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A manhunt is on for a Jersey City man who authorities say pushed his ex-girlfriend and their 3-month-old son out a third-floor window in Greenville during an attack that left two women and the child fighting for their lives. “He is dangerous and apparently unstable,” Jersey City Police Chief Tom Comey said this afternoon of…

John Calvin is one of the most famous reformation theologians of the 1500’s. One of his most decorated works is the Institutes of the Christian Religion: A book rich of Christian theology and the manual for reformed protestants. A topic not widely associated with Calvin is politics, yet he offers a unique perspective on government…

On the day of May 29th of 1917, In Brookline Massachusetts, Our 35th president of the United States was born. He was brought into this world by his mother, Rose Kennedy, and his father, Joseph Kennedy. Kennedy grew up as the second to oldest in the family. He grew up in a Irish Catholic household…

Introduction: Blacks vs Higher Education Slavery and discrimination against Black people were ingrained within society in America’s past. higher education institutions in America were no different, as there is a has a strong connection between universities in America and the slave trade. Two of the oldest and most renown institutions in America today, Harvard University…

Barack Obama once said, “Our police officers put their lives on the line for us every single day. They’ve got a tough job to do to maintain public safety and hold accountable those who break the law (Earnest 2014).” This statement uses a rhetorical device known as hyperbole. A hyperbole is used when there is…

At The Dark End of the Street written by Danielle L. McGuire depicts the systematic oppression of black women and the sexual violence they faced throughout the Civil Rights Movement from the 1940’s-1970’s. McGuire’s tell-all book of true stories lived by African American women, discusses the decoding of our societal racism during this time period…

Zinn, from the observations I’ve made reading his book, is an extraordinary man that isn’t afraid to scratch the surface of details left out of history books. Zinn discusses historical events from the point of view different from other historians, political leaders and governments. In his book “A People’s History of the United States” Zinn…

As I sit and type, while I can think of a million reasons why I need to be more careful and not speed, there are two reasons that seem to stick out at the top of my head. The first reason is, I need to be more careful because I could cause harm to myself…

In America, a woman is raped every two minutes. The act of coercively forcing someone into having sexual intercourse against their will, reaches far beyond the “pleasure” of sex, but rather into the feeling of dominance and supremacy. Rape has existed as a never-ending issue in which a contingent of victims have feared talking about….

Have you ever looked back at old memories and wondered how did you get to where you are now? Some are good and some aren’t very pleasing but a person’s life is a journey filled with bumps, detours and dead-ends while the route is shaped by the people, places and experiences that litter the path….