Title 36 of the United States Code

current racial situation in the United States. Athletes, fans, politicians, and even NFL executives have been vocal about Kaepernick’s “Anti-American” and “disrespectful” decision. Many believe that by disrespecting the national symbol, he is in turn disrespecting the military men and women that have…

deal of resistance when he tried to distribute his film. In the Production Code files archive there are several letters between Otto Preminger and Joseph Breen (the director of The Production Code Association) discussing the denial of a seal of approval for The Moon is Blue. Among these are letters between Preminger and the heads of many studios that also refused to distribute the film due to its violation of the production code. The archives also include a letter from the archbishop of…

the time spent in the United States Army. During my time as an enlisted soldier, I learned some of lives most valuable lessons and values. The seven Army values that were instilled into me were loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity, and personal…

the origin of this dialect, Anzaldúa frequently code switches between English and Spanish to emphasize certain points of the excerpt. Under the oppression of the…

On May 17, Dr. King speaks to a crowd of 15,000 in Washington, D.C. | 1958 | The U.S. Congress passed the first Civil Rights Act since reconstruction. King's first book, Stride Toward Freedom, is published. On a speaking tour, Martin Luther King, Jr. is nearly killed when stabbed by an assailant in Harlem. Met with President Dwight D. Eisenhower, along with Roy Wilkins, A. Philip Randolph, and Lester Grange on problems affecting black Americans. | 1959 | Visited India to study…

handicap parking spaces were given priority and placed on the bordering sidewalk entrance to each facility. The next advantage of Tropical Park would have to be its sizeable accessible routes. The ADA standard requires a minimum route width of 36”, however Tropical Park has…

conflict. The Deer Hunter, directed by Michael Cimino, concerns conventional domestic life in the United States during the war, and the impact serving in the war had on men who returned to conventional life after enduring extraordinary horrors. The film has become a critical and commercial success, celebrated for its, “tender – and even optimistic – depiction of the human capacity to endure,” (“After 36 years, The Deer Hunter remains one of the most fascinating films on Vietnam”). It even…

federalism has been a political tool used by whichever party seeks to gain control of an issue. With sanctuary cities, those who are typically of a more pro-immigrant persuasion are all too happy to allow the federal government to prevent conservative states from passing restrictions on immigrants while America’s more liberal cities ignore federal requests to turn over undocumented immigrants. This introduction, while somewhat antagonistic, is meant to highlight the key question: If Federal…

instruments recognize the rights of children and extend special protection to children. They require state parties to adopt measure to protect children from abuse and solicitation as well as provide cooperation in the investigations, prosecutions and [prevention of these crimes. Ratification and incorporation of these international instruments by state parties varies from one instrument to another and from one state to another. According to Article 1 of the Convention on the Rights of the…

called the Lakota and Dakota “Nadouwesou”. French traders then shortened it to its last syllable “Sioux” (“standingrock.org”, 10/21/14) Part of the Dakotas was purchased by the United States from France through the Louisiana purchase. The Dakotas were admitted as States of the Union on November 2nd, 1889 as the 39th and 40th states. The territory we now know as North and South Dakota has been home to many Indigenous tribes including the Mandans, Arikaras, Hidastas and many other tribes that…