The Media Wall

Don't let your temper flare too much... There have been a whirlwind of news stories dominating the news cycle recently. From the wrath of mother nature with Hurricane Irma and now Hurricane Maria to the killing of a transgendered student at Georgia Tech and the acquittal of a police officer in St. Louis. All of these stories have deeply impacted communities and the nation as a whole. I want to focus on the two police incidents though, while the hurricane has caused a great deal destruction to our communities, there is nothing we can do about Mother Nature, but we can talk about the societal issues involved with some of these police incidents and try to create more positive change.  The Georgia Tech incident  A quick google search of Georgia Tech police and you will slammed with hundreds of links covering the incident. The article I chose to use for this post was the Washington Post article covering the incident. The reason I chose this article is because it does a b...

Trump's DACA decision  Earlier this week President Trump announced that he was going to repealing and replacing the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program that President Obama passed. This program allows for children who came to the country illegally with their parents to remain in the country and not be subjected to deportation. The Trump administration called for congress to begin efforts to come up with a replacement for the program since he was planning on repealing it. The administration cited that these immigrants are a strain on the governmental system because they are being afforded benefits and not paying taxes into the system that they are reaping these benefits from.  While the DACA decision is a questionable one that is receiving a lot of push back from political leaders and minority communities, the media is obviously pushing in one direction. The media has been consumed with John McCain's comments criticizing Trump's decision. To me this begs th...