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Sexual Assault: Why False Reporting Is Not as Common as You Might Think
What It Actually Takes to Get a Sexual Assault Conviction Everyone is talking about sexual…
Arrested – An International Student’s Experience in a U.S Jail
My Experience in Jail – Part I When I first moved to Santa Barbara from…
Yogi Movement: The Yoga Adventure I Didn’t Think I’d Go on
Have You Ever Thought About Starting an Organization? No? Have You Ever Had a Group…
Earthquake in Italy Leaves 240 Dead, Are Old Buildings to Blame?
Italy Rushes to Save Lives from the Rubble, but will the Rubble Continue to Fall?…
The Bloodied Syrian Boy in the Ambulance who Survived
#StudentsatAntioch Reflect on the Horrific Truths About War The picture of the Syrian boy in…
Getting to Know Santa Barbara’s Homeless Population
What the Homeless Taught Me in an Hour If you live in Santa Barbara, you’ve…
Russian Sleeper Agents Infiltrate DNC. Part One
The Commisars in town UH Oh! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w4Xulsjo5I It finally happened, one of America’s most trusted…
Sworn to Fear
We have to report, we have to share, we have to stand up for the…
Enough is Enough
We are tired of people´s desire to make politics out of tragedies. White cops kill…
This needs to stop!
A reflection on last week’s violence By Quentin Dupouy Last week, Micah Johnson killed 5…
The Whole Can of Worms
No Turning Back About five hours before a lone sniper started picking off Police Officers…
Conversation is the Cure: a Personal Suicide Story
“I’m going to kill myself” is a term I believe should be permanently removed from…
Scientia Vita Est: Integrating Mental Health Education in Schools
If you had the opportunity to stop Adam Lanza from shooting 27 innocent people at…
Putting Together The Pieces: One Man’s Search For His Birth Parents
Imagine being adopted and trying to reach out to your birth parents. You know they…
Big Fish, Little Fish: In the World of Non-Profits Does Size Matter?
Are large non-profits “selling out”? The question of how and where to best give still…
Fake Hater Creators and the Damage Done
The ugly scourge of faux racism. On May 1st 2016, Marcus Owens showed up at…
Mental Health : Why We Should Care
When someone is struggling with mental health disorders like depression and anxiety, it does not…
Human Trafficking in China Among Women
Women in China are in bondage due to human trafficking. Did you know that 2.9…
Can Trump Ride Law and Order to the White House?
Visions of 68’ dance through our heads! The protesters in California were thugs and criminals.…
El Niño Hits Africa – ‘As bad for children as Syria’s war’
Ethiopia – one of the fastest growing economies in the world, is facing the worst…
The Freedom to Choose Foundation: A Voice for Hope
Spending 18 Years in Maximum Security Prison, Sentenced to Three Life Sentences, Kristianne Clifford Got a…
Young Buds: Living in a second hand high
Living alone for the first time is never easy. Steaming through college with stoner roommates…
Cultural Appropriation: a Fine Line Between Flattery and Flippancy
“Cultural appropriation typically involves members of a dominant group exploiting the culture of less privileged…
The Power of Storytelling: Bryan Stevenson’s ‘Just Mercy’
Advocating for the wrongly condemned, “Why do we want to kill all the broken people?”…
Death Penalty?
The government regulations apply in several sectors as a way of ensuring that justice has…