Socialist Party USA

Identity of the characters in any type of literary work can set the stage for the complete background of the story. According to Michael LeMahieu “identity is a role one performs publicly for an audience rather than a private essence one contains inside” (LeMahieu 33). It allows the reader to gain a deeper understanding of the meanings behind the characters. This holds true revolving around the identity of the characters in Topdog/Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks and Joe Turner’s Cone and Gone by…

1st Lady, Michelle Obama gave an eye- opening speech about her “Let’s Move!” campaign against childhood obesity. This took place at the NAACP national convention in Kansas City, Missouri in 2010. The NAACP, otherwise known as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is an African-American civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909. There she spoke about how childhood obesity greatly targets African- American children and how this is now a big problem in…

The way the president handles the media says a lot on how citizens perceive the type of president they are. In 1961 President Kennedy was the first president to hold a live televised news conference. He read a prepared statement on the famine in Congo, and the ongoing negotiations for an atomic test ban, then the president took questions from reporters, he answered questions regarding relations with Cuba, voting rights, and food aid to impoverished Americans. Even then President Kennedy knew the…

personality trait of his or her parents, he or she starts believing that the party affiliation their parents belong to, is certainly the one that they should belong to as well. The genetic background that a child grows up with lets the child adapt to the society’s beliefs and political perspectives. One may be Democratic, Republican, or Independent, depending on what they choose. Most children grow up to belong to the party that their parents identify with, partly because of scientific…

In pre-World War II Hamburg, Germany a group of young kids who listen to American jazz music are faced with the harsh reality of the Nazi policies and restrictions placed on the German youths. The impact of three friends decisions leads to either life or death. Overall, the film provided a detailed and accurate point of view of young Germans and their varied reactions to Nazism. The filmmakers portrayed both the point of view of the young Germans supporting the war and of the Swing kids. For…

The Affordable Care Act took almost a year to pass through Congress. It sparked heated debate and resistance from Republicans. Republican leaders argued the bill infringed upon American liberties while Democrats said the bill improved social justice and the lives of the citizenry, especially the 45 million uninsured. People who once could not find an insurance provider because they suffered from a previously diagnosed illness or people who were dropped by a provider due to an illness, now had…

The immigrants coming to the United States from Muslim countries in the recent years have been middle to upper class. Many young students travel to the United States to attend American colleges and then end up making the United States their homes. The middle age individuals traveling to the United States tend to have a degree as a physician or lawyer before arriving. Comparing it to European immigration of Muslims, they do not typically have a degree to this level or immigrate to attend…

If someone would ask me my input on the Reconstruction Era, I would tell them that it failed severely. Yes, it unified the nation once again but racism is still a common factor in today’s society. Despite the fact that African Americans gained freedom legally, they still faced problems with fitting into society. Reconstruction focused too much on the rebuilding of the country but not enough on the millions of freed slaves. First reason why I believe that this was an unsuccessful era was…

Documentaries like this also serves a greater purpose by reminding you that you must fight for your civil rights if one attempts to abuse them. In situations like the Republican party using tactics to produce a specific presidential outcome comes to show that nothing should be overlooked by the other political party and to always ensure that all legal votes were counted. I do not believe a situation of this magnitude will occur again, but if it does, I do hope that the U.S. Supreme court will…

Should incarceration mean the eradication of basic civil liberties granted to every citizen of the United States under the Constitution? That answer should obviously be no, however in the United States penitentiary system the deprivation of the legal right to vote, also known as disenfranchisement, is quite common. So much so that as of 2006 it was estimated that 5.3 million people were declared ineligible to vote as a result of their conviction, 1.7 million of which have already completed their…