Biden’s Future

It’s really eye-opening when you see any organization completely throw everything they claim to believe out the window, especially when they gain nothing from it, this is what the DNC did by electing Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee. In the past four years, there have been endless condemnations of President Donald Trump’s record from …

COINTELPRO & American Civic Engagement

According to the the FBI’s website, in its description of COINTELPRO (short for Counterintelligence Program) it reads, “Although limited in scope (about two-tenths of one percent of the FBI’s workload over a 15-year period), COINTELPRO was later rightfully criticized by Congress and the American people for abridging first amendment rights and for other reasons.” These …

Declining Social Connectedness: Editorial

Civic Engagement in America has been on the downturn since the 1960s, in turn so has general social connectedness. Every person on every level, young or old, right or left, rich or poor, are participating in their communities less. People are voting less, they’re volunteering less, joining clubs less, also seeing friends less. So where …

Why Aren’t Young People Civically Engaged?

When presented with data that points to declining civic involvement from young people, it’s easy to place the blame on them. But data doesn’t take into account the things that stamp out motivation in young people who are not civically participating. These things are largely out of their control, like a system of global oppression …

The Problem with Youtube

The description from r/ElsaGate describes this phenomenon as videos, “on Youtube of reoccurring themes, animations in the context of inappropriate topics on several channels available and targeted at kids. Those videos often feature Spiderman, Frozen’s Elsa, Joker, Mickey Mouse and other characters popular with kids.” If you’re not familiar with the children’s youtube market, take …

What is Truth?

From a young age, you’re taught to “always tell the truth”. That there’s always a clear distinction between fact and opinion, some things are just true. That there are objective sources like scientific journals and newspapers whose job it is to report that truth. Unfortunately, “the truth” can be pretty drastically different depending on who …