From the time I entered kindergarten to the day I graduated with my bachelor’s degree, I have been educated in public schools. I always assumed that I avoided the pressures of conformity by not attending a private school, and particularly a private Islamic school. I believed that my education through…
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Through this election cycle, election night, and the inauguration, it became easy to allow ourselves to fall into despair about the state of our country. African Americans, Muslims, Jews, Latinos, refugees, women, and the LGBTQ community were all spotlighted in the election and treated as though their diversity is little…
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Remember the clock kid, Ahmed? He was honored by President Obama for his ingenuity and scholastic achievement after he was put in handcuffs and arrested at his own school for the same. He lives with his family in Qatar now, because of safety concerns after he became a target of…
Read MoreThe second Presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton had plenty of fireworks, tweeted live by altM at #altMLive. Trump came into the debate under intense pressure, after a leaked 2005 video showed him bragging about groping women. Dozens of Republicans publicly denounced him and called for him to step down,…
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It’s no secret that I’m a Bernie Sanders fan. I #FeelTheBern and I feel it hard. Having begun this election season apathetic, I watched a Democratic debate in November and was sold on the only person on stage who seemed to be giving honest, well-thought answers, the person who has…
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