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America’s Ticking Time Bomb

Oil. It’s everywhere, it fuels our cars, our homes, our public transportation, our buildings. Although oil is efficient, our oil dependency is a ticking time bomb. The United States uses nearly 400 million gallons of oil every day to maintain the nation’s quality of life – this according to brandongaille.com, a site about economics and … Continue reading America’s Ticking Time Bomb

Too Many Bills

Jarvis Jones grew up in south side Chicago with his mother who was stressed out.  She had many bills that had to be payed, but not enough money to pay them. “What’s for dinner,” Jarvis called from his bedroom. “Not right now,” his mother replied her hands filled with bills. Jarvis put his head down … Continue reading Too Many Bills