Problem: Lack of education, cultural norm that glorifies violence/gangs/drugs, access to weapons

Solution: Increase education and awareness, create stricter gun control laws, providing additional support and outlets to get kids out of violence (like counseling services)

Hey. Though i'd throw this out there.

As most of you should know, newspapers all across the US are in a sticky situation. They aren't making enough money through advertisements anymore to pay their staff and to keep the papers running. Many newspapers are having to sell their companies and shut down.

The biggest cause of this is online media. People are so used to getting their news online for free that people don't w

All of us are passionate about many different issues. For me, one of the issues that I am most passionate about are those of race relations. This is just one example of a topic that is hard to discuss in depth in most places. With the recent election of Barack Obama, we have been seeing more and more talk of race and dialog about race in america coming up. But how can we have discussions abou