Stuff YOU Should Know
What’s Next for Ferguson? You’ve surely heard by now that Darren Wilson, the Ferguson, Missouri police officer who shot and killed eighteen year old, Michael […]
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YOU DECIDE: Keystone XL Pipeline
As our lawmakers become increasingly interested in lessening our reliance on foreign energy, the debate over the best way to accomplish this goal continues to […]
Stuff YOU Should Know
Let’s Hear it For Toilets! It is very likely that you don’t give much daily thought about where you go to the bathroom. This is […]
A Turkey of a Day
Dedicated btw fans know that we have posted about the history of the presidential turkey pardon in the past. But this year, let’s switch it […]
Turmoil in Ferguson
In August, btw provided an introduction to the shooting death of Michael Brown and tried to provide some historical context to violent protests in recent […]
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U.S. and China Agree to Climate Regulations By now, you should be well aware of the many discussions centered around climate change. The big debate, […]
New Adventures in Outer Space!
The European Space Agency (ESA), Europe’s equivalent of our NASA, successfully landed the first probe ever on a comet on November 12. Mission control is […]
Stuff YOU Should Know: (Re)Introducing Election Central
As a Social Studies student, you are learning the importance of understanding how the roles and responsibilities of government and elected leaders affect our daily […]
NaNoWriMo: A Global Creative Writing Marathon
Do you like to write? If so, do you sometimes have trouble finding the motivation and inspiration necessary to get those words down on paper […]
To Frack or Not to Frack: A Complicated Question
Negotiation over ownership of the world’s natural resources has long caused tensions between nations and lead to ongoing, major disputes, including war. One of the […]