By Ethan Pezeshki Barbara Walters passed away on December 30th, 2022 at the age of 93. She was the first woman to ever anchor a news network show and became a women’s role model and cherished media member, a true symbol of the results of determination. “One may walk over the highest mountain one step at a time” Barbara Walters
Read moreBy: Ahron Riss On February 12, 2023, the Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs will face off in Super Bowl 57. The game will be held at State Farm Stadium in Phoenix, Arizona. According to Caesar’s Sportsbooks, Philadelphia is favored by 1.5. Before the 2022-2023 season began, both teams made significant changes to their rosters. The Eagles acquired Pro
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Sadly, this past Shabbat there was a shooting in Buffalo, New York. The shooting took place in a supermarket at 2:30 pm. There are a total of 13 victims: 3 wounded and 10 dead. Authorities believe the attack was racially motivated with 11 of the victims being African-Americans. The name of the supermarket was Tops Friendly Market, in the Kingsley
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From March 22 to April 7, 2022, fourteen innocent civilians were murdered. Twenty-eight parents will live the rest of their lives without ever hugging their child again. Fifteen children will grow up without their biological parent. Fifty-six grandparents won’t see their grandchild sitting at the dinner table on holiday nights again. Three wives and two husbands will never get to
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As the Russian invasion of Ukraine approaches the two-week mark, heartbreaking images of the devastation and suffering inflicted by the war reverberate around the world and compound the complexity of the global response to the Ukrainian crisis. In a modern era dominated by media access and technology, the world’s viewers have been given instant awareness and visions of war unlike
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Since the start of 2021, inflation, coupled with an insubstantial increase in the median American family income, has caused stress to many people. The current inflation rate sits at 6.2%— the highest it has been since 1990— and the price of certain essential goods, like gas, have risen significantly higher than that. As of December 18th, 2021, the national average
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https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Depicting-Visual-Arguments%3A-An-ART-Approach-Groarke/5460f2e2cb424a0b2b39b5ded15a1f95373c07c7#citing-papers L. Groarke cites this figure in his essay on “Depicting Visual Arguments: An ART Approach”. This is a political image depicting the Israel Palestine conflict. This conflict is a long-lasting conflict starting over 50 years ago, with its roots starting even earlier. Ever since Israel has become its own country there has been a constant battle between Israel and
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In response to recent anti-Semitic incidents that have taken place in major cities across the globe, including New York, London, Paris, Jerusalem, and my hometown of Los Angeles, a quote from a 16th-century play by William Shakespeare comes to mind. In the first scene of the third act of Shakespeare’s play, The Merchant of Venice, Shakespeare conveyed an unprecedented message
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People wait in line to fill propane tanks, in Houston. Image Credit: AP On February 16 and 17, 2021, millions of people living in the state of Texas were affected by aberrant, statewide power outages and were left stranded with no connection to electricity. Texans had no source of heat amid unbearably frigid temperatures. Many tragically died of carbon monoxide
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It has been nearly three weeks since election day 2020 and more than two weeks since the race was called by major media sites, but only today can president-elect Joe Biden officially begin the presidential transition process. The General Services Administration (GSA) is an independent U.S. government agency that helps manage the functioning of most federal agencies in America. The transition of
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