Editorial

“many studies have indicated that mainstream media do not adequately cover African-American and other minority communities.” They go on to remark that “some experts believe that this is linked to hiring practices and a lack of minority voices at the editorial table.”(FCC) As a result of this, the African-American population in the U.S. hardly sees themselves represented and many majority races go blind to their struggles or conditions in favor of their own. This lack of representation or…

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=118021&page=1 This article mainly focuses on high schoolers that are introduced to but reject smoking. Steve Kottak makes a valid point of how adults should try to solve the problem of teens smoking, instead of pointing fingers. Fortunately, the smoking rate has dropped among high school freshmen. According to Pechacek, black parents are more strict about the use of tobacco than white parents. By 2010, the government has a goal of cutting teens smoking down…

Leonard Bernstein was a famous American composer with a Jewish heritage. He was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, studied at Harvard and later at the Boston Symphony Orchestra. In 1943, he was employed as assistant conductor at the New York Philharmonic. He gained popularity after filling in for Bruno Walter, a German conductor, at Carnegie Hall. Two year later, he became the Music Director of the New York City Symphony Orchestra. Bernstein later taught music at Brandeis University. In 1958, he…

John Brown was white abolitionist who believed the only way to defeat the evil slave society of the South was through violence. He invaded Harpers Ferry, Virginia on October 16, 1859 with a mere twenty one men. He failed in his attempt at slave insurrection and was captured by Colonel Robert E. Lee and eventually hung for treason.. Although he had failed, it caused an uproar in the North and South. Many Northerners disagreed with John Brown’s raid first, but as they became more united in their…

Drugs in the high school school community are a cause of chaos amongst the other children affected by it in the community. I see high school students on a daily basis that abuse drugs. Other times I see them distributed in the community I live in. It is one of those things that you get used to because you see it happening on a daily basis around you and with people you may consider friends. To many people it is a aggravation that they wish to rid from the community. Drug test should be…

America’s sex law “Should the names of sex offenders continue to be made public?” published by the Economist. This editorial from August 6, 2009, edition of the economist. At the beginning of the editorial the economist told a real life story which took place in New Jersey. Seven-year-old Megan Kanka was enticed into a pedophile neighbor home by offering to show her a puppy. The man raped, killed, and dumped her body in a nearby park. “There are 400,000 registered sex offenders in the United…

Jay Heinrich introduces us into the world of arguing and shows us how to execute the art of arguing. Jay Heinrich is a content and editorial consultant that specialises in persuasive engagement. He uses his knowledge of persuasive arguing to inform us on how to be successful in life. Heinrich uses what we know against us. He teaches us how to use our kindness to help win an argument and how to use others people’s kindness against them. Heinrichs shows us how to be sneaky with our approach…

source and is best used as a starting stage for investigation. In March 2000 Wikipedia began as Nupedia.com with an audit leading body of specialists. By 2001 under twenty-four articles were finished. It was then that the maker, Jimmy Wales, and his editorial manager in-boss, Larry Sanger, chose to make Wikipedia. They made it as an open-source…

Purpose of Tom Robinson’s Trial: To Kill a Mockingbird Literary Essay “There is no justice – in or out of court.” was a statement Clarence Darrow, famed defender of the Scottsboro Boys, once made. There is no greater attestation of the truth of this quote than in Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. In the novel, a black man, Tom Robinson, accused of a crime he did not commit, is unable to find fairness anywhere; not in his everyday life when he is just simply trying to be a good person,…

Lily Rosenthal Mr. Baugh U.S. History—Per. 7 11 December 2015 Historical Investigation Research Paper On July 5th, 1865 an agency was created called the United States Secret Service. To this day, it remains an important part of keeping the U.S. safe. Its purpose is to serve as protection for chief individuals and their families—specifically the president. This organization evolved into the first national intelligence and counterintelligence agency in the United States. While this agency is…