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Joseph Pulitzer was a Hungarian-born editor and publisher. He lived there until early adulthood. While there he was educated by private tutors and even learned to speak German and French. He wanted to go into the army in Europe but was not accepted in. He came to the United States in 1864 and joined the Union army as a soldier. This was during the time of the US Civil War between the Northern and Southern states. After the war was over, he worked as a waiter, taxi driver, caretaker of mules then finally becoming a newspaper reporter. During that time, he was nominated for state legislature by the Republican Party. He won and fought against graft and corruption. In 1872, he bought the Saint Louis Post for 3000 dollars and sold a German paper for 20000 dollars. The profit helped him pay for law school and political activities. In these moments we can see that he developed his love for politics. He was also a very civic minded person. He showed a lot of concern for the public good and h

For the past several weeks now, we have heard about the coronavirus outbreak that started in China. About more than 2000 people have died from this virus and there are about 75000 people who have been affected, mostly in China. For this matter, many jobs in China have been closed. This means normal work life has been affected and consumer consumption has gone down. Apple, the iPhone company, is also being affected because they have seen a decline in iPhone sales. Apple had to temporarily close their manufacturing site to ensure that the health and well being of their employees are taken care of. Thankfully, all iPhone manufacturing site have been opened in China but they are still experiencing supply "shortage of the phone globally." This also means Apple will not be meeting their revenue guideline for the March quarter. It's interesting to know that a disease outbreak in a country has the ability to affect the the economy of a national company. This helps me to under

Julian Assange has created a hole and problem for himself. He deserves to be put in jail and deserves to be extradited by the United States. First of all, Assange is not a US citizen so what is his business leaking classified information about the US government? There is not a government in the world that is perfect. But for Assange to go all out, just to expose the secrets of the US government is very cruel and can be very detrimental to the stability of the United States. What use is it to expose a secret but not find ways to solve the problems leading up to the issues? His behavior represents one of a tyrant who tries to cause war and division within a nation.  If the government did not put him in jail, he would cause the America people to lose trust and respect for the government. The government is there to protect the people but what use is it when people rise to fight the government? As long as the government is not violating a person’s human rights there is no reason to cru

In 1801 John Marshall became the first chief justice of the Supreme Court. He helped to increase the power/prestige of the Court by granting it the right to interpret the constitution. During this time, the Court gained a lot of respect and we still see it today. The Courts power to defend the constitution and make fair decisions, governs the US to function in an orderly manner. However, we find that in history there was a time where the authority of the Court was weakened. Chief Justice Roger Brooke Taney ruled that the court had no power to ban slavery and that blacks cannot be citizens. This led to the need for amending of the constitution after the civil war. The constitution was amended to abolish slavery, define citizenship, and grant voting rights. Just as the original bill of rights was there to protect citizens against federal power, the 14 th amendment represents the 2 nd bill of rights that protects citizens from excess state power. It made sure that due process of law c

I typically get my news from Facebook, CNN, Instagram, Youtube, and Google. These news sources are easy for me to access. Since I hardly watch TV, these sites are readily available on my phone to look at. Most of my news comes from YouTube because I am always on there listening to music. As I listen to music, news stories will randomly pop up on my phone and depending on how interesting or relevant it may be I will tune in to listen to the news updates. Facebook and Instagram are good sources as well because whenever I get on social media, I am guaranteed that someone will share news that has been going viral and it is interesting to read the story and the comments that people will make. When I go home, my dad is always watching CNN so I will get news updates from there. I also have the CNN news app on my phone so everyday I get news alerts. Also, since google is the search engine that I normally use, it is easy for me to always see news stories that are currently trending. All of