...Although there are laws in the United States protecting workers, many of these laws are being eroded away by what Marx would consider to be the ruling wealthy class as well as corporations. There are some inherit dangers within the capitalist economic system, such as greed and the love of power. With some, the more they have, the more they desire. Large industries, such as the oil corporations, banking industries, Koch Industries, and the ultra wealthy are increasingly using their money and influence to purchase the votes of our politicians and to launch their attacks on the middle class and low income Americans. They are using this money and power to buy our legal and political systems. They are systematically attempting to do away with unions, public aid, Obamacare, public education, minimum wage, social security, medicare, while denying the existence of global warming. For instance, the Koch Brothers, of Koch Industries, are the founders of several political organizations such as, “Americans for Prosperity”, also known as the “Tea Party”. “In the last few years, increasingly byzantine campaign finance laws have made it easier for companies to hide their political contributions -- and made it harder for consumers to know which causes their purchases support... Freedom Partners, another Koch political (organization) which distributed $236 million in 2012 -- making it the largest single conservative donor -- is designed as a clearinghouse that the Koch brothers can use...
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...4/16/15 Detroit Research Paper During the twenty to twenty-five years after World War II the auto industry and other industries in Detroit had changed to supply the demands for an ever changing world. Henry Ford had mass production techniques. Thousands of jobs were created to build the Ford Model T’s. Part by part each vehicle was made, becoming Ford’s first most popular mass produced car. Not only the auto companies grew with demand, but the steel companies also produced supplies for engines, chassis, and other metal fixtures for each vehicle. Tool makers also benefited by making machinery and tools for the auto manufacturers. The interior components of the vehicles such as, the seats and the roof, were manufactured by upholstery makers. All these subsidiaries were created to meet the needs of the auto industry as it grew year after year. When World War II began the auto industry changed production to military vehicles. A highly maneuverable, overland vehicle called “jeep”, built by the Willy’s company was made in large numbers for military use. Chrysler changed their manufacturing to make tanks for the war. Ford, among other things, made bomber planes. After the war ended, demands for new cars gave the auto industry a boost in sales and in profit. In the early nineteen fifties, a national network of the interstate highway was built. The highway was built under the Eisenhower Administration. When the highway was completed, a driver can travel cross country on not one...
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...strategies to foresee, distinguish, consider and tackle misdeeds and the variables which play a role in crime (Bureau of Justice Assistance, (n.d.). There are different target levels of crime prevention including families, communities, individuals, and certain locations. Individual level of crime prevention usually deals with preventing persons from ever committing crimes. It’s more as an avoidance tactic. Community crime prevention usually deals with changes in how a community functions and what they are doing to prevent crime. In order to maintain public safety and low-crime rates, Detroit is eager to get the community involved through community-based programs. Neighborhood Watches are the best way to prevent crime. A neighborhood watch program creates a renowned system of communication connecting law enforcement and neighborhoods concerning crime related predicaments (The City of Detroit, n.d.). Over the last several decades, the neighborhood watch has grown tremendously throughout the U.S. In 1970s and 1980s; and by 2000, the programs popularity grew; roughly 40% of the U.S. residential population was protected by Citizen’s Crime Watching Programs (Wihbey, 2012). The programs showed a significant reduction in crime among communities who were very involved. The objective of the program is to increase the community’s role in crime...
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...1735 7th Avenue Huntington, WV 25701 April 7, 2015 Mr. Joseph Ceccarelli Chief of Police Huntington Police Department 675 10th street Huntington, WV 25701 Dear Mr. Ciccarelli: This letter is to address certain issues in the Huntington area that are becoming more significant in terms of crime. It is most likely no surprise to you that the number of outside drug dealers in this area has dramatically increased, which in return has resulted in the dramatic increase of crime rates of this area. The issues of murder, driving under the influence charges, the number of abandoned buildings for drug deals to take place and drugs in general are the most prevalent issues of this area we felt necessary to address. In order to re-gain control of these situations and take action we have included multiple suggestions that will be included in the remainder of this letter. To reduce the number of crimes related to drugs in the Huntington area, we suggest that adding more security cameras to the streets would be beneficial. By implementing this intervention, it would additionally be necessary for more officers to be hired to tentatively watch the surveillance and patrol the area as well. Furthermore, the number of areas for potential drug deals need to be eliminated by tearing down old abandoned buildings where these occurrences could potentially take place. Other issues, such as driving under the influence additionally needs to be addressed. To cut back on...
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...Does Racism Really Exist (name) University of Phoenix Abstract In this paper, I will analyze what forms of racism that I have experienced within my life. Whether going to school, work, family events, or community events I seem to see racism where ever I go. At some point I needed to ask myself, “why are people racist and what makes us this way”? When I have noticed racist comments and actions from my community leaders as well as from my own family this causes me to get depressed about what’s to come in this country. Are we born racist or is it the people around us that influences the way we think about racism? Does Racism Really Exist I am a Caucasian male and grew up in the City of Woodhaven, MI. Within this small city there is a population of roughly 40,000 people and of that count, there are only about 2,000 that would be considered a minority. As you can imagine, most of the people that lived there looked like me and had much the same religion and moral standings. As I grew up, I attended three different schools and the first of which was Yake Elementary School. There must have only been a select few minority children attending that school as I had never remembered encountering children different from myself until I went to Brownstown Middle School. There, I noticed a small group of African American children that were in the same grade as me along with some Asian America and Hispanic American children...
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...Police History Jason Turley CJA 214 January 17, 2013 Jess Gutierrez Police History The efforts of policing have been around for centuries. In 2200 BC Babylon used the code of Hammurabi for standardized laws and punishments; in 27 BC Augustus created the Roman system of Vigiles; in 1285 the watch-and-word system was created by the Statute of Winchester in England; in 1748 London formed the Bow Street Runners. Despite London possessing more than 400 police officers in the early 1800s they still had no centrally organized system for law enforcement. One man set out to change this flaw in the system, Sir Robert Peel. He devoted his life to developing a police force, which would provide services and safety for communities and their citizens throughout the world. Through his dedication and hard work of creating the London Metropolitan Police, he was dubbed the “father” of Modern policing. Sir Robert Peel accomplished all this while serving as the Home Secretary of England. Parliament was hesitant at first, but later passed the Metropolitan Police Act in 1829. This ACT provided funds for a 1,000 police officer force to be controlled by strict rules of conduct and discipline. Sir Robert Peel believed that “the police are people and the people are the police,” and in order for crime prevention to be successful it must keep crime from becoming intrusive to the people and their communities. Sir Robert Peel created this list of principles for policing. 1. The...
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...basis for modern policing lies in the principles outlined in the 1820's, during a period of high crime, rioting, and economic instability, by Britain's then-Home Secretary, Robert Peel, who would later serve as Prime Minister (Bloy, 2002). His commonly referred to, "nine principles," became the structure for London's organized police force, refining its function, practices, and ideals in language both adaptable and explicit, appealing to notions of police productivity and effectiveness, also, over time, becoming a model for the rights of the accused and resultant law enforcement regulations and policies. The current conception of community-based policing, with focus directed toward police-community relations, is suggested in Peel's second, third, and seventh principles, detailing the importance of "public approval," "willing cooperation of the public," and maintaining a unifying relationship with the public, in mutual responsibility for law and order (Kooi, 2011). Historically, failure to adhere to Peel's principles has inspired occasions of public backlash, in the form of riots, reminiscent of the social climate that precipitated America's first police reform. The adoption of London-style policing in America was necessitated by organizational inadequacies, exposed during a period of unrest, similar to that of Britain in the 1820's, that was marked by frequent...
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...juxtaposed with makeshift homes made of tents and a couple of personal belongings, this promise seems nothing but shallow. There are many homeless individuals, and now a growing number of families, living on our streets, and their future is bleak. This is a terrible reflection of a country that has so great to offer so something must be done to try to solve this issue. In Detroit, through services like transition homes and shelters, Detroit Rescue Missions Ministries, though not perfect, is doing an efficient job dealing with homelessness. To understand the impact Detroit Rescue Missions Ministries (DRMM) has had, it is important to understand homelessness and its causes. There are “643,067 people experiencing homelessness on any given night” in this country and 37% are families (End Homelessness). Homelessness is caused by poverty and the inability to afford housing. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) “calculates that a family with one full-time, minimum-wage worker can't afford a two-bedroom apartment anywhere in the country” (Katel). Poverty is another issue, especially in Detroit. Due to the foreclosure crisis and high unemployment rate “first-time homeless citizens are flocking…to near-capacity shelters” (Oosting). CEO of DRMM, Chad Audi, says there has been a wave of people who would never have thought they would be jobless let alone homeless, coming to the shelter. "What we are seeing now is more and more of...
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...1. Why did the native white population in the large Northern cities see immigrants and blacks as such threats during the twenties? (Prologue) Many immigrants were refugees from foreign countries who were working people in the U.S.. Native whites treated them as wretched refuse of Europe’s teeming shores. Whites thought blacks were breed apart, they were frightened in blacks’ volatility, carnality, and their utter incapacity to learn the lessons of civilized society. In the past, only a few blacks lived in cities, but now they were everywhere alongside decent white people. 2. What led to the emergence of racialized ghettos in large Northern cities? Urban whites carved a color line through the city. White shopkeepers prevent blacks from their stores and restaurants. White landlords wouldn’t show blacks the apartments outside the ghetto. White real estate agents wouldn’t show the houses in white neighborhoods. Banks wouldn’t offer them mortgages. Insurance agents wouldn’t provide them with coverage. Blacks had to be hidden away in handful neighborhoods, and walled into ghetto. 3. How would you describe the white people who lived on Garland Avenue?(1) Most of them were natives, and they didn’t have the education. However, they had skills to find solid jobs. Most of men were working class, women were housewives. Although families along Garland Ave had many advantages, the stress from mortgages, unexpected assault on income, and sudden recession made they...
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...The six days of rioting, looting, and destruction left twenty-six dead and hundreds injured. The riots were between African-Americans and white residents, police officers and the National Guard. The riots were not unexpected. The tension between the city grew tremendously during the 1960's, due to lack of employment for Blacks, inadequate housing, police brutality and political exclusion of blacks from government. In his interview, Marvin Mandel (56th Governor of Maryland, 1969 – 1979) says, “The TV coverage? Yeah, I thought the real news coverage, in the newspapers, was fairly accurate; it was a little too…it helped to increase the riots; it helped to stir the people up. Made it look like it was black against white and that sort of thing. Just stirred it up. Didn’t help. The news media he printed news media. Not television; television was just showing that actual sights of this burning, that burning, all that sort of thing. I thought the news media…I think you had three newspapers then at that...
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...Running head: WORLD RELIGIONS REPORT World Religions Report XXXXXXXX Axia College HUM 130 XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXX World Religions This paper presents research of the beliefs and practices of Roman Catholicism; describes the worship space of the church; summarizes an interview conducted with a believer; and finally, compares Roman Catholicism to Islam. The Roman Catholic Church’s origins come directly from the teachings of Jesus and his disciples, as do all denominations of Christianity. “Jesus sent his disciples into all the world, and Paul had opened the church to the Gentiles. In a sense catholic Christianity was simply a development of Jesus’ plans and Paul’s efforts”. (Shelley, 1995) When Constantine became the first Christian Roman emperor in 313 A.D., Christianity became free from persecution and later even became the official religion of the Roman Empire. This however; marked the unofficial end of the unified church as power plays and politics became as much a part of the church as the gospels themselves. In 1054, the Eastern Orthodox Church split from the unified Church over the principle of supreme authority being held by the Bishop of Rome (better known as the Pope). During this time, the Roman Catholic Church also established its own authority to teach and interpret scripture. “Individual believers are not encouraged to read the Bible and seek its meaning; instead...
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...murders. Bit by bit most of the Caucasian Americans came around to the idea of integration, and did not believe that the African Americans as a ‘threat’ anymore. The only reason that this great monumental change occurred was because of the great leadership of Malcolm X, Martin Luther King jr., and not to mention the thousands of other less famous civil rights leaders, that worked to change the views of their community. There also where lobbyist and protesters that risked there lives and went out on a limb to struggle against injustice. All factors, put together, made one of the better most changes of the twentieth century. Rob Rheiner (the director of Ghost of Mississippi) has successfully portrayed the blatant dishonesty towards blacks by the police force and Mississippi courts. On one occasion when the accused murderer was in court, the Govener...
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...19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. His mother, Louise Norton Little, was a homemaker occupied with the family's eight children. Louise father was Scottish which made Louise have a very light complexion, so light she could even pass for white. His father, Earl Little, was an outspoken Baptist minister and avid supporter of Black Nationalist leader Marcus Garvey. Earl's civil rights activism constantly received death threats from the white supremacist organization Black Legion, which forced the family to relocate twice before Malcolm's fourth birthday. Regardless of the Little's efforts to elude the Legion, in 1929 their Lansing, Michigan home was burned to the ground. Two years later, Earl's body was found lying across the town's trolley tracks. Police ruled both incidents as accidents, but the Little's were certain that members of the Black Legion were responsible. Louise suffered emotional breakdown several years after the death of her...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix E Critical Analysis Forms Fill out one form for each source. |Source 1 Title and Citation: Disclaimer: You have requested a machine translation of selected content from our databases. This | |functionality is provided solely for your convenience and is in no way intended to replace human translation. Neither Gale nor its | |licensors make any representations or warranties with respect to the translations. | |Black Women Are Too Often Singled Out as the Ones Who Oppose Interracial Dating | |Nadra Kareem, "Interracial Dating: Black Women Aren't the Only Foes of Interracial Romance," Racialicious, June 12, 2009. | |www.racialicious.com | | | |Black women are often singled out as the ones who are against interracial | |1 |Identify the principal issue presented by the |dating when it’s actually a factor in the white race too. | | |source. | | | | |The author is biased because she feels that if she is having problems with | |2 |Identify any examples of bias presented...
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...Brett Kim Paper 1 Professor Jack McGrory PA 530 5/23/2015 The Need to Strike Introduction The pubic sector in this country is currently under attack. Wages are stagnating, and benefit plans are getting slashed. It used to be a wide known fact that public sectors employees earn less than private sector employees, but in the public sector you earn better benefits and have better job security. This is no longer the case as Republican led legislators are fighting to cut public sector benefits and the right of public sector employees to collectively bargain. Public sector unions are still very strong, and the union members need to trust these unions to bargain for them. To put the union topic in perspective, back in 1974, most of the biggest unions--except for the National Education Association--were private-sector unions. However, by 2007, most of the biggest unions were public-sector union. Second, both the biggest union in 2007 (the NEA) and the fifth-biggest union in 2007 (the UFCW) were substantially larger than the first- and fifth-biggest unions in 1974. This trend has shifted as we see almost no private sector unions, and the ones in the public sector constantly under attack. Throughout this paper, I will argue for the need for public sector employees to be allowed to strike as part of the negotiation process. I will also go over the history of collectively bargaining laws, how they apply to the public sector, and talk about unions in general throughout the process...
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