Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren has never been one to mince words, and her fiery speech at the Massachusetts Democratic Party Convention on Saturday was no exception. Warren called on delegates to fight for Democratic Party values as they head into the upcoming election cycle, stating: “Now here we are, we’re in the presidential season and […]
Bernie Sanders’ record of anti-war activism in the 1960s and 1970s has been well-documented. As ABC News reported earlier this week, “While at the University of Chicago, he was a member of several progressive peace organizations, including the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the Student Peace Union” and “as a congressman and later senator, Sanders […]
One of the best known speeches by Frederick Douglass is “What to the slave is the Fourth of July?” – delivered in Rochester, New York, on July 5, 1852. The speech, given at an event commemorating the signing of the Declaration of Independence, was filled with biting oratory in which the abolitionist leader told his […]
The White House Correspondents Dinner — the night when Washington decides to celebrate itself. As the President said, “Somebody’s got to do it.” Ever since the first one kicked off in 1920, the political press corps, members of the Administration, the President, and a few famous faces have gathered to celebrate the importance of journalism […]
9-year-old Sydney Smoot, a fourth grader at Brooksville Elementary, shared her concerns on testing in schools with members of the Hernando County School Board at their regular meeting on March 17, 2015. Speaking of the Florida Standards Assessment Test, or FSA for short, Sydney told the school board that: This testing looks at me as […]