Tag: Op-ed

Jersey City Jazz Festival

Jersey City is the culinary capital of NJ, featuring some of the state’s best restaurants. At the Jersey City Jazz Festival, you can experience the taste of some of the best chefs in the food court. It is a kid-friendly community zone where there will be arts and crafts, bilingual storytimes, percussion classes, and much […]

Should We Enforce a Law That Puts an Age Restriction on How Old a President Can Be?

As decades go on, one thing is evident in our leaders’ patterns: their age. In the following decades, our presidents, Joe Biden and Donald Trump, both surpassed age 70 when they were elected. And yeah, that is pretty old, as both of these presidents are well above retirement age. The characteristics of 70-year-olds include a […]

What Achieving Universal Healthcare Legislation In New York State Could Mean For The Country

American Healthcare has been a longstanding issue within the country and across the world. Despite having the capability to provide quality treatment to its patients, a multitude of roadblocks and blatant corruption have led to an unfortunate culture where many Americans are risking going bankrupt for medical treatment. It’s unsurprising that universal healthcare has been […]

Schools Teach Students What to Think About Politics, Not How to Think

In government class in high school, I felt like the teachers were always teaching just one side. Like certain presidents, certain events, and historic moments. It felt like they were trying to steer us to believe in one side instead of having our own opinion. My school even had a Young Republicans club, but there […]

National Grape Popsicle Day: May 27th

As the weather gets scorching, it calls for a chilling refreshment, popsicles! But specifically, grape popsicles! You heard it, folks, today, May 27, is grape popsicle day, and this event occurs annually! So what started this frozen phenomenon?  11-year-old Frank Epperson was mixing powdered-flavor soda with a stirring stick outside on his porch and left […]

Preventing Summer Learning Loss With Kids Out of School

With school out, parents might be worried that kids are going to forget everything they learned during the school year. It’s a great time for kids to have a break, but they can lose what they learned from a phenomenon known as summer slide. Summer slide refers to the decrease in academic skills and knowledge […]

Is The Trump Phone The Latest Example Of This Administration Openly Scamming The Public?

Since the beginning of the Trump Administration’s second term, there has been no shortage of products that the administration has put forward in the hope of emboldening support from its biggest fans. From cryptocurrency, paintings, and apparel, there seems to be a vested interest from the Trump Administration to push out this type of material […]

Celebrate Memorial Day With These NYC Events

Memorial Day gives everyone a chance to celebrate and honor those who have given their lives in service to the armed forces. Events will take place across the country, and NYC is no different. Here are some “don’t miss” events happening this Memorial Day weekend!  The 159th Brooklyn Memorial Day Parade starts on 3rd Ave […]

Labor Unions Rallying Around Data Centers Is Not The Way To Go

The controversy surrounding data centers has grown more tense, and those in favor are doing all that they can to try to move public opinion towards them in a more favorable direction. A shining example of this new direction is the growing partnership between trade unions and the tech companies dominating the artificial intelligence industry. […]

Why Are Deceptive Political Ads Hardly Talked About?

The months leading up to the upcoming 2026 midterms have been quite tense, and the ongoing primaries and special elections have been no better. The climate the Trump administration has fostered has created around politics has been a nightmare scenario for many, on both sides of the Republican and Democratic parties. It’s led to both […]

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