EDIT: Tsarnaev’s golden ticket
Dzokhar Tsarnaev’s case might have just been saved. Judy Clarke agreed to join his team of defenders to prevent him from the death penalty Wednesday. Clarke is known for representing insanely high-profile cases such as the Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, and Jared Loughner, the gunman who killed six people and wounded former U.S. congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in 2011. [...]
MARK: An unbroken series of successful gestures
“The world is governed more by appearance than realities so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it.”-Daniel Webster Conclusions are the easiest part of any essay. I love writing conclusions because it’s where you can make grand sweeping statements. All the technical maneuvers of the body are [...]
EDIT: The focus of Anne Frank’s Diary
“The Diary of Anne Frank” led us all through the first steps of Holocaust education. Who doesn’t remember the stories she wrote? Her bravery transcends generations. Her story is a staple in middle school education, providing a chilling retelling of the Holocaust through the eyes of a young girl. Any adolescent can identify with someone [...]
EDIT: Guantanamo or bust
Ever since 2007, U.S. President Barack Obama has promised to close down the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba. Despite his efforts to lobby congress, the detention camp is still open. Obama said in a news conference Tuesday that Guantanamo Bay is “inefficient,” “costly” and a recruitment tool for extremists. He has reaffirmed his stance [...]
EDIT: Racially integrated prom: New?
Wilcox County High School students attended the first integrated prom since 1971. For more than 40 years, residents in the town would raise money to hold a private prom … and only invite white residents. Any non-white people in the town and high school attended a separate prom a few weeks later. To protest this town [...]
