News & Society
How Roe V. Wade Will Impact the U.S Foster Care System
By Divya Rao · 3 years ago
Nationwide, there are approximately 424,000 foster youth in the United States. The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe V. Wade and ban abortion curtails women’s autonomy over their own health and will also have substantial ...
Compounding Mistakes
By Trevor Matheson · 3 years ago
It is incomprehensible how anyone can, in their right mind, argue in favor of elective abortion. There are few cases where it might be appropriate to consider abortion, but those do not include reasons for ...
How Lab Managers Can Further Improve Safety Throughout 2022
By Aaron Milnthorpe · 3 years ago
Amidst the ongoing threat of the Coronavirus and the rising demand for the development of innovative new treatments, the life sciences and healthcare markets are under increased scrutiny.
Both commercial and academic laboratories need to ...
Benefits of a Paper Ballot System for State and National Elections
By Maximus Tyrannus Avery · 3 years ago
The US has approximately 213,768,000 registered voters at the time of this publication. Even though American voting systems have been enhanced for security and functionality on some levels, tampering is still a major possibility. There ...
98 years old and counting
By Anselm Anyoha · 3 years ago
Professor (and former Nigerian-Biafran Ambassador) Austin Okwu celebrated his 98th birthday at his home in New Haven, Connecticut, surrounded by his friends and family. The event was organized by Igbozue Connecticut USA, a social-cultural organization ...
Signs of the 70's
By Larry Farmer · 3 years ago
Signs of the 70’s
Ronald Reagan was elected President in 1980 and ushered in a conservative era which would last until the Obama presidency. I never saw it coming, but I should have. The signs ...
An insight on the Fifth Global Conference on Elimination of Child Labour
By Christian Romeo Njia · 3 years ago
The 5th global conference on the elimination of child labour effectively commenced on Sunday May 15, 2022 at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli Durban International Convention Centre (known as Durban ICC).
Contrary to the previous ones, ...
Who is Responsible for the Mass Shootings in America?
By June Stepansky · 3 years ago
This week we all experienced the terrible tragedy and loss of 19 young Children and 2 teachers in the school shooting at the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. In the aftermath of that horrific ...
Bigotry Doesn't Belong in Medical Care
By Michael J. Talmo · 3 years ago
Bigotry Doesn't Belong in Medical Care
By Michael J. Talmo
May 27, 2022
Bigotry is an ugly thing. In my country, the US, it has had a long and nasty history. From treating black people ...
Young People, Women, Independents, Minorities-- You Can Save our Democracy
By June Stepansky · 3 years ago
There was a time when we could live our personal lives without thinking too much about what was happening in our country. Except for those rare occasions where some government official was caught in a ...
Why We Need an Independent President
By Matthew Wringer · 3 years ago
For too long America has had presidents representing one side or another, a political war within a nation. To quote the words of Martin Luther King Jr., “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can ...
A Question for Moderate Republicans
By June Stepansky · 3 years ago
I have been voting for a very long time. Sometimes democrats won and sometimes republicans won. The issues that we voted on then were simple. Republicans voted for fiscal responsibility and lower taxes and democrats ...
The 5 Reasons It’s Time for School Choice
By Maximus Tyrannus Avery · 3 years ago
Parents know their children best and understand the environment that will help them succeed, and this is why a child’s parents will be the best judge of where their children attend school. It only makes ...
Fake News
By Larry Farmer · 3 years ago
Fake News
We hear a great deal these days about misinformation, disinformation, and fake news. It is leading some people to question the first amendment guarantee on freedom of expression. This is understandable; after all, ...
Are Beauty Pageants a Good Idea?
By Shellena Childers · 3 years ago
The young girl stared at her body in the mirror and didn't see the body all the other girls have. The longer she stared in the mirror more terrible thoughts roamed through her head. "You're ...
Politics at Trinity High School
By Larry Farmer · 3 years ago
Politics at Trinity High School
Those who know me realize I am a very conservative person politically. When I attended a teacher In-Service after being hired by Trinity High School in 1985 at age 39, ...
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE: How They Do It at Stateville Correctional Center
By William Mason · 3 years ago
While the "tough on crime" perspective is still a hot issue in debates around the world today, restorative justice is without a doubt an aspect of the criminal justice system. This concept operates under the ...
How to Survive Solitary Confinement in Prison?
By William Mason · 3 years ago
Surviving prison is hard enough for most people. What more if you are held in solitary confinement for the rest of your prison sentence? Do you have any idea how to survive solitary confinement in ...
How to Survive Prison as a Sex Offender?
By William Mason · 3 years ago
As much as everyone is at risk when in prison, there are certain groups of people who are more in danger than others. Sex offenders, especially child molesters are among the most harmful prisoners due ...
First Time in Jail: How to Survive
By William Mason · 3 years ago
“How to survive your first time in jail?” Did you ever ask this question and the only thing you felt was uncertainty? And when you ponder more on the question, you end up feeling afraid ...