Kirsten Gillibrand

The author of the essay, “Military Women in Combat, Why Making It Official Matters”, Jena McGregor starts right off by telling you the topic she will cover. She starts the essay with the sentence, “It’s been a big couple of weeks for women in the military” to draw in her audience by leaving them intrigued from something that hasn’t changed in years. After using that sentence to catch the audience’s attention, she then states, “Last week, female soldiers began formally moving into jobs in…

Having considered the individual, social, and political barriers to the success of women in politics, this paper will now propose how the political system might be reformed so as to provide maximum opportunities for women. However, while there are many ways in which the political system could be more conducive to the success of women, certain steps could be taken to encourage civic participation outside the party system. While the low demand for female candidates from political parties “has…

“I was really aware, even while it was happening, that the discovery of arts education in my life sort of saved my life” (Diggs). Daveed Diggs, a singer and performer found a passion in the arts. The arts are brought into students worlds in middle and high school, which is when they are truly trying to find who they are. Just like it did to Diggs, the education of the arts can change lives. Education that alumni get at school is how they learn to love creative arts. If the arts get cut, there…

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, approximately 2.6 million people in the US earn the hourly wage of $7.25 or under. There have been many changes to the minimum wage throughout the years and the latest bill concerning this is the S. 1832. Better known as the Pay Workers a Living Wage Act was a bill, it would have raised the minimum wage through a period of several years (GovTrack). The bill addressed both increases of minimum wage as well as tips (GovTrack). I will be focusing on the…

In many people’s minds, the term “Fracking” only applies to the controversial extraction process and the environmental impact surrounding that process. Hydraulic Fracturing or “Fracking” for short is a process where chemicals and water are injected into wells to breakup rock formations that have gas or oil trapped in the rock itself. This process is specifically used for developing and extracting oil and natural gas from shale. While most people have heard the term “Fracking”, very few…