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Guest Blogger – 19 Year Old Louisiana Native

August 24, 2016

Obama's visit to Baton Rouge a Little Too Late for Some President Obama visited Baton Rouge today for the first time since the floods that have been labeled as the worst natural disaster since hurricane Sandy. The president has caught a lot of criticism this past week for not visiting Baton Ro...

Gun Safety and Domestic Violence in Washington

August 23, 2016

Since Washington State's 201 decisions to implement background checks on the purchase of all firearms, gun violence has been steadily decreasing across the state. However, the always-progressive Washingtonians, (or Seattleites I should say) are not satisfied just yet. They plan to do what many m...

Heroin and Homelessness in Seattle

August 23, 2016

In June we wrote about Seattle's potential plans for addressing the homelessness epidemic. Homelessness and substance abuse share a strong connection for a variety of reasons both simple and complex. Many if not most of Seattle area residents have seen or heard how heroin has become a real epidem...

“The Donald” at it Again – Can Nobody Control Him?

August 2, 2016

Donald Trump has been receiving a lot of negative media attention in the past few days. This alone isn't noteworthy, as he has been receiving less than stellar attention for the past 12 months. What makes this round of news blasting more interesting is the fact that it is coming from fellow Repub...

Again – another 19 year old male opinion……..Bill on the Front Page…….

July 27, 2016

Last night, Hillary Clinton won the DNC nomination and will be the first woman atop a major party ticket, yet women all over the country remain outraged because many news outlets posted a headline picture of Bill Clinton rather than Hillary to announce the historic news. Our brave, tireless army ...

Michelle Obama Killed it – From the Perspective of a 19 year old male

July 26, 2016

Michelle Obama's DNC convention speech is by far the most moving piece of rhetoric I have heard yet in this election. It was powerful, heartfelt, absurdly quotable, and did not ever dip down into the petty muck that is synonymous in my mind with this entire election season. Essentially, she kille...

The RBG story develops

July 19, 2016

In follow up to last week's post regarding the somewhat surreal Ginsburg v. Trump headlines, it appears the longtime Supreme Court Justice to a limited extent agrees with much of the backlash against her, admitting that judges should “avoid commenting on a candidate for public office” and that he...

RBG v. Trump – You Can’t Make This S…. Up!

July 13, 2016

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg recently very publicly criticized Donald Trump, asserting, among other things, that he is unfit for a presidential candidate. Trump unsurprisingly responded that he found her comments highly inappropriate. This has stirred public discussion on the proprie...

City of Seattle hopes to set precedent on paid family leave

July 7, 2016

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray has proposed an extension to Seattle's parental leave permitted to city employees. He plans to replace the current four-week policy with a new eight week paid leave for employees with infants or ill family members. This eight-week period would effectively be a minimum; the...

Deeply Broken System

July 6, 2016

The Huffington Post recently interviewed Rafael López, President Obama's appointed Commissioner of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. López sees the child welfare system as “deeply broken” with the chief problem being tha...