Category: Opinion

Our dear friend and award-winning author Nawaz Merchant writes… Until 1968 black families were systematically discriminated against in housing (a process called redlining), which led to economic and education gaps. Those yawning gaps of past decades erupt in racial conflict in cities like Minneapolis. Our evening walk in Island Heights, New Jersey took an intriguing… Continue reading Nawaz Merchant: Removing racial biases necessary for harmony in society

The slogan of “Zan Zendegi Azadi” meaning women, life and freedom is being raised aloud by protestors in Islamic Republic of Iran, after Mahsa Amini, a 22 year old Iranian Kurd was pronounced dead days after the notorious morality police detained her for allegedly breaching the Islamic republic’s strict dress code for women.  It was… Continue reading Zan Zendegi Azadi: A Zoroastrian legacy

On March 18th, 1861, more than 160 years ago, Dadabhai Naoroji delivered a speech in Liverpool, England. The speech makes fascinating reading of what was the current status of the Parsi community. Surprisingly on many issues and topics, it seems as if time has stood still or history keeps on repeating. Here is one one… Continue reading The Parsee Religion: A Speech by Dadabhai Naoroji

Ms. Guzdar is a senior at Stanford University. She was an intern this summer at the Department of Defense and is interning at the Leadership Council for Women in National Security. I was an intern at the Department of Defense attending an office happy hour in July when a drunken senior employee — a man… Continue reading Maya Guzdar: What Happened the Day After I Was Sexually Harassed at the Pentagon

Until recently, my professional identity was tied to my role as a litigation partner at Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC. I was one of a handful of women of color to have that title, and perhaps the only immigrant woman of color to do so. I enjoyed developing creative solutions to clients’… Continue reading Why I Went From Litigator To Law Firm Diversity Officer