Eastern State Penitentiary

United States where jazz music was embraced, flappers challenged the norms of a conventional society, and Americans experienced the rise of Hollywood as the world’s film capital. Unfortunately, it came with great disadvantages for immigrants following World War I, where Americans were left distrustful of communist, socialist, or anarchist ideologies shared by many foreigners. This led to the creation of an anti-immigrant sentiment where individuals particularly from Russia, Southern and Eastern…

Teachers were forced to sign loyalty oaths, while the citizen’s right to due process was continually revoked. The Espionage Act was used in the case of Schenck v. United States in 1919, which oversaw the trial of the General Secretary of the American Socialist Party, Charles Schenck, who had been found printing anti-war documents meant to be shipped to men slated for conscription. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the…

those who doubted Reagan and his actual actions and a negative connotation on the soviets as rhetorical techniques to convey the strong alliance and similar mindset between Britain and The United States. Thatcher illustrates that Reagan was a substantial leader and was able to unite the United States and ultimately unite other countries against the soviet also. Although he was a significant leader…

Putin’s approach was the degree to which he emphasized the maintenance of a basically positive relationship with the US, even at the cost of unpopular sacrifices” (p.101). Mankoff concludes that Russia should be treated as other large non-Western states such as China, India, South Africa, Brazil, Mexico, Pakistan and many more. All of them might frequently represent a significant challenge but cooperation with them is still possible and even necessary. Unfortunately because of the habit of…

Natori Moore Title The United States’ prison system is growing rapidly every year. According to the article in the Washington Post “The U.S. has more jails than colleges. Here’s a map of where those prisoners live” author Christopher Ingraham states, “In many parts of America, particularly the South, there are more people living in prisons than on college campuses.” The fact that there are more Americans, men, women, and children, in prisons than in college is a huge problem that America needs…

New York State Penitentiary and used Tesla’s AC generators. This backfired and caused the public to associate Edison with the death of the inmate and hurt Morgan’s business. To try to run Morgan out of business, Tesla and his partner Westinghouse underbid Morgan on the Chicago fair that had 27 million people in attendance. This is the likely cause of why Westinghouse received the large and prestigious contract to power the Niagara grid that supplied power to most of the eastern United States.…

East vs. West: The Great Hemispheric Clash The Eastern and Western hemispheres are unique in their own ways, the individualities between the two regions is explained by the isolation the Atlantic ocean gave them. The hemispheres had no idea of the others existence until the late 15th century. The Eastern hemisphere had resources at their disposal to help travel vast regions. Horses and camels enabled them to transport heavy materials, which help build kingdoms and empires. The Western…

Our prison systems in the United States seem to be under constant scrutiny and debate in some form or fashion. One specific topic that has been under quite a bit of heat is the discussion of solitary confinement. While many other countries have pulled the plug on this practice, American prison systems seem to be exploding in the opposite direction, increasing the number of inmates we maintain in solitary confinement at an alarming rate. This certainly leads to a rabbit hole of questions, but as…

cocaine is associated with communities of color), along with heavy police presence in communities of color – mass-incarceration has been able to take place. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the population of people incarcerated, in both state and federal facilities, was 1, 508, 600 sentenced to a year or more (Carson, 2015). It has been well documented that mass-incarceration disproportionately affects communities of color, specifically due to the harsh sentences around drug…

is approximately 80 square feet, smaller than a typical horse stable for 23 hours a day. In the history, there have different solitary confinements Walnut Street Jail in Philadelphia, Newgate Prison in NYC, Auburn Prison in Western NY, Eastern State Penitentiary Philadelphia and Sing Sing (Biggs 1). Inmates are placed in these isolation units for many reasons, as punishment, protection or education. Is this the only way to use of solitary confinement on juveniles who made mistakes in their…