Harnessing the power of juries One of the most recent podcasts on Democracy Works is called “Harnessing the Power of Juries,” and it was posted on March 20, 2023. This podcast drew my attention because last night, I just finished watching the show “Jury Duty” on Amazon Prime which depicts a trial in the eyes Read More…
Fun Music Facts!
Hope you all are enjoying the warm weather, I know I am! I’m currently writing this sitting out on the hub lawn with half the school, and the only thing missing is a body of water. I can’t believe this is the last passion blog post, it feels like we just started! I had so Read More…
Summer Songs
All this warm weather recently is making me want to listen to music and tan on the beach all day. Summer is probably my favorite time of the year. I love driving with the windows down, blasting music, and screaming the lyrics. It is the epitome of happiness for me. I can’t wait. In less than Read More…
Songs with Lyrics that Hit Deep
I love the feeling of connection I get when I’m completely immersed in a song. I become transported from the real world for a short few minutes. Music is so powerful and that’s why I love it so much. I thought for today’s blog I would share some of my “therapy” songs that hit deep. Read More…
Brief Intro: Recidivism in the United States Criminal Justice System
(this is a huge turn from my civic issues blogs, just because I suddenly got inspired to research and write about the U.S. Criminal Justice System and couldn’t think of one specific topic from my three civic blog posts that I felt inspired to write about… so bear with me) Title: Lowering Recidivism in the Read More…
Songs with Interesting Backstories
My roommate and I were listening to Through the Wire a few days ago, and she said “did you know this song is true? Kanye’s actually singing through a wire in his mouth in this song.” This prompted my inspection of the song and I discovered I could hear the restraint in his voice that Read More…
Civic Issues Blog #3
We’ve made it to the final civic issues blog of the year! My first civic issues blog covered waste and the second covered water. This blog will be all energy sources, a huge factor to keeping the Earth healthy for future generations. Renewable forms of energy are becoming increasingly popular as the “go green” movement Read More…
Throwbacks Make Me Happy <3
I hope it’s not just me, but sometimes I hear a song and then become addicted to it and always want to be listening to it for days straight. Right now, that song is December, 1963 by The Four Season. For some reason, this song is just really doing it for me right now. The Read More…
Civic Issues Blog #2
My last Civic Issues Blog was all about waste. Food waste, clothing waste, or anything of the sort. For this week’s post, sort of seeming off of the issue of waste, I thought it would be important to talk about issues revolving around water. Water is essential to life on Earth. If we want life Read More…
SOS
For today’s blog post, I am going to be talking about my favorite songs from SZA’s new “SOS” album. When this first dropped, my friends and I (and the internet) freaked out. First of all, the album art cover is an homage to an image of Princess Diana from 1997 sitting on a diving board Read More…