Posted on December 31st, 2007 by Freckles Cassie
Victoria Jaramillo, 40, holding her 3-month-old daughter, Frida, at Santa Martha Acatitla, a women’s prison in Mexico City. (Adriana Zehbrauskas for The New York Times)
My mom is in prison and has been for more than four years. I have thought a lot about what it would be like if she had […]
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Filed under: Featured Stories, FrecklesCassie, Moral Issues, Opinion, Politics, children, kids, news, poverty, prison
Posted on December 29th, 2007 by Freckles Cassie
Corporations can be very good for a country because they employ people, create things, sell things, and provide services. But there can be problems when corporations have too much influence over government and when they refuse to negotiate with unions or use union workers. John Edwards is the democratic candidate who is talking the most […]
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Filed under: Democrats, Economy, Election 2008, Featured Stories, FrecklesCassie, John Edwards, Labor Issues, Opinion, Politics, corporations, draft
Posted on December 21st, 2007 by Freckles Cassie
This is a great game that helps teach vocabulary and also raises money for giving rice to hungry people. I’ll be ready for the SAT’s in no time!
Click here to play.
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Filed under: FrecklesCassie, Secondary Featured Stories, hunger, poverty
Posted on December 20th, 2007 by Freckles Cassie
So, the new research on sex education shows that if y’all bother to teach us the real facts of sex education, we tend to be more responsible about sex and even to wait longer before we start. So, of course the right wingers prefer not to teach us and just hope we do what they […]
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Filed under: Featured Stories, FrecklesCassie, Young Adult Issues, sex education, teen pregnancy, teens
Posted on December 19th, 2007 by Freckles Cassie
What age is old enough to have sex? When are we old enough to have babies? Is statutory rape a fair law? Is a 9th grade girl with a 19-year-old boyfriend different from two high school seniors, one at 17 and one 19? What about kids who come from countries where lots of people […]
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Filed under: Abortion, Featured Stories, FrecklesCassie, Women's Rights, Young Adult Issues, kids, sex education, teen pregnancy, teens
Posted on December 17th, 2007 by Freckles Cassie
Good for these parents and these students! I know that I have gone to all great schools, much better than a lot of them in Texas. You should be able to get a great education even if you are poor, and I hope these families win their lawsuit.
Suit seeks to stop HISD’s $805 […]
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Filed under: Education, Featured Stories, FrecklesCassie, Politics, Texas, poverty, protest, schools
Posted on December 14th, 2007 by Freckles Cassie
Why is it that the newspaper quotes politicians or any people without fact checking or making them justify their opinions. If Governor Perry wrote sentences like the following on a paper in my history class, he’d get a 50 for failing to provide any evidence at all for his opinions. But the […]
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Filed under: Election 2008, Featured Stories, FrecklesCassie, Media, Rick Perry, Terrorism, Texas
Posted on December 12th, 2007 by Brendon Schweers
Uh oh. This just kinda makes me mad.
For one, I know, as well as you know and your neighbor knows that the Heath Care system in the United States just isn’t cutting it.
Talk of Universal Heath Care has been in the air for quite some time now. Yet, a UHC bill has not been passed.
It […]
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Filed under: Activism, Brendon Schweers, Democrats, Featured Stories, George W. Bush, Government, Medical News, Politics, health insurance, news
Posted on December 12th, 2007 by Brendon Schweers
Posted on December 12th, 2007 by Brendon Schweers
What do you think should be the best age for citizens to start voting?
18 (37%, 20 Votes)
15-17 (30%, 16 Votes)
21 (17%, 9 Votes)
12-14 (13%, 7 Votes)
19-20 (4%, 2 Votes)
Total Voters: 54
Start Date: March 14, 2008 @ 2:20 pmEnd Date: No Expiry
What type of article would you like to see more of?
U.S. Government (40%, 2 Votes)
Environmental […]
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