Promoting Human Rights in China
By Jeanette Pierce, Second Place winner of the 2025 Human Rights Essay Contest – Undergraduate Division THE SECRETARY OF STATEWASHINGTON, D.C. 20520July 8, 2025 MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT SUBJECT: Strategic […]
Renewing the Moral Ecology of Freedom: Countering the CCP’s Assault on Truth and Human Dignity
By Raleigh Adams, First Place winner of the 2025 Human Rights Essay Contest – Graduate Division I. Introduction The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) poses a uniquely grave threat to American […]
The American Youth: Democracy’s Secret Weapon, But Also Communism’s Greatest Ally
By Rosemary Dwyer, First Place winner of the 2025 Human Rights Essay Contest – Undergraduate Division “The future belongs to you young people, just as it once belonged to the […]
How Do You Eat a Chinese Dragon? One Bite at a Time
By Cristina Cevallos, First Place winner of the 2025 Human Rights Essay Contest – Graduate Division Through a wide range of human rights violations, including religious persecution, censorship, restrictions on […]
Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace: A Report on the Severity of Bride Trafficking in China
By Eleanor Bogue, Second Place winner of the 2025 Human Rights Essay Contest – Undergraduate Division As outlined by the United States Department of State, the Secretary of State supports […]
Diplomatic Strategy for Upholding Hong Kong’s Autonomy and Human Rights
By Ethan Fox, Second Place winner of the 2025 Human Rights Essay Contest – Undergraduate Division Since 2020, Beijing has been systematically dismantling Hong Kong’s promised freedoms. In July 2020, […]
Six Degrees of Separate Nations
By Jonathan Froehlich, Second Place winner of the 2025 Human Rights Essay Contest – Graduate Division Knowingly or not, anyone who has played the game “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” […]
Moral Leadership on the World Stage: Defending Human Dignity in the Face of the CCP
By Zofia Joynt, First Place winner of the 2025 Human Rights Essay Contest – Graduate Division In Centessimus Annus, Pope Saint John Paul II stakes out the origin point of […]
Safeguard American Democracy
By Mairead O’Hara, Second Place winner of the 2025 Human Rights Essay Contest – Undergraduate Division The People’s Republic of China (PRC) under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party […]
The Chinese Communist Party’s Horrendous Human Rights Track Record
By Es Oli, First Place winner of the 2025 Human Rights Essay Contest – High School Division When most people think about China, they think about China’s architectural marvels like […]