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Carlitos Rodriguez is tired. Since he survived the mass shooting at his school in Parkland, Florida, on February 14, 2018, there has been a school shooting, on average, every 12 days, according to CNN. “I completely do [feel exhausted],” the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School graduate told MTV News. “Sometimes I have to stop and think, ‘Why am I really doing this?’ It’..
Read MoreA 16-year-old boy allegedly raped a 16-year-old girl at a party in December 2017, filmed that alleged attack, and afterward shared the video with companions. (His text: any time your first time having sex was a rape.") The victim was reportedly drunk, and unable to consent to any sexual activity; she also had no knowledge of the revenge porn being shared about her up until she learne..
Read MoreIn 2002, Nelly ushered a prophecy: "It's getting hot in herre." In 1999, Smash Mouth warned, "My world's on fire, how about yours?", a rhetorical question that only makes sense in the event you assume one of the people in the conversation does not inhabit the same world because the other person and is, and for that reason, an alien from another planet. And in 1987, R.E.M. Knew what t..
Read MoreBy Sarah Emily Baum Drag queens left trails of glitter everywhere they walked. The sidewalks were packed so closesly that teenagers wearing rainbow capes and body paint climbed massive construction girders to get a higher end view of the parade. In the distance, counter-protestors waving Bibles airborne were drowned out by audiences who formed a circle around them and chanted over an..
Read Morethere really are two most crucial things to know about Josh Lafair and his older siblings, Becca and Louis: They love board games, and so they hate gerrymandering. “We grew up in a gerrymandered district in Austin, Texas and we wanted to begin conversations around the nation about a distribute that isn't just really isn't talked enough,” Lafair, 18, told MTV News. So, Mapmaker: T..
Read MoreKendrick Sampson is quick to admit that his journey as an activist and ally came with its fair share of missteps. “I made a whole lot of mistakes,” he tells MTV News on a recent Sunday in Los Angeles. “I sought out my own education and place in the movement, and I made a lot of mistakes. It began with good intentions although I realized quickly — and was wise rapidly — on ..
Read MoreRight-wing pundits and bots alike have been focusing their efforts on discrediting Senator Kamala Harris’s lived experience as a Black woman, soon after she made waves throughout the second Democratic primary debate night on June 27. “As the only Black person on stage, I would like to speak on the provide problem of race,” Harris mentioned, following a moment whenever moderators..
Read MoreBy Lauren Rearick Mayor Pete Buttigieg understands he messed up. It’s been 11 days since Eric Logan, a 54-year-old Black man from South Bend, Indiana, was shot and killed by South Bend Police Department Sergeant Ryan O'Neill, a white member of the police force. An investigation into the shooting remains ongoing. In a question directed to Buttigieg, debate moderator Rachel Maddow ..
Read MoreSenator Kamala Harris had a message for former Vice President Joe Biden throughout the second half of the second Democratic primary debate night — and she made it personal. On June 27, the moderators turned to the question of race issues In the United States by first asking Mayor Pete Buttigieg about the race relations problems in his police department in South Bend, Indiana. They..
Read MoreEric Swalwell helped insure that the second night of the 2020 Democratic primary debates were full of sass, brass, and dunks. “I was six years old as a presidential candidate came to the California Democratic Convention and said: ‘It’s time to pass the torch to a new generation of Americans,’” Swalwell, a 38-year-old candidate, mentioned once he was asked how he would deal ..
Read MoreBy Katelyn Burns “You visualize this train wreck coming right in front of you and there’s not a damn thing you could do to stop it.” Those were the exact words Scott Desnoyers told his son Aiden just two days before his other son, Daniel, died by suicide. On April 9, 29-year-old Daniel Desnoyers tweeted about his ideations; rescue workers answering to the scene of his death co..
Read MoreBy Nico Lang The day right after Barton Lynch lost a major internal organ, he was already up and walking around. On May 29, the 24-year-old went in for a non-directed kidney donation. In most kidney transplants, the donor goes in with a recipient in mind, perhaps a sick friend or relative experiencing kidney failure. A non-directed donor, although, essentially throws their kidney on..
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