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By Baylee Lowery, Hewitt-Trussville Middle School Today’s world is not the beautiful earth we have all known and loved. Today’s world has affected us all in new and unprecedented ways.  In previous years, we all said, “2020 the year of tomorrow! I bet we will have flying cars then! Maybe even a portable telephone!” It was the year to look forward to and the year of new beginnings.  We, as a whole, have let down everyone before us. We are the future in their eyes and have been too focused on ourselves. We should be focused on our sons and daughters… the people of tomorrow, OUR futu...

>> sure and i've read jack dorsey's testimony and he says he's trying to get in front of this. he says conservative voices have a strong presence on twitter. he goes on to say we don't shadow ban people based on political ideology. they're under fire because people don't understand how twitter works and twitter hasn't made it clear how twlt works and what type of content they take down, what they moderate.itter and what type of content they take down, what they moderate. it's time to give a more clear answer. i think sometimes they wake up and decide something should be on the platform, they'l...

>> the one consistent thing in our lives that has given him purpose is painting. >> marcus thomas did not plan on being a painter. but at age 26 the avid outdoorsman hit a tree while skiing. >> the right people, right place saved my life, resuscitated me three times on the way to the hospit hospital. >> marcus was paralyzed from the waist down. a gift from his wife ann helped him picture what could be possible. >> i bought him the water colors and that was it. he was hooked. >> i never painted. not even a bit. so i just had one brush and mixed my colors. all i need is ann or someone to squeeze...

That is considered a high priority. administrative segregation. ad seg is where disruptive or violent inmates are housed in highly restrictive cells, usually for 23 hours a day with virtually no privileges. it's also where some of our most dramatic stories are found and the holman correctional facility in alabama proved to be no exception. that's where we met marcus thomas who prefers to be called holly berry. >> i know that i was born a male. i know that. that i do know. that's just reality, but i live as a woman. i see myself as a woman. that's my school teacher look. yeah. i like to look so...

That is considered a high priority. administrative segregation. ad seg is where disruptive or violent inmates are housed in highly restrictive cells, usually for 23 hours a day with virtually no privileges. it's also where some of our most dramatic stories are found and the holman correctional facility in alabama proved to be no exception. that's where we met marcus thomas who prefers to be called holly berry. >> i know that i was born a male. i know that. that i do know. that's just reality, but i live as a woman. i see myself as a woman. that's my school teacher look. yeah. i like to look so...