Poverty and homelessness in America have been an underlying issue for the majority of the nation’s existence. Costs of living drastically increasing year by year, making purchasing affordable housing and maintaining housing more difficult have amplified these problems. It’s hard to ignore the fact that the homeless population exists considering […]
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Statistical and Historical Evidence for Systemic Racism
The recent surge of protests against police brutality has brought into question the police’s ability to make a fair judgment to all groups of people and disregard racism. From an outsider’s perspective, it appears that the police, and more recently, the government, have a tendency to punish people of color […]
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How Teenage Influencers Impact Youth Activism
At the turn of the century, our society was introduced to a new form of media. It was a way for average people to connect with others across continents to share their pictures or messages. Use of social media has grown astronomically in the past decade and has resulted in […]
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LGBTQ: A Movement America Should Be Proud Of
In the past few months, it has become apparent that the fight for advancing the rights of minority groups has just begun. Along with activist groups like BLM and women’s rights, the LGBTQ movement lies at the heart of this battle. Learning the history behind an issue is crucial to […]
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Did NASA Really Discover a Parallel Universe?
The internet has done it again. Today it abounds with stories from tabloids like the New York Post, Express and the Daily Star—mostly quoting each other—that major on claims that NASA scientists have evidence that could prove the existence of a parallel universe. It’s all way overblown and misrepresents what the research in question is about. […]