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One day after Donald Trump fires Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State, there was a national walkout held by students around the U.S. The national walkout was in response to another deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman High School in Parkland, Florida where 17 innocent lives were taken, and the school resource officer hid because he was afraid to engage with […]
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You are the future; you all will be leaders of this great nation; go to school get an education and get a GOOD job. These are all the statements we millennials heard, from home, school or after school programs if you attended any. Thirty years ago, because millennials are in this age group, a generation that is the most diverse […]
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The disenfranchising of millions of voters during the primaries, the media, the establishment, a horrible choice of a candidate not appealing to millennials and backdoor politics are why Hillary Clinton lost the election. Millennials were deprived of an opportunity to have an authentic person who understands the issues, offered better solutions and would have beat Donald Trump to be our […]
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We often believe that evil characters such as Cruella De Vil does not exist in real life. Unfortunately, they do and the real life Cruella De Vil is Florida’s prosecutor Angela Corey. Sentencing young kids ages 12-13 years of age as adults and sending them to adult prisons is cruel and unusual punishment, which no young child deserves. What should […]
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Earlier this month in Mizzou, Jonathan Butler began a hunger strike due to the racial incidents that took place and nothing was done about it. Jonathan Butler hunger strike was a force to have President Wolfe resign because of his poor leadership in not handling the racial incidents, and it worked. The Mizzou protests demonstrated racism in the University System […]
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This past Sunday, Seattle school teachers ended their strike after negotiating their contracts with the union, even though it is a tentative agreement. As usual, the issue why Seattle teachers went on strike was because of PAY, our teachers do not get paid enough, and when it is time for them to renew contracts what they are asking for seems […]
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“As part of our dedication to protecting America’s youth, this administration supports efforts to ban the use of conversion therapy for minors.” This is a quote from the New York Times article, written today, about President Obama call to end conversion therapy for gay and transgender youth. What the President will do, is prevent conversion therapy at the state level, […]
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“WHAT’S YOUR EXCUSE FOR NOT VOTING? HOW DO WE CASUALLY DISCARD THE RIGHT TO VOTE WHAT SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE FOUGHT FOR? These are quotes from President Obama speech in Selma on Saturday, marking the 50th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday March in 1965. 50 years ago, people such as John Lewis, Andrew Young, Joseph Lowery, Hosea Williams and many […]
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During the Civil Rights movement, it was necessary that citizens MARCH for equality because they were deprived of equal treatment. It was necessary for MLK, John Lewis, Malcom X and Marcus Garvey demonstrate to the world how this country treats a group of people in a harsh manner because of the color of their skin. Marching during that time was […]
Read moreNicki Minaj has proved that she is IGNORANT. The Anaconda video was horrible, but to make another video illustrating Nazism is just ignorant and disrespectful. Watching the View, I agree with what Whoopi, Naya Rivera and Nicole Wallace stated. Even though Nicki Minaj went to a reputable school, it is the EDUCATION SYSTEM that neglects to teach students about HISTORY […]
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