Editorial: Diseases Affecting the World
By. Ana Garcia
The most well known things that go around the world are the diseases. Diseases travel from place to place all over the world in a blink of an eye. Diseases travel through those who travel a lot especially on the airplanes, but they sometimes do not know that they are the ones who bring the diseases to the place they are traveling to or at. It is much easier to bring the diseases from other countries in an airplane because the airplane is the easiest method to travel in for a long distance.
One of the diseases that are most commonly found across the globe is HIV/AIDS. HIV and AIDS work together. AIDS is a disease that has no cure and that destroys a person’s immune system. AIDS is caused by an infection through HIV. HIV is transmitted through bodily fluids, sexual contact with infected blood. (click on title for full story)
Feature: Blood Diamonds
By: Marvin Villalobos
Would you like to live in a world where you are stripped away from your family be put in a diamond mine ruled by rebels and all day all you do is work in muddy water looking for diamonds?
There has been a movie made based on this issue named “Blood Diamonds” which takes place in Sierra Leone there are these rebels that go around Africa and would strip men, young boys and take the boys away. They would chop off your hands if you would disobey them.
Blood diamonds started because of a pink diamond found by a slave and ever since they would search for diamonds. “Blood Diamonds” of
News Article:
By: Guillermo Salazar
Mexicans- from leading politicians to migrate preparing to cross illegally- consider fencing off much of the border shameful, offensive and ill- conceived. During October in 2006 President Bush signed a bill that would allot $ 1.2 billion for hundreds of miles of fencing along the U.S- Mexican border and for more vehicle barriers, lighting for the barb wires and infrared cameras so that you can spot someone easily. They put these fences so that they would not be anymore immigrants crossing the border with out papers and illegally.
But immigrants resting in
Editorial: Abortion
By: Kaysa Tomilin
Abortions are used worldwide. There are many different ways and a million of reasons why. But is it right at all? One way is the partial birth abortion, done at fourth to sixth month of pregnancy when the baby is already developed. Other abortions are done in the first three months when the baby is not yet developed. I fell that they are wrong.
In 2003 the US Supreme Court upheld the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act and have now have finally passed it. Partial Birth Abortions are used 3,000 to 5,000 times annually in the U.S. A Partial Birth Abortions is usually performed in the second trimester of pregnancy or four to six months into the pregnancy.
The doctor delivers the body and arms of the baby. The doctor then makes a hole in the back of the head and inserts a tube and suck out the brain. That causes the skull to crush.
Some people think that passing the law against partial birth abortion violates the women’s rights who want to have abortions. “The Partial Birth Abortion act expresses respect for the dignity of human life,” Justice Kennedy wrote. Others believe abortions are like taking a life. There was another law passed that bans abortions at 12 weeks including the ones that doctors say are safe and necessary.(click on the title for full story)