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“A Christian is a perfectly free lord of all, subject to one.” These words, written in 1520 by the theologian Martin Luther, would later reverberate in the ears of the desperate German peasants. What happens when people start to break away from the entity that bound civilizations for thousands of years? How does one go…

More than enough people are still terrified that the world is in danger when it comes to dealing with terrorists and their threats. Today people make it seem like we’re in harm’s way and that authorities aren’t doing anything to protect us. When it comes to 9/11 the people that were younger back then are…

Introduction The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness was written by Michelle Alexander who is an alumna of law from Vanderbilt University. It was released in 2012. This manuscript discusses issues related to racism and mostly specific matters that involve the African-American men and also mass imprisonment in the United States….

For many years, it has been taught in schools about the Age of Exploration and all its conquerors, who traveled around the world discovering land. Among all these, there is a particular conqueror, one of the most recognized in history his name is Christopher Columbus.  In fact, many people believe that Christopher Columbus is a…

Studies show every one in twenty-five defendants who are sentenced to death in the United States are later found innocent (Gross). Many people are wrongfully accused. Throughout history, groups of people are targeted with inaccurate information and are accused of crimes they did not commit. This is called a witch hunt. After 9/11, Muslims lives…

On September 9th 2001 an event happened in which almost 3000 people died. What were the causes to this horrific attack? What motivated these people to this? What did the United States have to do with this? In this essay I will be going over some factors that caused 9/11 and why I believe these…

Everyone who was born early enough to remember the events of 9/11 can tell you where they were when the learned about the terrorist attacks on September 11th 2001. The attack was so impactful because of what we did not know. Many people thought that a bomb had gone off in the south tower because…

If you watch television, listen to the radio, or are on social media, I’m sure you have heard the Trump Administration getting bashed time and time again. It appears the media loves gossip and controversy when it comes to Trump’s presidency but turns a blind eye to his success’s. This, though, is no surprise due…

Imagine that you were just leaving work after a long, tiresome day. You board the city bus that you ride every day and you take a seat in the first row of the section labeled “colored passengers”. African Americans were assigned to sit in the back of the bus while whites sat in the front….

In her book Cleopatra: A Life, Stacy Schiff describes in great detail the tense events taking place in ancient Egypt before and after Cleopatra’s reign as Queen. Schiff is an acclaimed nonfiction author. She has won the coveted Pulitzer Prize and has written plenty of historical books, essays, and columns featuring historical women such as:…