https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/16/opinion/sunday/women-the-bible-metoo.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region®ion=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region This is written by a pastor, who is asking about the stories of women in the Bible who experienced sexual assaults.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/06/15/discrimination-has-no-role-world-cup FIFA is the international governing body of association football, futsal, and beach soccer and every four years they organize an international soccer tournament with different host country. This year’s world cup is being played in Russia. The problem with this is that just last year in the Chechen republic, apart of the Russian Federation, … Read more
Drug overdose deaths continue to be a leading cause of death throughout the United States, especially opioid related overdoses. According to the Center of Disease Control and Prevention, Americans are dying at the rate of approximately 115 deaths per day from an opioid overdose. This is 5 times higher than the rate in 1999. How … Read more
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/06/180615094850.htm Studies have found less corruption in countries that have more women in government positions. A study conducted across 125 countries has proven that there is less corruption in government policy when more women are in positions of parliament. In the United States, only 19% of the representatives in the House of Representatives are … Read more
A judge has been recalled after he gave a light sentence to a student found guilty of sexually assaulting a women while she was unconscious. Do you think the judge gave him enough jail time? Why or Why not?
Article: https://www.npr.org/2018/06/18/620110576/after-crackdown-egypts-lgbt-community-contemplates-dark-future Overview: Ahmed Alaa (from Egypt) raised a rainbow flag during a concert in Cairo in last September. He absolutely loved it, calling it “the best moment” of his life. He, of course, posted pictures on social media and immediately got death threats. A few days after that, he was then arrested for “dangerously deviant behavior”. … Read more
On June 27, the Supreme Court ruled to keep open reproductive health clinics in Texas that provide abortions. The abortion law previously had shut down half of the 40 clinics throughout the state. If the they hadn’t ruled against it the number was expected to drop to 10. This ruling hopes to weaken the restrictions … Read more
https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/01/americas/canada-gender-neutral-national-anthem-trnd/index.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_latest+%28RSS%3A+CNN+-+Most+Recent%29&utm_content=Yahoo+Search+Results Recently, Canada has approved to change their anthem to a gender neutral anthem. The line changed is “in all thy sons command” to “in all of us command.” Currently, it is still waiting to be approved by the government. Many people feel that this change will help the stop the gender issues in … Read more
https://womensenews.org/2018/05/trumps-new-domestic-gag-order-escalates-war-on-women/ Trump is at it again. Another “empty promise” from his campaign is being fulfilled, which should terrify all of us. His newest order is essentially stripping healthcare providers of all of their funding that assists in cancer prevention, contraception and STI/STD prevention/treatment. Providers like Planned Parenthood (the most well known) and many others that … Read more
Good ole Trump and his administration has decided to reduce hiring for government positions. So instead of correction officers who are trained to handle and interact with inmates guarding the facilities, they left it to teachers, nurses, and secretaries. Many people feel as though they are ill-equipped and unsafe on the job which is … Read more