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A reporter and her cameraman in Roanoke, Virginia were shot dead by a former coworker on Aug. 26th. Local news station WDBJ-TV reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward were in the middle of a live broadcast interview when Vester Lee Flanagan II showed up unannounced and pulled out his gun, according to the New York Post.
Shippensburg University is in the process of updating dorm rooms into suites, now called residence halls. While these are much nicer than the traditional dorm room, they can still be a pain to deal with.
Racism. Violence. Hatred. Are these the proper words to be associated with the Confederate flag?
A school district in Tennessee banned students from displaying all flags and banners — including the American flag, according to Fox News.
Soldiers of 1st Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division salute the American flag as the United States anthem is being played during their departure ceremony at historic Fort Snelling May 22, 2011. 1st BCT will be deploying to Kuwait in support of Operation New Dawn.
Kim, Khloe, Kourtney, Kris, Kendall, Kylie and … Caitlyn?
Entertainment mogul Jay-Z’s Tidal music service is treading some rough waters, lately.
Jay-Z's online music streaming business, Tidal, requires a subscription in order to listen.
Six police officers in the city of Baltimore, Maryland were charged on May 1 for the death of Freddie Gray. Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old African-American, was pulled into a police van and suffered spinal cord injuries that ultimately led to his death. The events were caught on video.
Protests in Baltimore, Maryland have been both peaceful and violent.
Not: Protesters in Baltimore clash with police during demonstrations
In the words of the renowned author Oscar Wilde: “the artist should never try to be popular. Rather the public should be more artistic.”
In the United States, there are two basic types of prisons. Those that are run by the government, and those that are run by private corporations. The latter, often referred to as “for-profit” prisons, have become extremely common nationwide, with nearly 50% of all prison inmates in private prisons. If this sounds at all sketchy, it is because it is. Private prisons undermine the entire point of the criminal justice system, and moves should be made to ban them nationwide.
As I am sitting here writing this I cannot help but feel nostalgic.
