Think About It with Jayden Miller

While stricter gun control laws may make mass shootings slightly less common, research suggests that the rhetoric of both parties may not tell the full story. Rather than federal gun control laws, policies that focus on violence prevention at the community or individual levels may be more effective at preventing mass shooting deaths. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/pod...

The Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution protects people against unreasonable searches and seizures. Public school students have constitutional rights just like everyone else. However, certain rights are limited. The right against unreasonable searches and seizures is one such right that faces some restrictions and/or limitations. Let's discuss it with Tanisha Miller. Become a suppor...

The Fourth Amendment requires the government to obtain a search warrant based on probable cause prior to conducting a search of people or their things. We will discuss what this means via the United States Supreme Court case of Terry versus Ohio. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/think-about-it-with-jayden-miller--5114996/support .

Roe v Wade is the court decision that protects the right to an abortion in the US up to the point a fetus can survive outside the womb, widely regarded as 24 weeks gestation. A full-term pregnancy is 39 weeks gestation. The 1973 ruling is among the most controversial in American history and has been subjected to many legal challenges over the year – but has survived until now. Let's explore the pr...

The Declaration of Independence was written in 1776 by Thomas Jefferson. It was a list of grievances against the king of England intended to justify separation from British rule, and it expressed "self-evident truths" of liberty and equality. Let's explore it from another perspective. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/think-about-it-with-jayden-miller--5114996/su...

The Dred Scott case, also known as Dred Scott v. Sandford, was a decade-long fight for freedom by a Black enslaved man named Dred Scott. The case persisted through several courts and ultimately reached the U.S. Supreme Court, whose decision incensed abolitionists, gave momentum to the anti-slavery movement and served as a stepping stone to the Civil War. Become a supporter of this podcast: https:/...

Reading an accused his rights is now an ingrained part of law enforcement procedure and considered integral to protecting everyone’s Fifth Amendment rights, but it wasn’t always that way. History is loaded with examples of coerced confessions, dating back to the Spanish Inquisition and even earlier to the Roman Empire. Today, we often take the protections afforded by our Bill of Rights for granted...

In 1896, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld state-imposed racial segregation in Plessy v. Ferguson, a civil rights case involving Louisiana train cars. One of the most famous Supreme Court decisions, the case solidified the "separate but equal" doctrine as the law of the land and allowed racially divisive "Jim Crow" regulations to take hold in southern states. Become a supporter of this podcast: https:...

President Biden has just announced Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as his Supreme Court nominee to replace Justice Stephen Breyer. In 2022, 160 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, we are on the verge of having our first Black female Associate Justice. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is extraordinarily accomplished and should be on any president’s list of highly qualified, exemplary High Court candi...

The Russia-Ukraine conflict is geographically distant, but the consequences of Putin's aggression could have ripple effects beyond Eastern Europe - and have a great impact upon the United States. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/think-about-it-with-jayden-miller--5114996/support .

African Americans and other black inventor have contributed much to various industries over the decades. Here we’ll celebrate just a few of their accomplishments. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/think-about-it-with-jayden-miller--5114996/support .

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer announced this week his plans to retire at the end of the term, giving President Biden his first opportunity to select a justice and make good on his campaign promise to nominate a Black woman to the high court. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/think-about-it-with-jayden-miller--5114996/support .

Federal voting rights legislation died in the Senate on Wednesday night after Democrats failed to unite their caucus behind a plan to change the filibuster rule, which would have allowed them to circumvent GOP opposition to the bill. Had a simple majority vote been allowed to advance the bill, its passage would have undoubtedly been successful. But Republicans blocked the voting rights bill using...

In the summer of 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was tortured and lynched by a mob of white men while visiting relatives in Money, Mississippi. The reaction of his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, to his violent murder galvanized the nation and forever changed the course of the civil rights movement in the United States. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/think-about-it-w...

Sidney Poitier was a Bahamian-American actor, film director, and ambassador. In 1964, he was the first black person and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. He died in January 2022 at 94. I am honoring his legacy by reflecting on how his movies entertained many and caused others to think. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/think-about-it-with-ja...

Affirmative action pros and cons have ignited fierce debate for generations. With systemic racism continually discussed today, let’s revisit this contentious strategy for building racial justice. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/think-about-it-with-jayden-miller--5114996/support .

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers' 28-24 victory over the New York Jets wasn't without drama Sunday, January 2, 2022. Bucs receiver Antonio Brown seems to have retired mid-game, as he was seen on the sideline taking off his jersey and walking away from the team. According to a report, Brown was benched by head coach Bruce Arians in the second half of Sunday afternoon’s game. Brown reportedly became enraged...

A blended family forms when you and your partner make a life together with the children from one or both of your previous relationships. The process of forming a new, blended family can be both a rewarding and challenging experience. To give yourself the best chance of success in creating a blended family, it’s important to start planning how the new family will function before the marriage even t...

Maybe you have never really thought through or analyzed your behavior in relationships. Still, you might have noticed repeating patterns in your love life. Have you wondered why you keep ending up in the same situation, even with different partners? Do you get too clingy or jealous? Or do you always seem to be more involved than your partner? Maybe you want to be with someone, but as soon as thing...

On January 29, 2019, American actor Jussie Smollett went to Chicago police and alleged he was assaulted during the early morning hours at the 300 block of East Lower North Water Street in Chicago 's Streeterville by two people he described as white men, wearing MAGA hats. A Chicago jury found Jussie Smollett guilty of five counts of disorderly conduct for making false reports to police that he was...

Jayden and Tanisha share their favorite Christmas traditions and provide history of where some originated. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/think-about-it-with-jayden-miller--5114996/support .

School bells were replaced by police sirens Tuesday, November 30, 2021, after a shooting at Michigan's Oxford High School left four students dead. Six other students and a teacher were wounded by gunfire. A 15-year-old suspect is in custody and has been charged as an adult, authorities said. A judge has imposed a combined $1 million bond for the parents of the Michigan teen charged with killing fo...

On Feb. 23, 2020, Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, went out for a jog before he was chased and then killed by three white men. The men would claim they thought Arbery was robbing a nearby property and then acted in self-defense against him. Nearly one year later, those three men were convicted of murder charges. Arbery’s killing came amid a heightened national reckoning on race and racial j...

Colorism? A practice of discrimination by which those with lighter skin are treated more favorably than those with darker skin, typically among people of the same ethnic or racial group. But is it still a thing? Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/think-about-it-with-jayden-miller--5114996/support .

Denzel Washington is a master at creating a character and somehow turning a mediocre film into a great one. Not to mention his versatility as an actor, his ability to deliver intense performances or his ability to wholeheartedly live into the character he portrays, making the performance and the film as a whole uniquely realistic, dignified and worth watching. Here are my top ten movies starring D...