Marjory Stoneman Douglas

The Everglades; a treasured river Marjory Stoneman Douglas (April 7, 1890 – May 14, 1998) was an American journalist, writer and environmentalist known for her staunch defense of the Florida Everglades against draining and development. Moving to Miami as a young woman to work for The Miami Herald, Douglas became a freelance writer, producing over a hundred short stories that were published in popular magazines. Her most influential work was the book The Everglades: River of Grass (1947), which

The everglades national park The everglades national park is located in southern Florida. The variety of this habitat has made it a sanctuary for many animal species even some that are in danger of extinction. Some of the animals that take sanctuary in this national park are an assortment of reptiles such as alligators and snakes, an assortment of birds and even the endangered manatee. The everglades national park was put on the world heritage endangered list in 1993 after the parks superintendent

“The modern form of the word environment comes from an older word that we hardly use anymore: environ, to surround, to form a ring around, to encircle” (Stoll 3). The meaning of the word environment did not become a major factor in the lives of humanity until 1945. The tragic events that led to the end of World War II sparked a chief movement in history: American Environmentalism. Global decision-making changed as well as human unity due to the mere purpose that fate of all people and the environment

Stand Up or Stay Down Marjory Stoneman Douglas said it best with the simple but powerful statement, “You have to stand up for some things in this world”. Even though Douglas was fighting for preservation of the Everglades, Hazel Johnson applied this to her own struggle when she began to fight back about the environmental racism bestowed on herself as well as her community. She had been outright tricked, lured to a black neighborhood intended for WWII veterans with an abundance of arbor and flowers

On February 21, 2018, survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in addition to family members of the victims met with President Donald Trump in the White House. They shared personal accounts of how the school shooting had affected them and urged President Trump to makes sure that it will never happen again. While listening to the bereaved students and parents, President Trump offered his own ideas about how to prevent school shootings like allowing teachers to carry concealed

Safer Gun Legislation “The United States ranked #1 highest country to have 88.8 guns per 100 people an average of 270,000,000”(“Should More Gun Control Laws Be Enacted?”). On Feb. 14, 2018, the lives of students, teachers, and parents at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL would forever be changed. A former student Nicholas Cruz engaged in a mass shooting taking away 17 innocent lives: 14 students and 3 staff members, traumatizing the lives of fellow students. The Parkland, FL massacre

Following the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, lawmakers have begun reconsidering the gun laws that are currently in place. Many states have previously implemented “red flag laws” (Johnson 2). However, after the recent events, lawmakers are debating on whether or not those laws are enough. Of course, to most people, stronger gun control laws seems like an obvious decision, but it is not that easy. Gun control laws are complicated. It is a “balancing act in the United States

Gun Control in Modern Society Recently in America, there has been a term rapidly spreading across the internet and news outlets and is one of the most controversial political topics of 2018, especially after the recent mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14, 2018. Since then, urgency to resolve this issue has taken the front line. So, what is it? Gun control is the illegalization or restriction of certain firearms and accessories that enhances a firearm’s performance

articles “NRA sues Florida over a new gun law in wake of Stoneman Douglas shooting” and “Will Parkland Change the Gun Debate?” lean towards moderate bias because it contains the main viewpoint of gun control in Florida, but then moves away from it with unimportant side stories. Unlike the article “Transcript: Stoneman students' questions to lawmakers and the NRA at the CNN town hall” contain barely any bias because it states

Firearms are not bad Guns have been around since the early 1400s, and we have improved on the firearms. Firearms are used for many things it just depends on the person who is handling the firearm. Firearms we used for war which I know it is not the brightest way to look at it. But if you would look deeper it was to protect their home and kept their people safe. Present day, we have improved on firearms now we can do many things with them just depends on the person, for examples people kill people