Despite Nike’s long history of using slave labor to produce their products, the company has become the face of social justice for the political left with its newest ad featuring Colin Kaepernick. Nike has been accused and proven guilty of paying their workers slave wages, providing horrible working conditions and…
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Opinion: The Tinder Epidemic
With the rise in social media usage, online dating has become a common way to find a partner. The most common dating app is currently Tinder. In my opinion, relationships have become less personal, more competitive and all around more about hooking up instead of hanging out, as a result…
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2 Takes, 1 Issue: President Trump’s trade policy of ignorance
President Trump’s threat of tariffs on imports of Chinese goods began at midnight July sixth. Immediately thereafter, China imposed their own steep, retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods putting immense pressure on American farmers and manufacturers. Trump promised jobs would come from this trade war, but due to massive tariffs on…
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2 Takes, 1 Issue: Trump’s trade war triggers trouble in international relations
Since his days campaigning for the presidency, President Trump has been a vehement critic of free trade and past American trade policies in general. Expressing contempt for how other countries take advantage of American workers by utilizing tariffs, President Trump has worked to abruptly shift American policy from one advocating…
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Why the US missile attack on Syria was misguided
Last week the United States, along with Britain and France, launched a missile attack on Syria in response to a chemical attack, allegedly perpetrated by the Syrian government, on the town of Douma. The chemical attack killed dozens of Syrian citizens and injured hundreds more. Western nations blamed Assad’s government…
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The dark side of standardized testing
“Not everything that counts can be counted and not everything that can be counted counts.” —William Bruce Cameron. Since the Bush era No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, standardized testing became a standard for educational evaluation of primary and secondary schools throughout the U.S. Often revered by politicians and…
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Youth can change the world
Young people all across the country are currently speaking out about gun violence in the U.S. Survivors of the Stoneman Douglas High School massacre in Parkland, Fla. questioned lawmakers and representatives of the National Rifle Association (NRA) at a townhall and demanded a ban on AR-15 guns. Additionally, students have…
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Social media manipulation still prevalent
Almost two billion people, one third of the global population, are active monthly users of Facebook. Instagram has 800 million active monthly users. Twitter has almost 330 million monthly users. Never before has the world reached this level of interconnectedness. Communication that used to take days, months or even…
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A call for gun control legislation
The Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Fla. Feb. 14, 2018 has renewed tension in the U.S. over gun violence and how to keep Americans safe in the wake of this tragedy. There have been more than 1,500 mass shootings since the one at Sandy Hook Elementary school Dec.…
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