Fabian Washington

of the violence that has occurred throughout the country. In the debate Donald Trump said, “I agree with Secretary Clinton on this. You need to better relationships between the communities and the police, because in some cases, it’s not good.” (Washington post) This is something that both candidates are agreeing to handle if chosen president. The next topic that was agreed on was gun control. Hillary and Donald believe…

Interest catcher: What would you do if one of the most powerful countries in the world, a country that was proud to be a democracy, a fair country, was actually not a democracy at all. That country is the USA. The president should be elected by the direct vote of the people, or the popular vote instead of the electoral college. The president is the leader of the USA, the election determines who is sit’s in the president’s office, the popular vote is the direct vote of the people and…

Kehaulani’s presentation is on Native Hawaiians and how they identify with the land in which they live on and how westerners are blinded to this connection. Ua Mau Ke Ea O Ka ʻĀina I Ka Pono means the life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness. This research project is important to her because she is Native Hawaiian and she believes that Native Hawaiians are misrepresented. In the future, she hopes to go back home and help the people of Hawaii and from this research, she got a deeper…

The Washington State Leather Community will be celebrating the 35th Anniversary of the Washington State Mr./Ms. Leather, Bootblack contest, and its 25th Anniversary of the Washington State Leather Pride Week. The contest will be held on March 25, 2017. The contest will be held at The Cuff Complex, with doors at 6:00pm and the contest beginning at 7:00pm. The Washington State Leather Pride Week will be held March 17 – 26, 2017, with many events, at several locations, around the state of…

There are two main phases of a presidential election: the primary process, and the general election. The primary process is when each political party selects a candidate to represent the party in the general election. The general election is when candidates from multiple parties compete against each other to become president. Although there are multiple parties, we will only be discussing how the process is for Republicans and Democrats because while a few smaller parties are sometimes able to…

Is the United States electoral process fair and effective? The answer will vary, depending on who you ask. There are many aspects of the election process that must be considered to determine its fairness and effectiveness- such as nomination process/primaries, voting methods, and much more. With this being said, the electoral process is effective but unfair due to elections being done by electoral votes and the power of money. Although democracy is spread out and is said “every vote counts”,…

Electoral College If there was in place a system that has not failed in its purpose of transitioning power in a peaceful way for over 200 years would you think it prudent to replace said system? I believe you should not, but that's exactly what some people want to do. Replacing it with a direct democracy straying the election process away from its constitutional republic design. Being, in turn, the whole design of the American government. The Electoral College should not be…

Four Versions of the American Dream “Coming to America” by Neil Diamond, “Home” Dierks Bentley, “Only In America” by Brooks and Dunn, and “Address to the Students at Moscow State University,” 1988 by President Ronald Reagan, all talk about the freedom you can have if you come to America. Everyone deserves the freedom that we have in America, no matter who you are as long as you are coming to America for the right reasons. The singer Neil Diamond, in his text “Coming To America,” believes that…

mandate from the voter population. Although a candidate may have been elected and may have seemed as per a popular vote, it might have just been from other ways, such as the electoral college. So, in some instances in the past, such as president Washington, a president has been elected not necessarly by the people, but from delegates and representatives. In Washington's case, he was not voted in by the people, but by the other founding fathers that were present.…

The Social Welfare in United States and the negative impact on the People and the Economy. Social welfare refers to United States government programs to help in the necessities of the needs of the people of the United States. There are several programs designed to lifting living people ‘s life in case of emergencies such as, person lost this/her job or no luck to find a job. President Theodore Roosevelt came up with Social welfare idea and it adopted by several states. There are many welfare…