BY ELLIE STRANG, Editor
Obama Re-elected (Washington, D.C.)
We all watched on our favorite news channel as each state turned either red or blue, and held we all our breath as the electoral votes stacked up for the candidates.
Two million votes more than Governor Mitt Romney put President Obama back in the White House. That, and the battleground states that he won consisting of Ohio, Virginia, and Iowa that all helped tip the scales in President Obama’s favor.
Florida also would have played a key role but by the time their votes were counted, Obama had already exceed the 270 electoral votes needed to win. The ending electoral votes for both candidates was 329 for President Obama and 206 for Governor Mitt Romney.
America is finished watching the political campaigns, commercials, and political debates. Instead, America turns to see how the President will fix the state of our country and how he will lead us through the trails and tribulations that are sure to come with the next four years.
A girls fight for education (Mingora, Pakistan)
Since the late 1800’s women have always had to fight for equality. In America, women are now able to vote and receive the same education as our male peers, and have also made tremendous headway with equal treatment in the workplace.
In some places though, women are still fighting for those same rights. Malala Yousufzai was campaigning for girls to be able to go to school and thought that she would be able to campaign peacefully. Instead, On Oct. 9th, the Taliban shot 15 year-old Malala in the head. The cause of the shooting was the Tallibans resentment toward the idea of women being aloud to go to school.
Malala was quickly sent to Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital and is on her long road to recovery. People all around the world are giving support and encouragement to Malala. Tens of thousands are already signing an online petition to nominate her for the Nobel Peace Prize. Malala is recovering well, and making progress.
Damage and Recovery of Hurricane Sandy (