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Pop-culture relevancy was revealed in an article with Refinery 29. This article was written by Carolyn L. Todd titled, Meet Billions’ Asia Kate Dillon, T.V’s First Non-Binary Star on Showtime’s network. This is the only non-binary mainstream character who is played by Asia Kate Dillon. Asia wanted all the feminine…

Inequality, Poverty, and Pollution Introduction A. Throughout the United States, low-income and minority areas are among the heaviest populated with landfills, waste sites, and hazardous facilities, inequality in our country is everywhere, including the air in which we breathe. B. Approximately 56 percent of minorities and low-income Americans reside in areas within two miles of hazardous commercial waste sites. Poverty rates are 1.5 times higher in these neighborhoods than anywhere else in the…

College is the New High School Graduating from high school is not what it used to be. It used to be the push that leads the transition into adult hood by getting a job, purchasing a house, and starting a family. In the past, some graduates decided to attend college, while others decided to immediately start living their lives. A college degree has become the new high school diploma where a bachelor’s degree is the minimal credentials for obtaining an entry-level job. In todays world there are…

1. With references to the levels and spheres of corporate power discussed in the chapter, how did the power of Standard Oil change society? Rockefeller and the powers of Standard Oil had impacts to the society economically, technologically, politically, and culturally. The advancement of Standard Oil had driven the economy to develop facilities building that utilizes laborers, thus likewise expanded the economy to fuel related industries. As Rockefeller had extended the matter of his…

Ali Khadery (2014) Three years ago, the Islamic State (ISIS) did not exist; now it controls vast swaths of Syria and Iraq. Showing off its handiwork daily via Twitter and YouTube, Isis has repeatedly demonstrated that it is much more than a transnational terrorist organization – rather, it is an entity with sophisticated command, control, propaganda and logistical capabilities, and one that has proven its ability to take and hold strategically critical territory at the heart of the Middle East.…

A very familiar theme continues to hover over Mexico specifically when it refers to the economic woes the political system continues to mismanage. Politicians that simply run for office to help themselves, while screwing the Mexican over time and time again. It is a behavior that has been in place since the Spanish conquistadors took over, by introducing new policies that benefited the white European while physically, morally, economically, and culturally destroying all social progress for the…

Texas City, Texas also known as toxic city is a booming industrial area surrounded by the most significant ports in the Galveston Bay for the shipping community, and is surrounded by oil refineries and chemical plants (Ferling, 1996, p.48). Additionally, it is a city all too familiar with industrial accidents. However, nothing will ever compare to the most devastating industrial accident the state of Texas and America has ever seen; the 1947 Texas City Explosion. An article entitled “Texas City…

Company: Nepal Oil Corporation Interviewee: Er. Gopal Bahadur Khadka Title: Working to Overcome Obstacles Subheading: Despite not having any of its own oil, Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) proved that they can overcome obstacles along their way to a bigger success through hard work. The state-owned trading company which was established by the Government of Nepal, has been the sole supplier and distributor of various petroleum products in the country since 1970 up to the present. Bunker fuel,…

The Keystone XL: A Multi-layered Policy Issue The Keystone XL, a pipeline purposed by TransCanada Keystone Pipeline would carry Canadian crude oil to American refineries. “A new study by the consulting firm IHS found that most of the oil transported through the pipeline would be refined and consumed within the U.S” . The company primarily responsible for the project has made several major adjustments to its original plan to make it more conducive to the wishes of pipeline opponents. The…

whether or not to approve the construction of the Keystone Pipeline XL. My personal opinion based on a strictly economical standpoint would be to approve it, reason being; it would create construction jobs and increase the supply of crude oil to the refineries in Texas. Thus, improving our economy. According to Kennedy from CBS News, “If Keystone were approved, (James Bambino of Platts, a provider of energy, petrochemicals, metals and agriculture information) thinks it would likely raise the…