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Jax Hudur
Tennessee's New Classroom Law Sums Up Everything that is wrong with America's Race Problems
On Monday 24th of May 2021, The Tennessee Republican Governor signed a bill into law that will deny public school teachers from teaching students critical race theory such as racism, white privilege, and unconscious bias. In other words, what the governor’s new law entails is the proverbial saying see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil in all matters race-related, and that in a nutshell is what is wrong with America’s race problems. Every time Americans take two steps forward in addressing racism, politicians like Governor Bill Lee of Tennessee walk three steps back, making any progress made look like a hopeless endeavor.
San Francisco's Bottom-Up Approach to Trust-Building
Demonstrators gather at San Francisco's Portsmouth Square to protest recent Asian hate crimeschicagotribune.com. The US park police in San Francisco has become the first field office in the federal department to inaugurate body-worn cameras for its 41 officers. The intended goal for introducing body-worn cameras is to strengthen trust between the police and the communities they serve. However, these San Francisco park officers are also quite visible as they also interact with tourists as the city is a popular tourist destination.
Mayor Lightfoot's Unapologetic Racist Decision to Exclude White Journalists Shows Contempt for the City of Chicago
Mayor Lori Lightfoot and her wife Amy EshlemanThe Sun. Chicago is a city on fire where in this week alone, three people were killed while 14 others were injured in gun violence that raged for five hours from late Thursday the 20th of May 2021 to the early hours of Friday the 21st of May 2021. On the early morning, Saturday 22nd of May 2021, another man, a 27-year-old, was killed in Chicago while driving on the Eisenhower Expressway. Last week was no different as 48 people were shot in separate incidents between Friday the 14th of May to Sunday the 16th of May, where five people were killed. Among the Injured of last weekend’s shooting incident included two Chicago police officers and six children under 17. The youngest victim of the shooting was a 2-year-old sitting in the back seat of a car hit by a bullet fired from another vehicle.
Governor Abbot's Struggle with Mask Mandates
In February 2021, 111 Texans died because of the devastating winter storms that hit the state. Texas also had 33 million cases of Covid-19 and a total of about 51,000 deaths due to the virus. Texas was not prepared for the winter storm as the State struggled with the freezing cold, which led to pipes bursting and cars rolling in the streets due to the ice on the road. As of early March, 390 000 Texans were still under boil water while other millions of Texans were without safe drinking water.
Colorado Springs has become a hotbed for gun violence
Police Cordon off the Crime scene area where 6 people were killed at a birthday partyYAHOO IMAGE. What do you do with a substance abuser who will not admit they have a problem? What do you also do when society blames the user and not the drugs? That is where America is right now with the raging gun violence and the inability of policymakers to take gun control seriously. On Wednesday, the 12th of May 2021, it was reported that a toddler shot his parents when he reached an unsecured loaded gun that was placed on a nightstand. Both parents survived; the mother was shot in the leg while the father suffered a gunshot wound to the head. However, the toddler suffered a minor injury as the recoil of the gun struck his face.
Colorado River Drought Causing Water Shortage for Millions of Americans
The Colorado River as it divides Glenwood Canyon slurry on the ridge from the Grizzly Creek Firecoyotegulch.blog. Due to climate change, there is a looming national catastrophe lurking that could affect 40 million Americans, of whom 29 million are tribal nations across seven States and two Mexican States. The Colorado river is reported to have shrunk to an all-time low level because of hot summers and less snowpack flowing into the river. The result is more water lost to evaporation due to hot temperatures parching the soil as the river runs its course through the American West.
San Diego's Billboards are not the Right Way to Address Racism
One of the many taxpayer-funded billboards that are under fire in San Diegonypost. There is no argument about the need to address racism in today’s America. Still, when San Diego’s officials littered the city with billboards warning black mothers of how racism can hurt their babies long before they are born, I am unsure what the intended message is. Are the officials discouraging black mothers from having babies, or are they genuinely informing black women of the risk racism poses to their unborn babies?
California's Cops Failed to Learn From the George Floyd Incident
Police in Alameda, Northern California, seem to have learned nothing from the George Floyd protests because of police brutality. Bodycam footage released by Almeda’s police department shows the detaining of Mario Gonzalez, a 26-year-old father of one and caretaker of his autistic brother. The footage shows police approaching and engaging in small talk with him.
Is Green Growth The Secret For Arlington's Success As The Nation's Fittest City?
Arlington's multi-use trailshttps://www.bikearlington.com/. Arlington, Virginia, has been crowned as the nation’s fittest city in three consecutive years, the year 2020 being the latest. Arlington also ranked top in the personal health category in the annual study of America’s 100 largest cities. The city’s top ranking is a testament to its well-planned transportation system that had encouraged people to use alternative means to drive. Instead, people in Arlington use public transportation as 22% of the city’s households do not even own a car because there is no need for it.
Is Relaxing the Covid Rules Minnesota's New Way to Tackle the Pandemic?
The death of a first grader should have changed the Governor's mind. Minnesota has been grappling with the Covid 19 pandemic and has lost 7000 residents. The State has had a total of 569,440 cases, of which 30,000 were children under the 10. On Monday 26th April, the death of a first-grader was reported, a stark reminder that the virus does not discriminate.
Prosecuting killer cops is a step in the right direction for Minnesota
Kim Potter's bookinghttps://i.guim.co.uk/img/media. In Minneapolis, the most populous city in the U.S state of Minnesota, a white police officer shot dead a 20-year-old African American man named Daunte Wright during a routine traffic stop on April 11th, 2021, by officer Kimberly Potter. Officer Potter threatened him with a taser but instead pulled out her pistol and fatally shot him in the chest. The officer was arrested but was released hours later after a bond of $100,000 was paid.
New Eco-Friendly Way of Saying Goodbye to Loved Ones in Colorado
‘Natural organic reduction’ turns a corpse into two wheelbarrows’ worth of soil in four to six weeks. Deforestation and soil erosion are two challenges the environment is facing, and the lands are being deviated at high rates. New processes that are budget and environment friendly are in high demand. Colorado, a State in the US, is in the court for something quite controversial.
Exciting historical and interesting sites Savannah City in Georgia
Savannah is a historic city in Georgia. It has a lot of American history deep within its root. So, if someone is the kind of person who loves to explore historical sites and learning a thing or two, Savannah would be a great choice to spend some time there in the spring.
Fun filled resorts and water parks in Florida
People from different areas travel to oceanside and resort water park to participate and experience the excellent playland market. Florida is no doubt one of the most fun, thrilling States to live in the United States. Its fun-filled water park and resorts offer you endless options for sunning, sliding, and swimming, along with the comfortable accommodations that you have never experienced before. Here are some of the most famous resorts that will surely make a splash with everyone on your travel journey.
Climate Change Threatens Alaska
Scientists claim Alaska is ground zero for climate change. Arctic Sea Ice Diminishing in a Warmer Climate as sea ice is shrinking and becoming thinner and smaller. America’s last frontier, the State of Alaska, is the largest U.S. state by area. It’s bigger than the total combination of Texas, California and Montana put together. While Alaska is the most sparsely populated State, the State enjoys one of the highest per capita incomes in the country despite Alaska being a small economy. This is owed to the diverse economy headed by oil, fishing, and natural. More than half of Alaska is federally owned land (65 %), including parks, national forests, and wildlife, although the U.S. armed forces bases and tourism play a huge part in the State’s economy.
Amazon appears to secure enough votes to block unionizing in Alabama
In Alabama, the fight for the worker’s rights continues and if won, there is a chance that others will follow. Amazon wants to block out an effort for a union at their warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama by gathering enough votes for this purpose. They were able to gather 1700 votes against the 700 voters who opted for forming a union that is far beyond the required threshold. The NLRB (National Labor Relations Board) oversees this process.
The latest member of America's hall of shame
Florida's Congressman Matt Gaetz and the resurgence of American politicians mired in sexual allegations. The latest member to join America’s hall of shame is Florida’s Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz. The congressman hails from one of Florida’s prominent families. He is the son of former state Senator Don Gaetz. The outspoken young congressman was described as brash by former President Trump’s most hated news network, CNN. However, the congressman was also Trump’s knight in shining armor as he had Trump’s back when the Democrats were impeaching the former President.
Wynn Resorts Encourages Employees to get Vaccinated or else
Ever since the coronavirus hit, many small and large-scale businesses have had an adverse effect on them which grew worse as time went by due to the various lockdowns put in place by the governments and the prominent decrease in demand for products and services.
The NYPD's chief of the department's equal opportunity turned out to be unsavoury
Racists in America’s police force needs to be closely looked at. What conclusions should one draw when an institution’s anti-discrimination chief is forced to retire for posting racist messages online? That is precisely what happened when the NYPD’s anti-discrimination chief, deputy inspector James Kobel posted threatening racist remarks on Rant, a chat board for the NYPD officers. The disgraced officer used racial slurs and did not spare former President Barack Obama as he called him a “Muslim savage” while referring to a Bronx district attorney as “gap-tooth wildebeest.” The NYPD did the right thing by dismissing him; however, the damage is already done.
A Colorado man was banned from hunting in 48 States for his out-of-control poaching
"Why do Americans love to hunt and kill animals for sport" A curious person asked the question, “why do Americans love to hunt and kill animals for sport”? Another person, presumable an American, answered the question asked on Quora. He notably did not like the carpet generalization of lumping all Americans as hunters upon reading his long-winded answer. He astonished me by first declaring that he loved to hunt, and his explanation for why Americans like him love to hunt blew me away.
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