Maya SvevakinKarmalensU.S. Capitol Insurrectionists: Apply the Felony-Murder Rule?Based on the U.S. felony-murder doctrine a person can be convicted of murder, even if s/he hadn’t intended to commit a murder.Mar 12, 2021Mar 12, 2021
Maya SvevakinKarmalensIs the Legitimacy of Free Speech Absolute?Is the legitimacy of free speech, i.e., that is not punished, absolute? If not, who determines what constitutes legitimate free speech?Mar 5, 2021Mar 5, 2021
Maya SvevakinMaya Svevak’s MusingsRacism Is a Multi-Dimensional and Multi-Ethnicity ProblemReducing racism to a binary issue, namely white-on-black, instead of exploring its multiple group-specific dimensions, is an impediment…Feb 19, 2021Feb 19, 2021
Maya SvevakinKarmalensIs Color-Coding Humans as White, Brown, or Black Meaningful?In North America, especially in the United States, human beings are often color-coded as being either white, brown, or black. This type…Feb 9, 2021Feb 9, 2021
Maya SvevakinKarmalensKARMALENS: How To Lighten Your Footprint In The WorldThere are myriad ways of being in and interacting with the world. All of these fall on a spectrum. Where you, I, or anyone else fall on…Feb 5, 2021Feb 5, 2021
Maya SvevakinMaya Svevak’s MusingsThe Female Creative Power ShaktiIt is that time of year again, when over a billion people across the world celebrate Shakti, the female creative power. It is a time of…Oct 19, 2020Oct 19, 2020
Maya SvevakinMaya Svevak’s MusingsThe Precarious State of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Progressive LegacyUnited States of America Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away on September 18th, 2020, leaving behind a phenomenal legacy…Oct 12, 2020Oct 12, 2020
Maya SvevakinMaya Svevak’s MusingsChadwick Boseman’s Power Was Not Just BlackI learned of Chadwick Boseman’s death on August 28, 2020, just a few days after Jacob Blake, a black man, was shot in the back seven times…Sep 15, 20201Sep 15, 20201
Maya SvevakinMaya Svevak’s MusingsMust One Be Christian to Be a US President?“…I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should ʺmake no law…Sep 8, 2020Sep 8, 2020