Genocide is Forever: The Armenian Genocide

I wrote this a year ago as a project for my human rights class. I interviewed two survivors of the Armenian Genocide about their experiences. On April 26, people will gather in Times Square to commemorate the 100th anniversary of this tragic event. You can view their event site on facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/events/756981021040455/ On August […]

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Black Lives Matter Part 1

The reason black lives matter isn’t because white lives don’t. It’s because all lives matter once black lives do. This is a concept I only really began to grasp recently. As a freelance journalist, I’ve tried to cover to the best of my ability the outrage over the killings of black men throughout the United […]

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Teachers and allies rally in Lynbrook, NY and across Long Island to protest against Governor Cuomo’s education policies

LYNBROOK, NY–March 28th, 2015–Teachers and others rallied across Long Island on Merrick Road from Valley Stream to West Islip in attempt to draw attention to what they perceive as an attack on public education and teachers. Cuomo’s plan would allow standardized test scores to account for 50% of a teacher’s evaluation while the other 50% […]

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Sonic Weapon Used on Protesters in NYC

It is wonderful that those in the media want to talk about the NYPD’s supposed ‘restraint’ when it came to policing these protests in Manhattan but, eventually, we as a country are going to have to have a discussion about whether or not it is right and/or moral to use sonic weapons against predominantly peaceful protesters in one of the most densely populated areas in the world. If you were on the receiving end of a sonic weapon such as the one used in the aforementioned video, you may think twice about taking to the streets. Perhaps that is what the NYPD has in mind.

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Riots: The Language of the Unheard

President Obama, live on CNN, called for calm and peace whilst rioting was occurring on the opposite side of the screen after the Grand Jury announcement that Officer Darren WIlson would be not be charged in the killing of unarmed 18 year old Michael Brown. I cannot think of anything more insulting than the President […]

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