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As of November 8, Donald J. Trump has been voted into the President-Elect position. The 2016 election took its toll on Americans, and so will the actions of Trump in office.

Sound Opinions

November 12, 2016

While America begins to fall into a recession in 2013, NYC protesters rally for a higher minimum wage. This fight for low wage workers is slowly starting to get more and more attention as ballot initiatives reinforce direct voting.

Waging against the wage

November 7, 2016

Standing for his mug shot, Brock Turner was sentenced to six months in jail after being found guilty of raping an unconscious woman. Lenient sentencing is one of the major repercussions of the United States being tolerant with rapists, thus creating a horrific American rape culture.

Battling American Rape Culture

October 19, 2016

Sound Opinions

October 19, 2016

Stretched across a field, the iconic American flag is known for its patriotic symbolism. It is now being used as a platform for protest for many athletes in the NFL.

Taking a knee

October 19, 2016

Arrested by FBI agents in 2015, young entrepreneur Martin Shkreli walks out of his Manhattan apartment to look his many years of fraud schemes in the eye. News of Shkreli’s future trial has brought America’s attention back to the schemer.

Ponzi genius back in the news

October 15, 2016

Taking action to fight for gender equality, Muslim men show their support for women’s rights. Last Thursday, Pakistan passed a new legislation marking an extreme turning point in gender equality.

Pakistan’s fight for gender equality

October 13, 2016

Striving to break racial barriers, crowd joins forces to protest racism. Forty-eight years following the Civil Rights Movement, discrimination and prejudice are still present in today's society.

Racism is still pulsing through each Generation

September 19, 2016

Staring into the camera, Harambe begins to familiarize himself with humans. Harambe was recently shot and killed at the Cincinnati Zoo after allegedly attacking a young boy named Isaiah Dickerson.

A death and its consequences

June 1, 2016

Since 2006, NC schools have been required to provide students with a daily opportunity to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. However, a 1943 Supreme Court ruling decided that students cannot be forced to participate in reciting the pledge.

The right to remain silent?

May 23, 2016

A supreme amount of dedication

April 14, 2016

Holding guns as an act of defiance, the Black Panthers Party for Self-Defense stand outside the California courthouse in protest of racist legislation involving firearms in the hands of black citizens in the 60’s and 70’s. The party sought to raise the standard for all black citizens and for them to be recognized as equals in the eyes of the law.

“Terrorists” for justice

March 23, 2016

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