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Yes. America is in a second gilded age. The phrase “Gilded Age” was coined by Mark Twain, effectively summarizing America’s state in the late 19 century; the façade of a land of opportunity, but really a land of inopportunity. While America was indeed a land of opportunity, rapid economic growth, and class mobility, the people…

Children of Blood and Bone (2018) is a young adult novel by Tomi Adeyemi, a Nigerian American author. It is the first book in a trilogy and follows Zelie Adebola’s journey to restore magic in the Kingdom of Orisha, where her people have been oppressed. Determined to set her people free, Zelie uses various symbols…

Fahrenheit 9/11 is a film and a documentary that was made by a political commentator who is also a director and a film maker in USA in the year 2004. The documentary film covers the presidential period of George W. Bush, the war on terror and how all this is covered in the media as…

INTRODUCTION America is only America because of immigration. America wouldn’t be what it is today without immigration. Even the people that were here first which were the natives were immigrants. They came here from Asia. Anybody else that lives here in america is an immigrant or are somehow connected to one. Every person in America…

Martin Luther King Jr. utilizes persuasive language in his Letter from Birmingham Jail to address the opposition while employing a form similar to the Rogerian Argument. This strategy is aimed at combating human oppression. King effectively rebuts the clergymen’s letter by clearly stating the issue, restating the opponents’ viewpoint and acknowledging its merits, summarizing his…

There are numerous examples of mass number of the electorate leaving one party and opting for another. A study conducted by the Pew Research Center found that in 2015 almost 25% of young Americans who branded themselves Republican or conservative leaning abandoned their party for the Democrats (Jukam, 2017). Party attachment is a concept that…

Introduction Lynching is the act of a mob killing a person for alleged offense(s) with or without a legal trial [ CITATION Dor04 \ 1033]. The video Ida Wells Her Great Passion for Justice Anti- Lynching Crusader demonstrates how she contributed to anti-lynching movement through Dyer Bill. The Dyer Bill was a foundation that exposed…

Machiavelli’s masterpiece The Prince is one of the most polemical texts on political theory. Since its publication in 1532 there has been widespread debate among political theorists about his political morality. Today the term ‘Machiavellian’ used in everyday speech and has extremely negative connotations; a person so described is deemed as ‘cunning, scheming and unscrupulous’….

On October 7th Byron Lawrie was arrested outside Parliament House for standing in the middle of the road with a BBQ. Referring to Martin Luther King Jr’s Letter from Birmingham Prison, evaluate the morality of his protest. On October 7th, Byron Lawrie, the minister of barbeques, was arrested due to his protest against climate change….

Different changes and developments in social media are causing effects linked to changes or developments in our civic and political culture. Our political culture is in a constant state of change. In today’s society, everything revolves around social media. It’s become a part of our culture. Social media has literally become a lifestyle for some…