By LaKeshia N. Myers On June 5, 2018, Chrystul Kizer shot and killed Randall Volar. Kizer, who was then seventeen years old, alleged that Volar began trafficking her using the website Backpage. Volar was previously arrested in 2017 after a fifteen year-old girl reported him to police for giving her drugs and threatening to kill […]
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The Era of George Jetson Is Upon Us: How California’s Ban on Gas Cars Moves Us Toward the Future
By LaKeshia N. Myers As a child, one of my favorite cartoons was The Jetsons—a show about a family living in the future. The family drove flying cars, had a robot housekeeper, and all sorts of helpful gadgets to make life easier. According to the cartoon’s storyline, George Jetson, the protagonist, is forty years old […]
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Buying Black: Black Businesses Fuel the American Economy
By LaKeshia N. Myers August is Black Business Month, a time to celebrate and cherish the many African American owned businesses across the country. In 2019, there were 134,567 Black-owned employer businesses (businesses with more than one employee) in all sectors of the U.S. economy, an 8% hike from the 124,551 Black-owned employer businesses in […]
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Get it, While the Getting Is Good: Student Loan Forgiveness
By LaKeshia N. Myers Student loan debt continues to be a hot topic among many Americans, especially millennials who on average, carry $32,000 in debt. Those who default on their student loans can be exempt from certain types of employment, which can perpetuate the cycle of poverty from one generation to the next. Since the […]
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If You’ve Got Time, Lets Discuss Beer
By LaKeshia N. Myers Growing up in Milwaukee, Miller beer was everywhere. On billboards, on tv, and on all sorts of promotional materials. Miller was the beer of Wisconsin, and it was based in Milwaukee, a hometown product that we were very proud of. That sense of pride has been waning over the past few […]
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The Miseducation of Doug Ducey
By LaKeshia N. Myers See Doug run. See Doug win. See Doug screw up. Arizona Governor Doug Ducey has laid bare part of the upcoming Republican playbook for 2022-23—teacher licensure requirements. Last week, in an unprecedented move, he signed into law an education measure decreeing that public school teachers are no longer required to have […]
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Dear America, Banning Books Is Not the Answer
By LaKeshia N. Myers Dear America, you’ve got to stop this foolishness. Banning books that tell the stories of Americans is just silly, plain and simple. By banning the stories of the enslaved, religiously persecuted, interred, or otherwise mistreated, you fail to teach the true history of this country and all her ugly truths. It […]
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The Oil Crisis: Africa Ignored
By LaKeshia N. Myers It has been said that the continent of Africa is the only continent that could sustain itself. The continent is rich with natural resources—oil, diamonds, gold, cocoa, and rubber, but due to colonization, many of the countries on the continent lack the ability to become a major player in the global […]
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Juneteenth: Battles Fought & Won Every Generation
By LaKeshia N. Myers The late Coretta Scott King once said, “Struggle is a never-ending process. Freedom is never really won; you earn it and win it in every generation.” As an African American, I know this to be true. When I reflect on the significance of Juneteenth and us as a people, having only […]
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Please, Take Responsibly: Prescription Drug Safety
By LaKeshia N. Myers April 21, 2016, is a date that I will never forget, it was the day “His Royal Badness”, Prince, passed away. While I was sorrowful that one of my favorite music artists had transitioned, I was even more saddened to learn the cause of his death, accidental overdose. According to the […]
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