It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

as American Royalty in the public eye of America. They would be around to spread joy, optimistic and a charm that quickly spread throughout the American Nation. There no such thing as royalty in the United States but the Kennedy family held a status that was pretty close to that level. About 64 years at least one Kennedy had the opportunity to hold public office. The family has a…

white women, finds herself on the subway with a black male. She begins to judge his outward appearance and states: “he has the casual cold look of a mugger,” and that “he looks at my grandmother’s coat, and I don’t know if I am in his power- he could take my coat so easily, my briefcase, my life” (Olds). Just by facing this man on the subway cart she begins to infer that he is a dangerous man and the woman begins to fear for her life. Just one look in his direction, a molecule of a glance, and…

As an individual voice from the millions of children who were raised on the ideologies of the Nazi Party and the powerful image of Hitler, Alfons Heck shares the story of his experience before and during his time in the Hitler Youth. His novel, A Child of Hitler, gives a child’s account of one of the most momentous events in all of history. World War II broke out in 1939, but the Nazi movement began much earlier, persuading German citizens to fight for their country and to have faith in their…

In The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini creates an awareness and humanization of Afghanistan as a nation and as a culture. Through a postcolonial perspective, the main character, Amir resembles the internal conflicts and external tribulations that a country and its citizens’ face when living in a war-torn region. Postcolonial criticism offers a unique perspective by highlighting the destructive events that lead to death and misery, rather than glorifying the exploratory nature of colonists as they…

More than one in five U.S. children live in official poverty today, with an even higher rate for Black and Hispanic children and for those in families headed by a single parent. Among the world’s 35 richest countries, the United States holds the distinction of ranking second highest in child poverty. A large body of research continues to document the negative effects of poverty on children and their later life outcomes. Children growing up in poverty complete less schooling, work and earn less…

actually doing, that way the people would not notice. The U.S. had been bombing those areas for over a year, and Russia began air strikes in Syria in September. The council’s resolution is to, “call upon member states that have the capacity to do so to take all necessary measures ... on the territory under the control of ISIl [ISIS],” (Security council unanimously calls on UN members to fight Isis 1). “The world has united against Isil [Islamic State]. The international community has come…

meant for only a few people, implies there are other homes out there, that we are not alone. Which we aren’t: we’ve proven to ourselves using words and numbers and formulas like the Drake Equation that space is too large and weird and wonderful for just us to exist in it. The real question in the sentence that everyone ignores in favor of alone, is we. Even though we use aliens as a metaphor for our fears of each other, when it comes to aliens humanity imagines we automatically band together,…

Human life transcends nearly all. If a Jew is held hostage and ransom is demanded, our rabbis permit us to sell holy objects, even a Torah scroll or a synagogue, in order to redeem the prisoner. The Rambam, Rabbi Moshe son of Maimon, writes, “There is no greater commandment than that of redeeming the prisoners…as they stand in danger of their lives, and one who turns his eye away transgresses the biblical command of ‘Do not stand idly by when your fellow man is in danger’ (Leviticus 19:16), and…

foreign nations. Over the centuries, the one constant fact that if a nation had the desire to conquer or rule another, it needed a strong military whether that would be to coercive or protect its interests. The most ideal case of a country using its military might is no waging war, but deterring it. This occurs by finding the delicate balance of threatening nations’ security without forcing them into an arms race. Unfortunately, events show that this balance is hard to achieve, and once a nation…

Behavior”. Some examples you may be familiar with are book clubs, political parties, biker gangs, gun clubs, fraternities or sororities, and so on. Desmond Morris’s research and expertise in animal and human behavior confirm the fact that almost all of us partake in these sub-groups and feel a sense of allegiance with which ever group we are a part of. I will justify this statement with an example of a sub-group from my personal life that I am part of. This idea of sub-groups or territories is…