Football games used to be a common, uniting event in the United States. Regardless of the reason or the skill, everyone is loyal to at least one team. However, with the rise of protests throughout the National Football League, this once common denominator has become a point of contention. Since last year, many players have chosen to protest police brutality […]
Read moreThis is an open letter to every single college, university and institution of higher education in America. I write to you on behalf of your respective student bodies and college students across the country. As of this date, at some level, your campus has a problem with sexual assault. Despite the great likelihood that your administrators know of this, and […]
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Workers wanted. Job requirements may include raising financial support as opposed to being paid, no stock options or retirement fund, moving away from friends and family, learning a foreign language and possible death. Most college graduates would look at that job description and run the other way. Only an idiot would spend four years and tens of thousands of […]
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On the morning of June 14, I walked into my newsroom internship in Washington, D.C. and immediately learned about a shooting at the Republican practice for the Congressional Baseball Game. The rest of that day, the newsroom operated in shock as we watched and contributed to the coverage of the shooting in Alexandria, Virginia, that injured House Majority Whip Steve […]
Read moreDonald Trump may be the leader of this country, but Jeff Bezos is setting himself up to become the ruler of the world. Bezos—the founder, chairman and CEO of Amazon.com—made headlines recently when it was found that Amazon is causing retail stocks to plummet not just in the U.S., but in many countries overseas as well. Numbers compiled from the […]
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Independent charter schools have seen a drop in approval, which has led them to redirect their focus. Although charter schools are technically public schools, there has always been some disconnect between the two. Rather than pitting the two against one another, the two systems should look to support one another by addressing the differing needs of students. Charter schools are […]
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Lie detector tests have developed an association with crime dramas and high-risk spy movies, but this faulty interrogation method has found its way out of Hollywood and into Capitol Hill. According to reports by CNN and Fox News, Attorney General Jeff Sessions is considering the possibility of giving national security staff lie detector tests in order to find […]
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The rain stopped, the winds died and the floodwaters receded, but the rebuilding process for the communities affected by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma has just begun. Knowing there is a limited resource of relief funds, I do not envy the person who decides who gets aid and who does not. For someone, each home, business and school affected is not […]
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Eight months after the inauguration, the Republican Party’s lack of direction and unity has resulted in its inability to complete President Donald Trump’s first legislative goal — repealing former President Barack Obama’s healthcare law. Now, the party has almost run out of time. On Sept. 30, the current budget reconciliation measures will expire and Senate Republicans will need 60 […]
Read moreLet us hypothetically say there was a study that came out on the effects of gun ownership in America. Suppose this study said that in 16 of out 17 years when gun ownership rates were high, crime was at its lowest rate ever. Let us also assume that high levels of gun ownership have caused gang violence to decrease to […]
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Imagine entering a country as a young child, living the majority of your life there and obeying the rules of that country only to find out you may be deported and sent to the place you were born but do not remember. For recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the Trump administration’s early September decision to end […]
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Trump is putting into action plans to build his infamous wall again, sparking the question of “is it worth it?” Although illegal immigration is a serious economic and social issue, a wall is absolutely not an effective solution. According to the New York Times, the wall will cover half the length of the border at most. Trump claims that […]
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It has been almost a year since America’s 2016 presidential election, but, if any other Americans are like me, I still get slightly nauseated seeing a headline referencing any presidential election. So when the news came out that Kenya was redoing its presidential election after the Kenyan Supreme Court ordered a new vote due to irregularities ruining the integrity of […]
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Nashville Statement defines Christian position regarding sexuality and marriage Sides have been taken in the wake of the recent release of the Nashville Statement. The document was drafted by the Center for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood and endorsed by evangelical Christian leaders across America in order to reaffirm the biblical views on gender, sexuality and marriage. Prominent signers of the […]
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Supreme Court to hear case on artistic free speech Recently, more and more Christians have found their businesses and financial stability threatened as the result of their decision to stand by their commitment to their faith-based values. This trend is alarming, and more Christians need to be aware of what is happening and take a stand in order to defend […]
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