anastaciacolonAug 14, 20205 min readAddressing Racial Injustice Through Film and TelevisionThe entertainment industry is one of the most successful industries in the United States for one simple reason: people like to be...
sarahjamesAug 14, 20205 min readThe societal roles of women since suffrageWomen’s suffrage in the United States permanently altered not only our political landscape, but also sowed the seeds for women’s roles to...
Paul LundgrenAug 14, 20207 min readThe Fight for Women's RightsOn August 18th, 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified giving women the right to vote. Currently it is the centennial for women’s suffrage...
camilalgmAug 14, 20206 min readWhy Patriotism and Cultural Hegemony Are More Valuable Than MoneyFrom its involvement in World War I and on, the United States has been considered the world’s hegemon. While many contribute this to its...
Blake GillilandAug 14, 20204 min readHas the Prohibition of Marijuana Failed?In the early 1920s, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency sought to expand their power and budget by criminalizing substances that have been...
Alex TwistAug 14, 20204 min readFinal Blog - Topic #1The United States has gone back and forth between adopting isolationist and internationalist policies over the twentieth century....
Nina RickardsAug 14, 20205 min readThe Legacy of the Women's Suffrage MovementTopic #3: 2020 marks the centennial of the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote. In your blog, reflect on the legacy of...
ambermartin81Aug 14, 20201 min readFeminist Film Theory Book Sources Feminist Film Studies by Karen Hollinger -secondary source Popcorn Venus by Majorie Rosen - primary source From Reverence to...
carriehight1Aug 14, 20207 min readAmerican Sentiment and Internment Camps: Germans in WWI vs. Japanese in WWII1) “Children of the Camps | INTERNMENT HISTORY.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, 1999, www.pbs.org/childofcamp/history/. 2) Cross, Jeanne,
Shelby SmithAug 14, 20203 min readCan the Government Legally Force You to Get Vaccinated? Yes… and no. Illustration by: Sadaat Rafin. Courtesy of: "The Spectator" According to a study conducted in 2015 in partnership with the Vaccine...
Nicolas GarayAug 14, 20205 min read Reconstruction v. Civil Rights MovementAfter the Civil War, the destined goal of Reconstruction was to bring southern states back into the Union while protecting the rights of...
Kyle FulmerAug 14, 20204 min readThe United States as the Interventionist InternationalistAmerican Foreign policy has been drastically altered by those who have administered it, as well as external events that have pressured...
addisonpezoldtAug 14, 20205 min readWomen's Suffrage: A Shifting Frontier for the American WomanWomen’s suffrage in the early twentieth century created a movement that would have lasting impacts for decades to come. The 19th...
Ilya DukhovskoyAug 14, 20208 min readProhibition and the Expansion of Organized CrimeHow did the 18th amendment proliferate the expansion of organized crime, and what effects did this have on American Society?
Francheska GuerreroAug 14, 202011 min readThe Businessification of American Foreign Policy"Politicians for decades have stressed the importance of prosperous trade relations leading to nations’ political unity"
mikayla carrollAug 13, 20205 min readWomen's Suffrage Challenges Cultural Norms of Femininity, Leads to Social ShiftsThe passage of the 19th Amendment changed the game for women across America in terms of voting rights. What many women soon discovered,...
Rebecca LeimanAug 13, 20205 min readTransitioning History: Medicine and Gender Andre Charles, more commonly as RuPaul, likes to say that “we are all born naked, and the rest is drag.” RuPaul swears by this quote,...
paigedavisssAug 12, 20205 min readIndividualism and the Military When Alexis de Tocqueville studied democracy in America from 1835 to 1840, he had no idea that his observations would pose increasingly...
