2008 Democratic National Convention

Guantánamo Naval Station was erected in 1903 (National Geographic). The site was originally a refugee camp but later would become a detention center known for its intelligence operations In 2002 under the bush administration Guantánamo began to use torture techniques claiming these people were neither civilians nor soldiers but unlawful combatants (National Geographic). Therefore inmates were not entitled to the protection of the Geneva Convention, which states in Article 3 that soldiers…

General Australian refugee facts and figures The 1951 UN Refugee Convention defines a refugee as “someone who has a well-founded fear of persecution in their own country, because of their race, religion, nationality or political or social affiliation” (Refugee Action Coalition, n.d.). In other words refugees are ordinary individuals who have been forced to leave their country to be able to escape war, persecution or natural disaster (Oxford, 2014). Ever since 1945 there have been over 700 000…

People are rarely placed to work in a position with no specific job description. Those who are, usually fail. However, this was not the case for Anna Eleanor Roosevelt. She grasped the opportunity to influence the world, and did so with grace and passion. The title “Wife of President Franklin Roosevelt” does not do her justice. Eleanor was more than a First Lady and she was more than a wife, in fact, she was one of the most esteemed women in the world. Eleanor Roosevelt dramatically changed the…

The Geneva Conventions are a series of international treaties that protect the human rights of soldiers and civilians during war. It’s an agreement that during the war the sick and wounded have neutral status. It also requires humane treatment, adequate feeding, and the…

Over two-hundred years ago, the first experiment into a true democratic state began in the United States of America, with the signing of the Constitution. The United States had just won a war against the oppressive British Empire, and a new nation was born out of the independence. The Constitution was written at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, which was convened from May 25th, of 1787, until the Constitution was signed on September 17th, 1787. This was the first time…

The reinterpretation and rewriting of the Civil Rights Era would chronicle the fight for black liberation and the shifting perception of black women to activists, organizers, and as human. The intentional use of sexual violence on black women during the Civil Rights Era reemphasized the notions that black women are not the owners of their bodies, that black women would be faced with devastating opposition from the police and the court, and that the support of black men meant silencing their…

NACA or Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America is a nonprofit housing services organization that helps low to moderate income families in America find and purchase homes that they would never have been able to afford with a conventional, FHA, or HUD loan. How does NACA do this, you ask? NACA insures homeowner success by providing one-on-one counseling sessions. A NACA mortgage consultant will be with you every step of the way, no matter how long it takes, for you to obtain a home. This…

Special Learning Needs, and New Arrivals Programs. Many schools which have been educating EAL learners for decades have EAL provision embedded in their curriculum. Therefore, we can state that addressing EAL learner needs has definitely emerged as a national priority among the Australian educational system as there is an increased focus on intercultural understanding, in particular on ensuring standards are stated explicitly around EAL education and achievement standards in Australia, which in…

At the 2012 Democratic Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, President Bill Clinton gave this speech to over 35,000 people, and the standing ovation that proceeded was extraordinary. In the address, President Clinton supported the Presidential nominee, Barack Obama, and his efforts to stimulate the economy once again, as the economic recession was destroying thousands of jobs across the country. This excerpt of President Clinton’s speech proposes that equal opportunity, among other…

As of now the way the U.S. elects its president is through a system called the Electoral College. Other systems like the direct popular vote or the national popular vote may work in democracies, but the United States is a federal republic not a democracy. While allowing states to be represented in a manner consistent with their size, the Electoral College has the exceptional power of allowing small states and rural areas to still maintain their influence in the government. This allows us to have…