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As Generation Z struggles to put down their devices, parents and nonprofit organizations examine technology’s impact on childrens’ social and emotional health. The Truth about Tech Campaign, backed by the advocacy group Common Sense Media and the Center for Humane Technology, a non-profit, launched on Feb. 7 with the focus […]
Amazon, the online mega-retailer, introduced the next step for autonomous shopping: a walk-in market without cashiers, lines or registers. At the entrance of the store, several devices are placed that prohibit entry to anyone who does not have a specific smartphone app. Not unlike subway passes, shoppers must scan in […]
If some asked me a question like “what’s your best memory in JBU,” I would like to say it was the Chicago Mission Trip”. I went to the Chicago mission trip on spring break with fifteen other students and staff. We used “Segregation” as the word to describe the area […]
The United States carried out a missile strike on a military base in Syria in response to the Syrian government’s chemical weapons attack earlier this month. The chemical attack targeted civilian populations and killed over 80 people, according to the New York Times, and violates international treaties. “Tonight, I ordered […]
After tepid comments made by President Donald Trump, analysts speculate that White House chief strategist Steve Bannon appears to be fighting for his job and political reputation. In an interview with a reporter from the New York Post, Trump did not definitively affirm his confidence in Bannon’ work during the […]
It was a nearly empty Senate floor when Elizabeth Warren, democratic senator of Massachusetts, stood to criticize the nomination for attorney general, republican senator Jeff Sessions. She began to read a 1986 letter by Coretta Scott King, wife of Martin Luther King Jr., in which King voiced her own concern […]
Many republicans are hesitant to go back to their home districts to host town hall meetings, which is a reversal from eight years ago when the republicans largely benefited from the divisive nature of these meetings. Tom Cotton, Arkansas senator, recently came to a Springdale high school to talk with […]
Satire, government, and the news work together in a delicate balance. Shows such as Saturday Night Live and The Colbert Report have given both Republicans and Democrats a chance to take a break from traditional news with entertainment concerning politics. “There has always been political humor as long as there […]
President Donald Trump recently claimed fake news and media bias exaggerated negative public opinion about his first three months in office. Amid an unprecedented political climate of fear and uncertainty, nationwide protests against the Trump administration show no signs of diminishing. Since the election, Trump has issued a flurry of […]
A new study conducted by Non-Bias Study Group Inc. shows that 90 percent of people in large cities and liberal arts colleges believe that white trash are less accepting of others, more hateful and close-minded. The study covered a wide range of people, spanning from young white college students all […]