By De Elizabeth In the wake of another summer filled with headlines about mass shootings and gun violence, it’s no surprise that students, parents, and teachers across the United States grew fearful as another school year started. 2018 was tracked because the worst year for school shootings on record, however little has changed connected with national legislation that would impact ..

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Hasan Minhaj contains multitudes. In the same breath, he can make a joke about cake shows on Netflix, he can also berate Congress for their relative inaction on solving the student cash advance debt crisis that has left 44.7 million Residents of the U.S. Saddled with a collective $1.56 trillion in debt, according to NBC News plus a 2018 report by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York..

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Few things in this life are guaranteed, except, as Benjamin Franklin once asserted, death and taxes. Perhaps rounding out trifecta is this: in the event you work for the Trump administration, sooner or later, you're going to be out of a job. That inevitability came true for John Bolton, the National Security Advisor, on Tuesday, September 10, while he was released of his duties by P..

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On Wednesday, September 4, ten Democratic presidential candidates participated in a 7-hour long marathon of consecutive town hall-style interviews on the climate crisis, taking questions from CNN anchors and audience members. Yep: Seven. Whole. Hours. That’s a really long quantity of time to listen to… well, just about anyone on any topic, let alone one of the most crucial crises..

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Washington Governor Jay Inslee might not directly be in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination any more, however his platforms are living on through his former rivals, who are right now clamoring to release their plans to confront the climate crisis, and for good reason: The damage of climate change is becoming more imminent every day, leading to powerful storms like Hurr..

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By Tasmiha Khan For several Muslim ladies — and especially those of us who observe hijab, an outward indication of our faith — traveling can feel like an insurmountable ordeal. If I fly, I habitually schedule in additional time at the airport, because no matter how early I am, the airport personnel generally decides I should be “randomly checked.” It happens also frequently ..

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A lot of folks are running for President in 2020. And we mean, a lot. In several ways, that is emblematic of a larger theoretical creed: That anyone can aim for the big, boss-of-America position if you're at least 35 years old. In practice... Well, some days it might be a little bit of a headache, especially in case you could no longer keep track of who, exactly, is running and why..

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From social media to the ballot boxes, Native peoples are making their voices heard. In 2020, Native American voter turnout is expected to rise, and in battleground states like Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, Nevada, and North Carolina, gaining the trust and support of Native voters — most of whom tend to support Democratic candidates — could have a massive impact on the results of..

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By Rachel Janfaza It’s usually accepted that In the U.S., A citizen can be elected president at 35, run for Senate at 30 or Congress at 25, drink legally at 21, and cast a vote in a national election at 18. However an audience of youth activists and politicians in California aspire to change that last part. They’re rallying beyond ACA 8, a recommended bill to lower the voting ..

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It's understandable why several of those vying to win the Democratic nomination for the 2020 election are running with comprehensive gun-control policies — just look around at the recent news headlines. Candidates including Senators Cory Booker, Kirsten Gillibrand, and Kamala Harris — and also Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Beto O'Rourke, and others — have unveiled plans of varying de..

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Aside from the universe itself, there really is nothing quite expansive because The world wide web. There, you could find a life-long partner, purchase groceries without leaving your apartment, and serve as launchpads for major activist movements, to more mundane things like being named Alex and working at Target to tweeting like a dog. That the criteria for achieving Internet fame r..

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By Michael Arceneaux In May, a study from a polling initiative from the University of Chicago called Gen Forward reportedly noticed that young Black folks are more likely to imagine themselves “strong Democrats,” even though one-third of them believe that the Democratic Party does not care about them. One can imagine why. In the wake of Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 pr..

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