The American dream follows a well-worn road. K-12, then to college, then you get the job, and a house in the suburbs, or city if you’re a millennial. We all know that dream ended decades ago, most of us are just realizing it since we’re surrounded by people with huge amounts of debt, no jobs, Read More…
Social Change
House Bills Could Completely Legalize Marijuana Across the U.S.
Ninety-five years ago, alcohol was deemed such a dangerous substance that it was made illegal in the United States. The prohibition of alcohol lasted thirteen years, and in that time alcohol was more prevalent that ever. It caused otherwise law-abiding citizens to become criminals and associate with crime syndicates that were allowed to flourish within Read More…
Why Americans Need to Travel the World
Backpacking can mean many things, but the idea of embarking on an open-ended journey into new unexplored lands, living minimally through a backpack and one’s own instincts, is the basic premise. People don’t always get it, as it doesn’t fall anywhere in society’s predestined plan: high school, college, real job, marriage, house, kids, and death. Read More…
Affordable Education and Your Best Interests
A few weeks ago, Obama proposed a plan to make the first two years of college free or more affordable for students. Everywhere you looked on the internet, people were posting comments along the lines of, “Sure, but how much are my taxes going to pay for this?” Well, here’s the real math that you Read More…
U.S. Needs to Focus on Adult Education
The United States is suffering from multiple institutional crises, all the signs of imperial decline. Homeless rates are growing, health care services are failing, and the education system has turned into a factory. According to the U.S. Department of Education there are currently 32 million adult Americans who can’t read, that’s 12% of the adult Read More…
Why Millennials Will Change the World
During a time in the history of our society where things may seem hopeless, where the world seems to be getting more corrupt, increasingly dangerous, and prone to disasters, whether it be natural, or otherwise, it may feel like our apathy, consumerism, and media consumption are factors of our modern world we just have to Read More…