Bernie Sanders

Black voices around the country were being heard as they protested for their lives. It almost seemed like déjà vu for the black community. However, this time, unlike in the Civil Rights Movement of the 60’s, the Black Lives Matter movement had a powerful tool in their pocket: social media. The creation of the hashtag “Black Lives Matter” galvanized the movement throughout the nation, as posts from people on both sides of the spectrum spoke out on their thoughts over the current police violence against

As Pope Benedict XVI famously stated, “Our world has grown weary of greed, exploitation and division, of the tedium of false idols and piecemeal responses, and the pain of false promises.” His ideas are especially true in modern society. Greed refers to the intense desire for something, particularly wealth and power. The desire for materialism has acted as a catalyst for greed to become prevalent in society, especially in the United States of America. The presence of greed in the upper-class dates

According to PBS, roughly 800,000 people will be affected by DACA’s repeal. Some moderate republicans also aren’t in favor of repealing DACA. The chief opponents of repealing DACA are the left, such as senator Bernie Sanders, who has stated that repealing DACA would be “one of the ugliest and craziest decisions ever made by a president.” On the other hand, supporters of repealing DACA also have their own reasons for wanting to get rid of the act. Some believe that

Eric Butterbaugh Mrs. Penwell English Composition November 8, 2015 Socialism V. Capitalism In the past the word Socialism or Socialist has been used with a negative connotation but recently with the rise of Senator Bernie Sander, Independent from Vermont, running for the Democratic Nomination for President of the United States of America, it has became a positive word that many people are finding themselves agreeing with and flocking to see a Socialist speak about economic and social problems

Long Island, N.Y. — Looking ahead to the New York presidential primary, Ohio Governor John Kasich is wasting no time campaigning in the state that will play a pivotal role in deciding who will get the nomination come July. Campaigning in two stops on Long Island, a island with a majority of Republican voters, Kasich is taking part in two town hall meetings, one in the morning at Hofstra University in Hempstead and one in the evening at The Paramount in Huntington. With the Wisconsin primary a day

to pay for it themselves for whatever reason. The total amount of student loan debt racks up to a total of 1.3 trillion dollars and as of last year became the largest leading form of national debt outranking credit card debt and auto loans. As Bernie Sanders said during a press conference “let us be clear, when you hear people who oppose this legislation, this is not a radical idea in 1965, average tuition at a 4-year public university was just $256...at great schools like the City University of New

Vermont arose to the occasion and challenged Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Governor Martin O’Malley for the Democrat nomination. Senator Bernie Sanders introduced plenty of new daring policies. One of those policies was the “It’s Time to Make College Tuition Free and Debt Free”, which immediately drew in most of the millennials attention. Senator Sanders first introduced a legislation at the 114th Congress 1st Session, May 19th 2015 titled “College for All Act”. One of the main points highlighted

The Cost Of A Degree “With the changing economy, no one has lifetime employment. But community colleges provide lifetime employability.” –Barack Obama. In our last presidential term Obama said these words upon a proposal that will forever leave an impression and hope on Americans all over. Free college tuition for the first two years. A proposal in which he believes kindergarten through fourteen or (the first two years of community college) should be a part of our education system. This would have

One in five women and one in seventy-one men will be raped in their lifetime. This type of statistic is nauseating. Senator Sanders states in his article “Man-and-Woman”, “Many women seem to be walking a tightrope now. Their qualities of love, openness, and gentleness were too deeply enmeshed with qualities of dependency, subservience, and masochism.” Within this article, sexual

It was a group of radical Republicans and southern Democrats in 1865 that set the tone for one of the most infamous and earlier gridlock stories in Congress. After the assignation of Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson became president and the dispute incurred over how to fix the country. The Civil War had left the country with insurmountable damage and Congress could not agree on how to rectify the situation. Northern Republicans wanted to open voting rights to former slaves, which is exactly what