An unnamed Mexican girl gave birth to a baby boy on October 22. Delivered by Caesarian Section, he weighed in at 3.3 pounds. According to Puebla Mexican State law, where the young mom is from, the minimum age that a woman can undergo an abortion is 12 years old. Girls under 12 can only undergo [...]
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Fort Hood Suspect Needed the Help He Provided Other Soldiers
The Fort Hood massacre left 13 people dead and 30 people wounded.
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Is Racism Still Alive and Well in America?
New York City, where about 40% of the population is of color, is seeing a rise in hate crimes. A noose was found in a post office near Ground Zero. The police said the post office noose was discovered Thursday by postal employees, dangling from a lamp post near the lower Manhattan post office. Building [...]
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Gentrification in Brooklyn
What is gentrification? Gentrification is the upgrading of an urban and often economically challenged neighborhood. It usually results in the displacement of lower income families because they are not able to compete with the more affluent class that is trying to replace them. We explored our local Downtown Brooklyn shopping area [Fulton Street], to find [...]
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Aliens in America
Immigrants are the key to the infrastructure of the United States. They have helped our country develop in areas such as labor and diversity. Would it be fair to just decide to rid our nation of them? Isn’t America supposed to be the land of the immigrants?
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My life in the school system
My name is Talon S. Taylor. I am 13 years old and I was born on November 30, 1993. As of February 2006, I became a home-schooled student. My main career goal is to become a successful Graphic Artist. I also have interests in Astrophysics – [which is the study of objects and matter outside [...]
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Who wants to know why people cheat!
Who wants to know why people cheat? Do you ever wonder why your significant other, no matter how much love is involved, will still cheat on you? You can give someone everything in the world and yet still this person can find a way to not be faithful. This may not go for everyone as [...]
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Disney World
In life, every person either has, had, or wished for a place they believe anything can happen, and come true. When little kids are young, they all have secret, magical places that they believe are real. In my own life, I know that I have believed in magical places before, and still do. The one [...]
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Women in the Workplace: The Fight for Respect
Women have gone from being viewed as desperate housewives to key players in the corporate world. In this competitive world women have to become experts at being on top of their game to prove that they are equal if not more qualified than men. At the same time they must maintain a certain level of [...]
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In 2007 Stereotypes Still Stick
Despite an age of political correctness in the U.S. most people still stereotype people based on race, according to a survey at World Journalism Preparatory School. The 11-question survey answered by 25 students showed that 92% of students make assumptions about a person’s intelligence, culture and other abilities.
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