Department at the University of Minnesota. Her interests lie on the perpetuation of gender inequality across intersecting dimensions of culture, ...

It is late January 2025 and my eyes are still affixed to the websites and reels and headlines about the Los Angeles fires. A ...