already complicated prison system‚ there is another issue. Solitary confinement‚ which was originally supposed to be used as a short term punishment within prisons‚ or jails‚ has now become an integrated part of prison life (Edge‚ 2014). Solitary Nation‚ is 2014 documentary highlights the damages that solitary confinement is doing to people (Edge‚ 2014). Individuals whom have not shown any signs of degrading mental health come out of segregation‚ or as the inmates call it‚ “seg‚” disturbed (Edge
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present in The House I Live In that focuses on the war on drugs and the profound effects that it has on the African American community. The film drew much of its attention on the never-ending cycle of incarceration that has occurred because of the war on drugs. Countless of African American families are broken apart because of the war on drugs‚ leaving thousands of children without their fathers‚ leading to many of these kids dealing or using drugs later on in their lives. This in turn leads to them
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Isaac Lee Language A: English HL World Literature Paper 6/3/2013 Word Count: 1215 A New Perspective on Chinese History Isaac Lee WLP Ball 1 The novel‚ To Live‚ by Yu Hua was banned in China when it was first published because the novel exposed the faulty rule of the Communist party in China. This literary masterpiece depicts four decades of Chinese history‚ including historic events as the Sino-Japanese war‚ the civil war‚ the founding of the People’s Republic of China‚ Mao’s Great Leap Forward
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Over the course of the last forty years‚ the United States has been battling the “War on Drugs.” A phrase coined by President Richard Nixon in 1971 to launch his campaign to protect America and its citizens from the harm that is associated with the use of drugs. This brought about new legislation in the form of mandatory minimum sentencing‚ which resulted in causing mass incarceration throughout this county. These selectively enforced policies that mainly target minorities “have transformed the
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and people the most is the organization called Black Lives Matter. The organization supported by Democrats and opposed by Republicans. The organization was founded by Patrice Cullors‚ Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi‚ after the George Zimmerman was not found guilty of shooting Trayvon Martian. The organization goal is to fight racial injustice against black people. (Rickford‚ R.‚ 2016) What at stake
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I listened to Michael Savage’s talk show The Savage Nation. Once I clicked to listen to his show‚ the first thing I heard were a few advertisements. Afterward‚ an announcer introduced the show and Michael Savage himself. Some rock music played for about five seconds before Savage began talking. Once he began talking‚ anyone could notice that Savage is a Republican. The content of the show is that Savage talked for about ten minutes before an advertisement would come up. The only advertisements
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University of Chicago Legal Forum‚ authors Craig B. Futterman‚ Chaclyn Hunt‚ and Jamie Kalven offer a unique perspective to the issue of mass incarceration and highlight how police brutality have motivated more youth to join movements like Black Lives Matter. The article focuses on how injustices black people in the United States relating to criminal justice have influenced “young people who insist on remaining visible‚ on being heard‚ and on placing issues of police accountability in the larger
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O’odham Nation (a Native American Tribe here in Southern Arizona); this community struggles with multiple issues from Diabetes to domestic violence. This community and the issues they struggle with are important to me because I do not feel that they are properly represented by the larger Southwestern community‚ nor do I feel that their struggles are adequately addressed. Currently‚ there is only one non-tribal agency on the Nation that can provide services to members still living on the Nation. Other
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LIVE AND LET LIVE LIFE IS not as simple as it was before. With scientific and technological developments‚ man has become obsessive of luxurious lifestyle. Materialism has grasped all of us. It has made man insensitive to the human emotions of pity‚ compassion‚ generosity and affection. All of us want to prosper with material comforts and thus‚ we venture into the mad ‘rat race’. In this materialistic world‚ we are governed by our instinct rather than our by conscience. This is the modern era
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THE UNITED NATIONS & The League of Nations Introduction: The United Nations is an international organization of independent states to promote international peace and security. Its stated aims are furthering cooperation in many international things using many different departments. On the other hand the league of Nations was an inter governmental organization in 1920. It was a cause from the Treaty of Versailles. Its main aims were the rights of man‚ women different colored‚ soldiers and avoiding
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