3 Tennessee Democrats Face Expulsion After Protesting Gun Violence
By: Jovonne Ledet Three Tennessee House Democrats could be removed from office after protesting gun violence on the chamber floor in the wake of the Nashville school shooting. Reps. Gloria Johnson of Knoxville, Justin Jones of Nashville, and Justin Pearson of Memphis used bullhorns to lead a protest on the House floor last week, calling for gun reform as demonstrators outside of […]
US Diplomatic Boycott of Beijing Olympics
Has it really been such a big surprise to China that the United States has chosen to diplomatically boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics? What has been more surprising is China’s reaction to the diplomatic boycott- as if they didn’t think the United States wouldn’t take a stance against their blatant human rights abuses which […]
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48– There have been 48 shootings this year on K-12 campuses, and 32 since August 1st. Each day, 8 children die from gun violence in the United States. The shooting that happened at Oxford School in Michigan killing 4 people (all students: 16-year-old Tate Myre, 14-year-old Hana St. Juliana, Madisyn Baldwin, and Justin Shilling, both […]
Time to Fire Gosar
What does it say about our country, the United States of America, when we allow for some of our own government members to downplay another member joking about murdering a colleague? Representative Paul Gosar of Arizona posted an anime fantasy video last week that depicted his face on another character killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and […]
Liar Liar, Aaron Rogers
For Green Bay Packers star quarterback, Aaron Rodgers, who once hosted Jeopardy for 2 weeks, the answer to this question should be obvious: What is the best way to protect yourself and others from contracting COVID-19? Yet, Aaron Rodgers has twiddled his thumbs on the podium, given his smuggish smile, and provided conservative talk show […]
What’s So Scary About Critical Race Theory?
Critical race theory is an academic concept greater than 40 years old. The theory is centered on educating how race is a social construct, and that racism doesn’t originate in the individual, but rather has been embedded and fueled in our own legal system and policies. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, prominent CRT […]
The Man Behind The Book Witch Hunt
Imagine a society where government authorities seize schools and confiscate any books that they deem “inappropriate”. Sure this may seem like science fiction similar to the dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury where a fireman is employed to burn outlawed books, along with the houses they are hidden in. In the novel, the tyrannical […]
