26 | fall 2017 Just 90 miles off Florida , s eastern shores lies an island with over 11 million people who remain a mystery to most Americans. For nearly six decades, the U.S. government has restricted travel and trade to Cuba, permitting only educational exchanges—which is exactly what brought photography major Sarah Schecker, NYU, to the country in summer 2016. Studying under noted Cuban photographer Adrian Fernandez, Sarah’s project chronicles the life of 4-year-old Kevin Alejandro. “There are
From the sheltered safety of our Spanish classroom, my classmates and I watched in shaken silence as onscreen, an unkempt indigenous woman wept over her daughter’s mounting cancer treatment bills. In the documentary Crude, Joe Berlinger depicts the atrocities of Chevron, a company that drilled almost two billion barrels of oil in northeast Ecuador, a region with a dense and impoverished indigenous population. When its contract expired in 1993, Chevron left behind toxic waste pits, billions of gallons
Adrian Garcia Badaracco Paulina Gonzales WCWP 10B: Water Ethics, SS II Date Essay 1D: High-stakes golfing The fact that water is a finite resource is no longer debatable. Multiple global conferences, summits, and forums have stated that it is an essential commodity and a human right (Sohil and Cavil 13). Water should be treated not as an economic good, but rather as a resource as precious as life itself, following from a principle to ensure water equality for all. Water is symbolic of life, and life
miles of territory (the southernmost areas of present- day Arizona and New Mexico) for $15 million. The purchase established the final boundaries of the continental U.S. and provided the needed land for a railroad route. The U.S. Senate approved the purchase in June 1854. In People v. Hall, the California Supreme Court held that no Chinese witnesses would be allowed to give testimony against a white man. In Clarke County, Missouri, David McKee organized the Anti- Horse Thief
Efforts are once again underway in the legislature to bring casino-style gambling to Texas. It’s an idea that has failed in recent legislative sessions, but backers are hoping they’ve found the right formula for success in 2009. There are many appealing arguments on the side of pro-gambling groups. Keeping gambling money that is now going to Louisiana and Oklahoma in Texas is one popular idea. Reviving the state’s horse-raising industry by allowing slot machines at racetracks is another. Some advocates
INTRODUCTION The Themes of the Book The Police Function: Social Control and the Use of Force Policing Within the Rule of Law: The Challenges of Discretion The Delicate Balance: Crime Control versus Due Process The Levels of Law Enforcement Municipal Agencies County Agencies State Agencies Federal Agencies Department of Justice Department of Homeland Security Department of the Treasury U.S. Postal Service Tribal Agencies Chapter Objectives ● Describe the concept of linkage blindness and
California Preschool Learning Foundations Volume 2 CALIFORNIA DEPAR TMENT OF EDUCATION • SACRAMENTO, 2010 California Preschool Learning Foundations Volume 2 Visual and Performing Arts Physical Development Health Publishing Information The California Preschool Learning Foundations (Volume 2) was developed by the Child Development Division, California Department of Education. This publication was edited by Faye Ong, working in cooperation with Laura Bridges and Desiree