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editorial from washington monthly

On Wednesday, October 9, 2019 Washington monthly published an editorial titled Our First Amendment Responsibility. The claim of the article is that we don’t correctly use our first amendment right. The article makes a suggestion to use “discipline and self-control” when utilizing the first amendment.  The editorial speaks a lot about social media. It refers to social media as a platform to speak out and utilize the first amendment, as a modern day editorial board. The editorial also says, “this is an adult-sized responsibility that today’s young tweeters and posters probably do not appreciate. The author then uses an analogy to portray this message. The author compares teaching our younger generation to drive a car, to teaching them about using social media. Saying, “As parents and teachers—we need to teach kids to drive the Internet like we teach them to drive cars. If we don’t, then many of them will crash in ways they likely do not have the foresight to imagine. '' All of

Reproductive Rights in America Are Being Compromised

The Editorial board of The New York Times  , established a riveting opinion article about the reproductive right crisis that is looming. Their argument is strong in that not only is the Trump Administration making changes to Title X, but they have "quietly been working to gut the Title X family planning program." This program actively aides poor women to get the health care that they need. The Trump Administration is trying to strip that away and have already started to succeed in doing so. The Editorial board is speaking out to women and more importantly with conviction to conservative men, with firm evidence that these changes are making abortion seemingly illegal. This editorial states, "The rule bars facilities that receive Title X money from providing abortions, even with a operate source of money, as has been required by laws for decades. It also prohibits clinics from referring patients for an abortion at a different facility- in other words, staff members would