Bull Empire: Asia’s Hottest New NFT
In the exciting new world of NFTs, Bull Empire boldly aims to conquer the Solana Chain. Bull Empire is a collection of 2,500-pixel art NFTs on the Solana Blockchain. Solana is a form of cryptocurrency, like Bitcoin. Solana claims to have the fastest blockchain in the world. One SOL is currently valued at $125. Each […]
Biden’s Fiery Call to Change Filibuster
President Biden is refusing to keep “quiet” any longer. In a speech on Tuesday at the Atlanta University Center, Biden urged Senate Democrats to change the filibuster, a Republican block that has delayed the passing of a voting rights bill. Voting rights block is an attack on democracy “I’ve been having these quiet conversations with members of […]
Homeschooling: A Rising Trend Here To Stay
Jaime’s son was crying. Again. “I’m just not a good student,” he said. After months of trying to make it work, the confession caused a permanent shift in Jamie’s perspective. It was 2020, and her son was a first-grade virtual learner. She sympathized with his teacher, but the pressure put on her son was too […]
Weekend Reviews: The US and World Shatter COVID Records in Current Wave
The United States and much of the rest of the world annihilated previous COVID records this week, as the global recovery effort to combat COVID-19 stuttered under the spread of the Omicron variant. Johns Hopkins University recorded over 900,000 cases on Friday, as day after day-case records have been broken in arduous backtracking of progress. […]
OPEC+ Reiterates Original Guidance
Crude oil prices are on the rise in the first two trading days of 2022. An OPEC+ press release was released on January 4, 2022, with oil production guidance for the start of the new year. Many believed leading up to the press release that the guidance would remain the same and there would be […]
The Jan. 6 Capitol Riots: One Year Later, Americans Still Divided
It has been one year since the January 6 Capitol riots when thousands of Trump Supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, determined to overturn the presidential elections and delay the counting of electoral votes for Joe Biden after being urged on by former President Donald Trump’s false claims of election fraud. Since then, an investigation has […]
Do Men Need Safe Spaces Too?
Men’s mental health has always been in a precarious spot. Men are 3.63 times more likely to die by suicide. In addition, men’s friendships are also declining. American cognitive scientist Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman published results from the Survey Center on American Life on Twitter. “In 1990, only 3% of men reported having no close […]
Timeline of the Biggest News Stories of 2021
As we entered a new year, hopeful for at least a glimpse of the light at the end of a very dark tunnel that was 2020, much was expected to improve. However, little change has happened as we near the end of 2021, still masked with fabric and masked uncertainty as covid variants emerged, mass […]
Weekend Review: Omicron Disrupts Holiday Travel
For the second year in a row, the globe experienced a holiday season severely impacted by COVID. Thousands of flights were grounded due to staffing shortages across multiple major airlines, including Delta and United, leaving holiday travelers stranded at the airport, oftentimes with little to no forewarning. The issue has created controversy within the industry, […]
Omicron Wave Prompts Shutdowns Across The Globe
The Omicron Variant wave is ravaging the globe as theres’ an enormous uptick in recorded cases occurring worldwide, including significant sections of the United States and Europe. The swell in cases is primarily due to the highly transmissible Omicron Variant’s emergence, which experts say is minder than other Variant but seems more vaccine-resistant. The number […]