In the news: The Terror Attack in New Zealand and how their PM is standing up for the nation

Great article from The Guardian on the role the prime minister of New Zealand has taken on after the attacks:

Real leaders do exist

Read these articles to find out more about and debate the role of the media in terror attacks:

Terror attacks by Muslims receive 357% more press attention, study finds (The Guardian)

Christchurch shootings: Social media races to stop attack footage (BBC)

The Disunited State of America

Ever since it became an independent country, the dream of a free America “for all” has been present. America had much “empty” land, and people could seek refuge and new opportunities there.

It has always been a country of many cultures, more and more as time went on.

Today we read about the “Disunited Peoples of America” – how people are divided in their views on multiculturalism and how inequality and racism continue to cause problems in the US.

Here you will find letters written between Eddie Glaude and his son Langston in 2016, after a brutal incident of police violence in Louisiana.

Read the letter and write a blog post where you comment on the following:

  • what are the events Eddie and Langston are referring to?
  • What is the message in each of these letters?
  • What kind of impression do you get from the unity, or disunity of the American society from reading these letters?

 

-Hanna

 

Freedom under attack

Democracy is under pressure in many parts of the world. Take a look at this video to find out more.

Another sign of threats to the freedoms associated with democracy, is the number of journalists killed while carrying out their job. According to CPJ, Committee to Protect Journalists, 53 journalists were killed in 2018. Read about some of them here and pick one story that you share and comment on in your blog.