Fake News: How Combatting This Will Help African Americans
Introduction It is common for New Yorkers to absorb news media everywhere they look without noticing it, whether it is from their television prior to heading to work in the morning, a podcast on their smartphone listening to current affairs, or even advertisements from fellow New Yorkers when walking on …
Mental Health of Children During COVID: Unheard and Overlooked
The pandemic has highlighted some of the world’s economic disparities, but people overlook the fact that both black and Hispanic children have been suffering with mental illnesses. While the economic stability of New York is important, what’s more important is improving the livelihood of these children because the pandemic has …
People Should Get Vaccinated
When the pandemic started, we were all waiting for the day it would end. But weeks turned into months, and months turned into years, and COVID-19 was just progressing. Then a vaccine was made to help people against COVID and stop the COVID from progressing any further. While some people …
NYC Faces Inequality in Its Food System
Today, with greater division, our communities fail to bring themselves up. Our unjust food system declines healthy food choices for poor families, especially with their low income. The amount they have fails to be enough for their basic needs. The unhealthy lifestyles that these communities face created the biggest division …
Why New Legislature Banning Abortions Is Not Effective
New Laws Criminalize Abortions in Multiple States In recent months, many states have begun to pass laws banning the practice of abortion, a procedure where a human pregnancy is terminated. These abortion laws place restrictions on abortions, banning them according to a strict set of guidelines with no exception for …
How New York’s Legalization of Marijuana is Affecting Communities
Introduction In March of 2021, the use of weed was legalized in New York by Governor Andrew Cuomo. But this did not only bring good outcomes but also brought up a lot of cons and questions about the legalization. Most people were upset because they were concerned about their community …
Why New Yorkers Need To Get Vaccinated
Last year was taken away from us by a devastating pandemic that stopped the world. Now that it is one year later we have developed a vaccine to protect ourselves from the virus that stopped the world. Right now there is a huge divide between people whether they should actually get …
Vaccines and Masks to Stop the COVID-19 Spread
There has been an increase in COVID-19 cases in NY because of a new variant and people not taking precautions. The weekly positive rate of COVID is up 1% in New York from the cause of unvaccinated people getting COVID. People don’t want to wear masks or take the vaccine …
