Today, March 14 was the National Walkout to protest gun violence. Thousands of students across the country walked out of their classes and stood in silence to honor and remember the victims of mass shootings, called their Congressmen, and proudly held up hand-painted signs. Thousands of students across the country remained in class because they …
It’s no new news that the climate crisis is inching nearer and nearer as we speak. Amid all the research and published studies and forums conducted on what to do about our earth’s treacherous warming, we are no nearer to inputting real measures and making significant changes to the way we collect, use, and even view …
We are caught in an endless loop. The record is stuck on repeat, over and over. It doesn’t stop. It’s like falling into a ditch, getting up, and then walking straight into the same exact ditch. Thus is the cycle of our government’s response to attacks on its citizens. It was Newtown, Connecticut. Then it …
Here we go again with North Korea news… https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/north-koreas-latest-launch-designed-to-cause-maximum-mayhem-minimal-blowback/2017/08/29/6fc52364-8c46-11e7-9c53-6a169beb0953_story.html?utm_term=.15c53653b67d Despite the slight likelihood of war between North Korea and the U.S. at this point, the tensions just continue to escalate. Japan is a member of the United Nations and one of the U.S.’s allies. As the article stated, sending missiles over a country violates just …
Here’s an interesting article from CNN that takes on an interesting topic of President Donald Trump’s perception by foreign leaders. http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/24/opinions/world-has-seen-what-trump-has-to-offer-robertson-opinion/index.html What I find interesting about this topic is that it presents us with a point of view that, as Americans, we do not often get to see. Every day we see Trump’s actions and …
Check out this article: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/05/opinion/sunday/mexican-drug-smugglers-to-trump-thanks.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FMexico&action=click&contentCollection=world®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=43&pgtype=collection The idea of a border wall, in itself, is appealing for a few reasons. A wall is solid, strong, and gives the impression of safety and impassibility. It boosts our country’s strength that so many Americans are so proud of. It ideally stops drugs and dangerous immigrants from entering our …