Delaware County

The Civil Rights Movement had achieved several major goals in the early 1960’s under leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr., Ella Baker, and Phillip Randolph, just to name a few. Their methods of non-violent protest demonstrations and litigation led to desegregation in schools and in public transportation. Despite these successes, African Americans soon realized that these nonviolent boycotts and litigation processes did little to alter their daily lives and racial violence still ensued. Between…

"The Case of Brown v. Board of Education as heard before the Supreme Court combined five cases: Brown itself, Briggs v. Elliott (filed in South Carolina), Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County (filed in Virginia), Gebhart v. Belton (filed in Delaware), and Bolling v. Sharpe (filed in Washington D.C.).". Because the cases were combined it made the court case even more important. The chief Justice assigned to this case was Earl Warren. All 5 of the…

FROM WASHINGTON STATE TO OREGON STATE Introduction Tax policy is one strategy that states have to increase their competitiveness. From the 50 states nationwide, only five states do not impose sales tax or have a 0% sales tax rate; they are Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire and Oregon. Without sales tax, people can buy in these five states without spending extra money on tax and they can have extra ‘money’ for saving or spending on other goods. Compared to some other states, they mostly…

In his article, “Time to end Pennsylvania’s Monopoly on Liquor Sales,” Philip Heron, a native Pennsylvanian and editor of Delaware County Daily News, voices his opinion on Pennsylvania’s restrictive alcohol law and urges for change. Pennsylvania is an alcohol beverage control state; thus, citizens may only purchase wine or liquor at state owned Fine Wine and Good Spirits stores. Similarly to these products, single bottles and six-packs of beer can only be purchased in state licensed taverns or…

What is civil forfeiture? This law is a nationwide procedure; however, Mississippi is considered the worst for encouraging this abuse called policing for profit. It’s a law where police and prosecutors confiscate the private property of an individual who is allegedly suspected of an illegal drug activity but has never been convicted. “What (doth it) profit, my brethren, through a man say he hath faith, and have not works?” (James 2:14 KJV). The state and federal civil asset forfeiture laws,…

persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." The Emancipation Proclamation did not actually free all the slaves, since the Proclamation was a military measure. It didn’t apply to border slave states like Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri, all of which had remained loyal to the Union. Lincoln, also, didn’t believed that blacks and whites should have the same social and political rights. In a series of debates in 1858, Lincoln made his view…

shelters of unadopted animals so that they can obtain new ones. Every animal deserves the chance to live its life without it being stolen from them to maximize space. United States animal shelters and humane societies across the country including Midland County, Miami-Dade, and North Little Rock, have made the decision to put down cats and dogs because of the issue of limited space, but with the help of so many organizations and volunteers, less animals are being euthanized. This cold-blooded…

Bridging the nation and identifying with nationals whose lives the common gas industry has perpetually changed, Fox revealed wells that release fracking chemicals into groups' water supplies; normal gas handle that retch intense methane into the environment; and men, ladies and kids whose wellbeing has decayed subsequent to their terraces got to be "gaslands." The narrative's essayist and chief, Josh Fox, had been drawn nearer by a characteristic gas organization that was occupied with renting…

Rationale for a National Monument in the Bears Ears Area I. Introduction The proposed size of the Bears Ears National Monument is approximately 1.9 million acres, which is roughly twenty percent larger than the state of Delaware. The alternative Public Lands Initiative (PLI) suggested by Representatives J. Chaffetz and R. Bishop encompasses 4.6 million acres within the Bears Ears area (Bears Ears Coalition) (Chaffetz and Bishop). The difference between the two proposals is the difference of…

AGENCY INFORMATION New Leaf is a nonprofit 501(c) (3) foster care organization located in Circleville, Oh, since 2003. They serve children and foster care parents in Pickaway, Pike, Ross, Franklin, Fairfield, Delaware and Fayette counties. They have eleven employees of which six hold social work degrees and perform case management services. It is required to have a Social Work licensing to perform case management. The mission statement of this agency is “Putting families with wants and kids…