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Never Forget: How 9/11 brought us together in a matter of moments and what we can learn from the America of 9/12.

I walked into the classroom for my University 101 class at the University of South Carolina and sat down. A few minutes later, another student walked in and announced that the World Trade Center was on fire and it was on the news. We turned on the console tv in the classroom and switched toContinue reading “Never Forget: How 9/11 brought us together in a matter of moments and what we can learn from the America of 9/12.”

It’s no secret that police brutality has had a heavy presence in the news over the last several years. In the age of instant information and cell phones with high definition cameras, anyone can be a reporter of sorts at any given moment. Guerilla “journalists” are everywhere and they use the weapons they have atContinue reading “Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do when they come for you? How police brutality has become an epidemic and how we can effectively move from a system that tolerates it into a system that prevents it.”

I want to preface this by saying that I abhor the idea of political parties in general. I am not a member of either of the two main parties, and in 2016, I voted for a third party candidate that better fit my personal values overall. Being that I live in South Carolina, I doContinue reading “Party time is over: Why the United States should reform the two party system to better represent the true diversity of the nation.”