Democrats want the US to stay in the Paris Climate Agreement

Democrats in Congress introduced a bill that would prevent the President from withdrawing the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement and essentially commit to tackling the climate crisis. The bill, Climate Action Now Act (HR 9) introduced by Rep. Kathy Castor, a Democrat from Florida would hold the United States accountable in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, which is the leading cause of global warming.

From disastrous forest fires to intense droughts in the midwest and deadly hurricanes in the east, the United States has become home to extreme weather patterns. Scientists argue that humans are to blame for most…

The history of the United States is plagued with both moments of tragedy and triumph. Like most countries, there is what happened, what is remembered and then what is retold and taught. The danger lies in what is retold and how it is being taught. An issue that arises from historic amnesia is the creation of a false sense of identity and false sense of how history occurred. A reason that American Exceptionalism became a popular term is because of that very idea. The idea that there are parts of history either left out or edited in order to make…

A land full of opportunity and the ability to make a better life is what every person who came to the United States hoped to achieve. A story of rags to riches, the American dream instilled hope in immigrants making their way to America. In essence the American dream is a promise that people in can make something of themselves with no barriers of class structure or income to stop them from reaching their absolute potential. Although the idea was around from the birth of the United States, James Truslow Adams first coined the term “American Dream” in 1931. He…

During a time of uncertainty and a time when the future of America was being questioned, a new culture was being created. A unique music style based on songs of southern slaves, but performed by white entertainers in blackface. Originated in the 1830s during the American civil war, Blackface Minstrelsy was created in New York. The very structure of America was being fought for and the institution of slavery questioned, therefore the creation of Blackface minstrelsy reinforced the idea that African Americans were still an inferior race. Blackface first originated in the North by urban whites that were trying to…

The definition of feminism: The social, political, and economic equality of the sexes. This basically means that equal opportunities are available for both males and females. Who would not want that? I’ll tell you who, people who have equated feminism with radical feminists. Radical feminists are an extreme group of people who have put a negative stigma over the feminist movement.

Radical feminists believe that women can free themselves only when they have done away with what they consider an inherently oppressive and dominating patriarchal system. Radical feminists feel that there is a male-based authority and power structure and that…