America’s Painful New Normal: 14 Dead After Three Mass Shootings In Four Days
Mass shootings have become America’s deadly new normal. Over a span of four days last week, three separate mass shootings in different parts of the country left 14 people dead. January 23rd: Florida bank shooting leaves 5 dead In Sebring, Florida, a 21-year-old white male entered a SunTrust Bank and executed five women with a […]
Weekend Review: Trump Caves, Signs Bill To End Government Shutdown
The longest government shutdown in American history ended on Friday when President Trump announced legislation to fund the federal government through February 15 without funding for a border wall. If all goes as is seemingly planned, furloughed workers will be able to return to work on Monday. Trump signed legislation to guarantee federal workers receive […]
Condoning White Supremacy: How The Media Rushed To Excuse Covington Catholic Incident
Last week by the Lincoln Memorial in the nation’s capital, a standoff between students from Covington Catholic high school and Native Americans threw America into a racial whirlwind. For a moment, it seemed like everyone had chosen a side and was ready to go to war over who was right and who was wrong. Initially, […]
Week In Review: Government Shutdown Stretches On
The partial government shutdown is in day 30 of the longest in U.S. history. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, over 10,000 applications for unemployment compensation were received from federal employees in the first week of the year, a number which doubled from the week before. Those who have been required to continue work […]
The Big Business Of Detaining Asylum Seekers And Refugees in America
There are an estimated 68.5 million people worldwide escaping areas which have been destabilized by war and political corruption. A credible asylum claim allows a person the right to cross many international borders to seek protection without facing criminal charges or having their children taken and interned separately from them. Crossing into the U.S. for […]
Weekend Review: FBI inquired whether Trump Was Working As Russia Agent
The New York Times reported that law enforcement officials began an inquiry into whether Trump was working as an agent of Russia when he fired FBI director James Comey. According to officials with knowledge of the investigation, the focus was on whether Trump was working against American interests knowingly or if he had inadvertently been […]
Gun Violence And The Jazmine Barnes Story
Children and Gun Violence: Jazmine Barnes 7-year-old Jazmine Barnes and her three sisters accompanied their mother to the store in their pajamas in the early morning on December 30. The sun hadn’t risen when they headed out for breakfast supplies and someone opened fire on their vehicle near the store. Jazmine’s mother, LaPorsha Washington, was […]
2018 Flashback: Top Eight Major Headlines
The following stories received major national headlines in 2018: Russian collusion and President Trump Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian collusion in the 2016 election dominated 2018 headlines. Mueller had charged four defendants and secured two guilty pleas in the special counsel investigation at the beginning of 2018. Currently, he has charged 36 and seen four […]
Trump Chaotic Week In Review
In a busy week which has included getting parodied by Saturday Night Live to the point of threatening legal action and grabbing headlines for another typo on Twitter, Donald Trump has arguably had more lows than highs. The Trump Foundation will be dissolved due to illegal activity — which leaves Trump and his eldest children looking at […]
The Danger Of DuPont Chemical Contamination
DuPont and its spinoff company, Chemours, stand accused of polluting water supplies near their plants for decades with chemicals which they knew to be linked to cancerous tumors and reproductive issues. The companies are currently being sued in several lawsuits in different states for continuing use of the chemicals long after they allegedly knew them to be […]
