As the 2016 presidential race commences, voters are already choosing sides. Many staunch conservatives are throwing their weight behind Donald Trump, while other younger voters choose to back candidates like Bernie Sanders. With the exciting opportunity to vote, newly...
The past two weeks have been a political roller coaster with too many political stories going viral because they seem right out of the script of a TV show. But they are real events, and they are one big test for America’s democracy. First, it was the shocking...
The lack of political awareness today is really quite drastic. It seems that many Americans simply aren’t equipped to digest the political issues, not to mention filter out the fake news and propaganda from TV or Twitter. We haven’t developed enough critical thinking...
The Republican party, and specifically President Trump, are attacking the U.S. Postal Service with the intensity of a gladiator entering the arena. Their audience? The countless Americans choosing to vote from the safety of their homes, rather than risking their lives...
“I’d bet my life on Michael Phelps taking the Gold again”. “I swear on my life: there isn’t a single city that outdoes New York City”. “I’m dead serious. This is the best ice cream I have ever tasted ... trust me on my life bro”. In day to day conversations...
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman received a very clear response: "I'm not going to make any immediate moves, and the same applies to tariffs." The entity in question — China. A growing super-power and a direct competitor to the United States. Biden and China:...
On January 6, I believe America reached an inflection point. For the first time since 1814, our capitol building was occupied by force. As the nation watched the interruption of the democratic process that has so far repeated every four years, one question became...
Fascism: “a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.” According to a Newsweek Op-Ed by Robert...
In a society where we are taught “seeing is believing,” Mark Zuckerberg saying he has total control of billions of people’s data go viral. Except, none of those things happened, and while logically many of us could arrive at that conclusion, videos like these have...
With every headline in the news a glaring reminder of our country’s political turmoil and every passing conversation an echo of contentious issues, teenagers know one feeling all too well: frustration. As we nervously watch representatives make decisions that will...
