There are a ton of important causes going on in our world right now. This is a chance to open that door to have conversations about causes that are important to youth today
There’s a solid conception within society, On karma, The idea that what you do, Makes it way back to you Even if you don’t want it to This idea tends to inspire more kindness overall, We don’t want bad things coming back to us But what if this didn’t exist? What…
On January 23rd the US state department ordered the evacuation of US embassy members and their families in Ukraine, an action that came to the shock of both Ukrainian officials and US embassy officials. Us intelligence had been aware of the possibility of invasion for months, but this was the first realization of Putin’s impending…
COVID-19 has been a persisting burden in our lives for the past 2-ish years. Throughout these infamously “uncertain” times, we have learned to value healthcare workers to an entirely new level. Though medicine has been a savior to the human kind for as long as we can remember, it has done more harm than we…
A four-day school week is ineffective, inauspicious and probably one of the worst ideas ever created. A four day school week does not help students and it’s an idea designed to fail. It creates a very long day for students of all ages, parents will be struggling to find daycare for their younger ones, and…
With Black History month coming to an end, now is a great time to reflect on how black women have contributed historically to the field of STEM. STEM refers to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. It is used to refer to these terms and fields as a whole. While Black women have contributed significantly to…
3 hours A four-day school week is ineffective, inauspicious and probably one of the worst ideas ever created. A four day school week does not help students and it’s an idea designed to fail. It creates a very long day for students of all ages, parents will be struggling to find daycare for their younger…
Science has always been a fascinating topic to the human mind. Therefore, I believe it is important to recognize some amazing scientific contributions made by Black women this February. Many of these scientific contributions have been quite influential to society and have allowed mainstream projects, such as NASA missions, to be possible. All of these…
Phillis Wheatley was born circa 1753 in the Gambia, named by the slave-owners which bought her for the ship which forcibly took her to the Americas in 1761. She was a remarkable young girl; the family which had bought her educated her after recognizing her potential and within sixteen months of her arrival she was…
My skin is metal bronze. it is made from ashes and fire and the breath of the Earth. it Iron forged rigid and sweet People say it is the color of Filth. They call me “colored”, as if to say I am discolored. But I am the face of my ancestors, I carry their nose…
Basic economic theory as we know it today is based heavily on a series of generalizations about how people act. That looks like describing the movement of prices in response to changes in supply. It also looks like looking at how government spending would affect the unemployment rate. Today, the models economists use to predict…
February marks Black History Month. This month is a time to educate ourselves and learn more about the history of Black individuals in order to move forward as a society. However, more than that, it is about celebrating the accomplishments of Black individuals throughout the world’s history. Going off of that theme, I wanted to…
The segregation of individuals has been practiced for decades. It is an act that one certainly should not be proud of and did not stop witnesses of the event from standing up. The domination that the black community faced was horrendous and is something that should not repeat in history. Although the fight for the…
Black History Month is more than just a celebratory month for people who have made it far despite the deeply integrated systemic barriers they have faced. However, Black History Month is also a time to appreciate, to listen and hear our the truth of history and how history shapes the reality of today. 13th is…
As a part of Black History Month, I wanted to dedicate my blog post to African American women and their contributions to art and literature, and share some of their literature with you. Maya Angelou Maya Angelou (Marguerite Annie Johnson, also referred to as Dr. Maya Angelou) was an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights…
February is Black History Month, so in honor of that I wanted to share some of the most powerful photos from Black Lives Matters protests around the world. Germany Covid did not stop people from protesting for the Black Lives Matter movement. This picture was taken in May of 2020 in front of the embassy…