Cruise
What is in a name?
Picture this: You've been excitedly planning your first-ever cruise for months. You've picked out your outfits, researched shore excursions, and made a packing list.
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Paying the price of ignorance
The term loan shark carries a negative connotation. On television, he’s the guy who sends his goons after people who don’t pay what they agreed to pay. In real life, he’s a business that lends money to high-risk recipients.
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When to think, when to pray, when to plan, when to do
We need more than thoughts and prayers from our leaders. How do you solve the problem of violence in a city?
Revisiting Rights: What the Supreme Court’s Abortion Ruling Means for Women’s Constitutional Protections
What the Supreme Court’s Abortion Ruling Means for Women
States now get to decide the value of a woman's life after the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe V. Wade.
The Social Agenda
The weaponization of fear has become the new normal, with both sides of a hidden war embracing a deadly virus as their flag. The left, the right, the conservatives, the progressives, QAnon and Antifa have more in common than dissension.
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The pros and cons of DC statehood
A Gallup poll in 2019 indicated that two-thirds of Americans oppose giving Washington D.C. statehood. A new bill could change that.
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Exploring the Family Security Act and poverty
Senator Mitt Romney’s Family Security Act aims to support families by providing direct monthly payments up to $1,200 per month.
Shes quite the keyboard warrior
The Social Media Impact on Communication
Social media has significantly influenced communication on issues of importance. The freedom of invisibility allows many ‘keyboard warriors’ to speak their truth without accountability.
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The Federal Minimum Wage Debate
By providing unemployed Americans with an increase in their benefits, the federal government reopened the debate on minimum wage by adding an additional $600 to unemployed which allowed some Americans to live within the range of a living wage.