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April 9th, 1865 marked the end of the Civil War. The Reconstruction era began in 1865 after the Civil War as an effort to readmit the confederate states into the Union. In December 6th, 1865, the states ratified the 13th Amendment which abolished slavery and compulsory labor unless it is used as a punishment for…

According to “Georgia Secretary Of State ” (2013), “The National Labor Relations Act provides for employee rights to organize, join unions, ND engage in collective bargaining’ (What Georgia Employers Need To Know Courtesy of the State Bar of Georgia). It is against the law for an employer to discharge an employee for participating or independently…

Mobile phones have become a popular and convenient device in modern life, with varying opinions about them. They are portable electronic telecommunication devices that function similarly to traditional phones but without the need for wired connections. Instead, they use wireless radio wave transmission technology and communicate through cellular networks of base stations. Mobile phones offer…

Each year in the United States, nearly 100,000 individuals are shot or killed due to firearms. Specifically, handgun incidents account for 10,527 deaths annually. These numbers greatly exceed the gun-related death tolls of Sweden (13), Great Britain (22), and Japan (87). The primary reason for these significant disparities is that Sweden, Great Britain, and Japan…

Earlier, we looked at Taflinger’s descriptions of the kind of character types to be found in the sitcom universe. With this kind of formulaic approach, it is hardly surprising that sit-com should be so heavily reliant upon stereotypes to fill its environments. The images of men and women with which we are presented in sit-com…

On October 28th, I made a visit to the Los Angeles Zoo to observe the behavioral differences between female and male chimpanzees. My observation includes, but is not limited to: behavioral differences within a gender group, female and male interaction, male aggression, as well as mating, and abnormal behaviors,. There were about 13 chimpanzees. Five…

Introduction: Peter Maass is a writer for the New York Times Magazine and has reported from Asia, Africa, South America and the Middle East. He has written as well for The Atlantic Monthly, The Washington Post, Slate, and The New Yorker. Maass is the author of the short story “The Wild Beast” taken from the…

            Women in the year of 1890’s to include those who have lived before the Declaration of Rights and Sentiments of the Seneca Falls have experienced the tyrannous tenet of men that have kept them from being who they really are and what their purpose on earth really is. Women during that time had kept…

            In the 1980’s The Cosby Show challenged the preconceived stereotypes of black Americans in the United States. The show was created by a pioneer of enforcing positive images of black folk, Mr. Bill Cosby that supported the advancement of educational goals. The Cosby Show debuted in the fall of 1984 of Bill Cosby playing…

As our state and the remainder of the universe continues into the new century and millenium, there are many jobs that we will hold to meet. Among the many is the instance of poorness. The word poorness in the common lexicon is defined as the province of being hapless or deficiency of agencies supplying stuff…