Articles by JoseBacker

Since the death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, protests have spread across the United States, and not all of them were peaceful. From the start, President Donald Trump blamed Antifa and violent anarchists for taking advantage of the… Read More

Conflict between public schools and private schools has existed for a long time. People who support private schools often question the quality of American public education, while those who support public schools criticize elitist attitudes linked to private schools. This… Read More

With the November election only a few months away, the candidates for president are hard at work campaigning. Over the last few months, the Trump campaign has seen disappointing results in some key battleground states that it won in 2016…. Read More

Origins In the 1600s, thousands of English Puritans arrived in the New England region to escape religious persecution. The Puritans were mostly religious refugees and sought to practice their form of religion, which was different from that of the Church… Read More

What Is ‘School Choice’? School choice refers to the right of parents and guardians to choose which school their kids attend, usually supported in some way, such as through a voucher program. Without school choice, parents can choose to send… Read More

How Did It Begin? DACA stands for Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals, an executive policy ordering the United States Department of Homeland Security to halt deportations of immigrants brought to the United States as children. Under the system, people who… Read More

The right to assemble is one of our most treasured civil rights. It is one of the ways that everyday citizens in the United States can make their voices heard and unified, as they gather to protest or express ideas…. Read More

It is impossible to separate the death of George Floyd from the cries for justice in America over the last few weeks. The push against monuments dedicated to Confederate figures isn’t new, but it has resurfaced at a time when… Read More

The 2020 contest between President Trump and Joe Biden has taken a step back due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but that has only increased the stakes of this year’s election. President Trump and Joe Biden have taken very different approaches… Read More