The Silver Lining

During the 1900’s, there were hundreds of thousands of African Americans who moved from the south to the north in an event called the Great Migration. Many of those African Americans migrated to a place in New York called Harlem and this is where it all began. African Americans began to build a new place for themselves. This is where life for them actually blossomed, bringing many great changes. It was a time for expressing the African American culture, which was later called the Harlem…

Adolescence is a confusing time for all teenagers. They must learn to navigate through the challenges of puberty and hormones, while also dealing with their own growing insecurities. During this time, it is common that teens look to their peers for comfort, understanding and acceptance. However, these relationships can prove to be more detrimental to teens then they may seem. These cliques, while seemingly comforting, can occasionally turn an innocent teen to venture into a life of crime. The…

before, right along with “Everyone makes mistakes.” It’s true, everyone does make mistakes, and no one is perfect; it’s a fact of human nature and something we all have in common. Another phrase we often hear a lot is “Every mushroom cloud has silver lining.” The Apollo 13 mission is known as NASA’s greatest successful failure. Although so many things went wrong, the crew onboard and the engineers on the ground were able to get everyone safely back home. Throughout the Apollo 13 mission, it is…

From 1955 to 1975, American soldiers were fighting a war in Vietnam. During this time Marine Lieutenant Philip Caputo landed at Da Nang with the first ground combat unit deployed to Vietnam. Months later, having served on the line in one of history’s ugliest wars, he returned home. Physically whole but emotionally impacted, his adolescent beliefs forever gone. In his book, A Rumor Of War, Philip Caputo offers an insightful analysis regarding the psychological damages a soldier faces post-war.…

“Well, over the summer, I was down on Rush street partying with some Marine buddies in on leave. Well, we were pretty lit and so we decided to walk down to the lake to get some air. On the way we passed a couple of gay bars, and in this alley some guy with his pants and underwear down around his ankles is standing there looking at us as another guy is on his knees in front of the guy his head bobbing up and down. Then the guy on his knees must've sensed somebody looking at him and he turned.”…

We all remember the images of birds covered in heavy black crude, and the hundreds of thousands of fish and other aquatic life floating above a decimated ecosystem, dead. Soon after these images were made public on every news outlet of the time, the PR machine at one of the largest fossil fuel companies went to work. With spin and confuse tactics, paying off “everyday folks” to say they stood by British Petroleum and appreciated so much that they were there to help. The year was 2010, an oil rig…

Sex Sex feels good, yes, and it is good for your body. But you have to watch out who you 're having sex with. Do you think that having sex with a toxic person will enhance your spirit? Heck no! They may be nice to you temporarily while having sex, but when they 're done and you 're glowing, they 're back to their old toxic ways. This will mess up your mind because sex is a spiritual dance between two human beings, so you 're absorbing the other person 's energy. The worse thing about absorbing…

Describing a Larger Conversation The United States of America, the land of the free and the land where people from all different parts of the world are still dreaming to live in. that is the standard America has put itself upon where different sorts of people who are deprived of their own freedom, business opportunities, education, and equality are taken away from. These social outcasts are desperately striving to achieve the dream of living in America, the country of the great, just, and free.…

In an article reported in New Scientist Magazine, the authors stated that “every cloud has a silver lining”. This statement could be used to describe the health benefit of the chemicals in the Berkeley Pit. Scientists have tested and found that this pit which has been designated as being hazardous is also a source of chemicals that can possibly help…

devastating than the current issue we have with ISIS. Instead now we are left with ISIS, who has waged war against Syria, Iran and the rest of the world. War unfortunately is a necessary evil, but with all things in life, you can only hope to find the silver lining in which the people of Iraq become united so that peace can…