CE1: New York City’s progressive challenge to America

Mayor de Blasio wants to make a new challenge for a more "progressive" urban change and leadership in America. If the new mayor of New York City is successful, it will have an impact on how other big cities are led and changed. A "progressive" is defined as one who seeks reform, change, or improvement for the greater or good of all people. This could also be a teachable moment for others who seek political office. Basically, people should stand up for their principles and say what they believe is right.

In my opinion, this would be a great change for America. The new mayor of New York City has many great ideas that would be great for major cities. I think the progressive change will be a total success. This improvement would make the best of many cities. Citizens will look at things in a whole new perspective and the change will fit many people's needs to make everyone happy.
http://newpittsburghcourieronline.com/2014/01/12/new-york-citys-progressive-challenge-to-america/

Dennis Rodman visits North Korea

It is interesting to see how different the North Korean culture works. As Dennis Rodman and the Harlem Globetrotters go to North Korea, they not only become friends with many of their people, but explore the vast varieties of how their culture works. When they first got there, it was kind of scary for them to see how serious the security was, but they quickly adapted to it. North Korea also seems to be very happy about their third nuclear test. Dennis Rodman also noticed how poorly their people were with technology.
In my opinion, North Korea puts themselves off way better than what they actually are. For example, they praise how they succeeded in nuclear tests, yet only one person knew how to work with Google. They also learned that North Korea teaches their people to hate Americans and the way they go about things. Towards the end of their journey, they played a pick-up basketball game with them. They actually worked together and made friends with the North Koreans. Their leader told Dennis Rodman and the Harlem Globetrotters that they are welcome back to their country any time they wanted.