The James Logan Courier

By Tierra Negra, Courier Special Correspondent

Students graduate from high school completely disconnected of the value of labor and of how each worker in the economy contributes to the creation of higher paid jobs. Technology and theory are given too easily taking away the opportunities to experience efforts involved in the production of goods. This type of instruction increases the breach between laborers and intellectuals.

Nature does not let us forget where we come from: every human must cover a predetermined evolutionary path experienced through various physical changes during a nine months gestation. Imitating such process, we should not allow any educated citizen forget how laborious has been the journey to achieve current technology that save us time and, because is taken for granted, makes us disregard those who grow and harvest our foods, create our garments, and cover our basic needs.

By Tierra Negra, Courier Special Correspondent

If one is to pursue the new “American dream”, not a glance should be cast at reason, logic or, compassion. Instead, all efforts must be invested in taking as much money as possible from every person that we “suppose” to serve through our professional career. Suddenly, a job is no longer a source of satisfaction and means to contribute to society but a fast track to achieve petty things such as enriching oneself in a cost effective way.

The system we have now days prevents anyone from ever filling out the voids created in a Maslow’s pyramid because that way we can be manipulated into producing wealth for just a few. This model, based in a consumerism economy, has two major setbacks: it is unsustainable and, once on the tipping point, there is not an easy fix because rich do not return wealth to the middle class which is the one that keeps consumption going (but on the other hand, when consumption is/was happening, middle class uses up all the resources and refuels a negative circle anyway).

By Tierra Negra, Courier Special Correspondent

We must look back in history and beyond the country’s borders in order to understand immigration phenomena but it is not necessary to go all the way to the first waves of H. sapiens leaving Africa (roughly a little more than 100, 000 years ago) since causes remain the same: a need to find better living conditions and opportunities to thrive and survive.

Climate changes and, using the resources locally were the main reasons to migrate in the early days of our history when we were still nomads. Later on, as we became sedentary these motifs were replaced by military, ideological and religious persecutions.

By Kayleen Garingan, Courier Staff Writer

Black Friday is widely known across America as the biggest day for sales all around the U.S. It’s widely known as day where people camp outside their favorite stores and malls just to get the best for the lowest prices. For my family, Black Friday is a tradition. All year-round we save our money and on the midnight of Thanksgiving Day we head out and go shopping. Usually the men and boys stay home, but occasionally we drag one of the boyfriends along to carry the bags.