Laura Finley

Laura Finley, Ph.D., teaches in the Barry University Department of Sociology & Criminology and is syndicated by PeaceVoice.

From a Hurting Heart: On the Execution of Marcellus Williams

Stop Hiring and Re-Hiring Terrible Officers

Say No to Expanding the Death Penalty

The Problems with Seeking the Death Penalty in the Nikolas Cruz Case

Supreme Court’s Latest Decision Devastating for Death Row Inmates

The Dangerous Trend of the “Parents Rights” Movement

Facing the Facts About Gun Violence in the U.S.

Ban the Death Penalty for Those with Serious Mental Illness

No More Anti-Protest Laws

Dr., Not Mrs. or Kiddo

The Peace Sign: A Safe Greeting and Sign of Victory over COVID!

Save Lives Now, Don’t Wait to Kill

The Death Penalty is Barbaric and Ineffective

Educators Actually Do “Work” in the Summer

Difficult Discussions, Not-So-Difficult Answers

VAWA and the NRA

2019: The Year to Examine Toxic Masculinity

Congress Must Reauthorize VAWA

Victim Status and the Political Right

The Most Anti-Woman President Ever?

NFL Anthem Protest Policy and Faux Patriotism

Stop Blaming Women and Girls for Men’s Violence Against Them

Difficult Positions: The Death Penalty and Nikolas Cruz

Police Accountability and Qualified Immunity

Shame on You, Katy Perry

After the Parkland Shooting … Teach Youth About Dating Violence

After #MeToo and #TimesUp

The Need for a Cultural Shift on Gender-based Violence

Imploring President Trump to Reconsider Reinstating Program Offering Military Surplus to Police

Being Too Much

A Feminist Perspective on Trumpcare

Resisting Trump’s Militarization

The Rape Election

Presidential Debate Recommendations

Protest and Disrespect: America in Black and White

Refusing the “New Normal”

Rape is Rape, Nothing Else Is

I’m Not Your Shorty

Changing the Conversation About “The Woman Card”

Politicians and Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Throwing Our Kids Under the Bus

Stifling Academic Freedom, the NRA Way

It’s Time to Stop Tinkering

It’s Not a Backlog, It’s a Lack of Concern for Rape Victims

Making 2016 More Peaceful

Beyond Gun Control

Candidates Must Speak About Domestic Violence

The Grass Isn’t Greener

Rape on Campus: Guns Are Not the Answer

Adjunct Professors and Worker’s Rights