It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

In Europe the years 1944-1945 were so crucial to the war efforts. Some of the most well-known victories and defeats take place during this time. So many things happen that completely change the outcome of the war and who is in favor to win. A few of those key battles I will be focusing on are D-day in Normandy, Operation Market Garden and the Battle of the Bulge. The men who are in charge of these countries in the middle of the war are also huge players in how this war can tip. So I think during…

“There is, perhaps, one invention that historians a thousand years in the future will look back on and say, ‘That defined the 20th century’…That invention is the contraceptive pill” (Sonfield, Hasstedt, Gold 2015). Widely used by more than 60% of US women and accepted by most of the world’s religions, birth control, and access to it, is still a hot-button topic. Extensive research has been conducted studying the effects of birth control across many fields, and the results all seem to agree.…

Elie Wiesel published Night in 1955. This book is his testimony to the awful situations he and millions others had to encounter. Eliezer is a devout Jew at a young age. His conviction is flipped upside down when the Nazis enter his life, and he believes God walked out. In Night, Wiesel uses Eliezer to depict how his once unconditional faith is shaken down to nonexistence during the Holocaust. Before Eliezer’s living nightmare reigns down, he is dedicated to his religion. At twelve years old, he…

McKay’s ‘America’ and Allen Ginsberg’s poem of the same title are both ‘state of the nation’ poems. Which do you think offers the more effective critique of the United States, and why? So, the Allen Ginsberg’s poem and Claude McKay song named America are pieces criticising the state of America in the times that they were written,1956 and 2015 respectively, in their respective times. The question that has been asked of us today is which of these two poems is a more effective critique of America…

of the issues importance you must first take a look at the laws that are placed in effect at this point in time. And one reason is a elementary school in newton called sandy hook elementary was a victim of mass shooting. Reportedly a heavily equipped man with a assault rifle and a hand gun walked into the school and killed over 26 people including 20 children before returning fire upon himself. This gruesome and heartless act brought attention to the nation. and made congressmen to do more then…

Save Our State (SOS) initiative to make illegal aliens ineligible from using non-emergency health care, public education, and other public services in the State of California ( “California’s Proposition 187” ). Between 1990 and 1995, more than 1.1 million migrants came to the United States every year on average (Passel and Roberto). Illegal immigration was a hot topic during this time and, like many, T.C Boyle was unsure of his feelings toward the issue. Boyle uses The Tortilla Curtain as an…

Encyclopedia (2014), the name Indian is supposedly first given by Christopher Columbus who thought that the mainlands were part of the Indies, in Asia (p. 1). During the first contact between the Americas and Europe, there have been said to be over 90 million Indians living in the United States (Funk and Wagnalls NWE, 2014, p. 1). The cultured parts of North America are most of the south, the Plains, the California region,…

First, Omi discusses how overt racism (openly showing one’s racism) does not seem as popular today as with generations before us. For example, the Ku Klux Klan became highly popular in terrorizing, murdering, and assaulting minorities. Today, the Ku Klux Klan has become less popular, but we still run into overt racism, such as when Al Campanis stated that blacks do not hold management positions in big industries because the African American community contributes more to society as athletes (Omi…

money from the state, that funding affects each school differently due to numerous reasonings; the biggest reasoning being because of PTA Fundraising and Private money donations. For example, back in 2010 when the biggest budget cuts were in place, school funding dropped from 113 million to only 13 million for SFUSD public schools. Each school took there hits with this cut, but two schools in the SFUSD district were affected very differently: Gratton Elementary and Junipero Serra Elementary, as…

One of the most influential persons in American history is the one that kept America one nation: Abraham Lincoln. Truly, it is inspiring that one man born in a one-room cabin on the Kentucky frontier would someday be considered the greatest leader of the greatest nation in the world. Many today believe only members of the elite class can change the world, but the life of Lincoln begs to differ. A self-educated man, Lincoln received very little help in his career in politics. Being the first…