Populism

It all began with the Olmecs. To this day, Mexico is home to the largest population of Spanish speakers. Mexico is best known for their bright colors, Mexican cuisine, as well as their celebrations. As early as 30,000 years ago, the Olmecs settled in North America and Mexico. They were most likely hunters and gatherers. These villages eventually grew into cities. To this day, the term Mesoamerica is used to describe the areas these cities were located. The Olmecs are also known for the giant…

After the Civil War a lot southerners wanted to go back to the plantation life that the region had been characterized by before the war but a few prominent leaders believed that the South should move onto a “new society of small farms, thriving industries, and bustling cities” (Tindall 560). Unfortunately, many farmers could not afford wages and a system of sharecropping was developed where the farmer paid no wages, the worker paid no rent and the two shared the crop they mutually produced.…

(Introduction) Brazil is the fifth largest nation in the world by land area and one of the most economically powerful nations in the Western Hemisphere. With an area of more than three million square miles, Brazil occupies nearly half of South America and provides promising resources including iron and other industrial minerals. Its diverse population of African, European, Asian, and indigenous descent has greatly increased to about 200 million. According to many socio-economic characteristics…

“What is more important? Man or Monkeys” this was the question asked by the Chairman of Kerala State Electricity Board, in 1970. The incident dates back to the days when Silent Valley protection movement was at peak. Save Silent Valley was a movement to save the Silent valley, an evergreen forest in Kerala, in 1973. The campaign was designed to save the Silent Valley from being flooded due to construction of Hydro-electric power plant in that very place by Kerala State Electricity Board. This…

Symptoms of peri-natal depression include sleep disturbances,changes in appetite, mood changes, and difficulty concentrating. There are many risks associated with untreated depression during pregnancy. They include preterm labor, growth retardation, decreased prenatal care, poor weight gain, and increased substance use. Depression during pregnancy is very common, but also under diagnosed because women feel they should be joyous since they are having a baby. Depression is very different from the…

swiftly shifting political winds. The case of inBloom, a company designed to assist education through secure collection and highly secure storage of educational records, provides a prime case of research and proven science running head first into populism and losing. (Horn,…