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In Search of Sound: Black Music & Community Post Hurricane Katrina
(2007-01-01)Historically, music has been linked to the survival and viability of Black Americans. From slave spirituals to narrative blues and soul styles, to urban jazz innovation, black music is conceivably central to Black cultural ... -
Inequality in Public Education Finance Systems: Parental Wealth and the Maintenance of the Social-Class Structure
(1998-01-01)Beginning in the late sixties state finance systems of public education began to receive heavy criticism for their reliance on local property taxes. Commentators argue that local funding makes the quality of a student's ... -
Intelligence and the Iraq War
(2006-01-01)During the Iraq War there have been an unusually high number of leaks regarding Saddam Hussein?s WMD and post-war planning. Starting in January 2003, with President Bush?s State of the Union address and Colin Powell?s ... -
Intelligence in a Post 9/11 Era
(2008-01-01)With the 9/11 terrorist attacks came a shift in the Intelligence Community (IC) of the United States. The Intelligence Reform and Terrorist Prevention Act of 2004 created the position of Director of National Intelligence ... -
Intersectionality and the Tensions Between Service Provision and Political Organizing within Los Angeles’ Black LGBT Movement
(2012-07-01)Intersectionality provides a framework that analyzes how various salient identities simultaneously interact to produce social phenomena rather than more predominant monolithic approaches that treat an identity as though ... -
?Into the Sunlight:? Assessing the Legacy of IRCA with Respect to Comprehensive Amnesty under Obama
(2009-01-01)The end of the Bracero Program in 1964 began the cycle of illegal migration across the U.S.-Mexico border, resulting in an unauthorized population ?in the shadows? of everyday American life. In 1986, Ronald Reagan, along ... -
IRAP Student Survey Analysis
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Los Angeles Unified School District?s Campus Construction Project and the Revision of Los Angeles?s Urban Landscape: Is there room for all the communities? needs?
(2005-01-01)Los Angeles, like many large metropolitan centers, has overwhelming needs to provide for and limited finances and open space to do so. The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the second largest district in the ... -
Martin, Malcolm, Mandela, and Biko:Resistance to Modern Day Slaveryand Philosophies for Black Liberation
(2003-01-01)Stephen Biko, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King Jr., and Malcolm X were four revolutionary leaders who emerged to transform the world midway through the 20th century. While their methods of fighting for liberation differed ... -
Media vs. Reality: Poverty in America.
(1999-01-01)One of the most pressing issues facing Americans today is the persistence of poverty. Despite the fact that the United States is one of the most affluent nation's in the world, poverty continues unabated. The victims of ... -
Political and Social Mobility of Womenin Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.
(2000-01-01)I studied the work of non-governmental organizations in the twin island country of Trinidad and Tobago to observe the work done to improve the political and social advancement of women. Research was conducted by data ... -
Political Aspects of Existentialist Thought:Problems of Individuality.
(2002-01-01)The ethics of the Existentialists, a twentieth century philosophical school of thought, focused intently upon the relationship between the individual and society at large. This project, consisting of two independent papers, ... -
Politics of U.S. Immigration Reform: Is a Point Based System the Future?
(2008-01-01)In my presentation I first explore the reasoning behind why most economists have called for immigration reform. There are four main negative effects of the U.S. immigration policy that hurt the country in some fashion. My ... -
Power in Contemporary Los Angeles: An Elite--Latino Coalition
(2007-01-01)The question of who controls political power in Los Angeles has long been debated. For most of the twentieth century intellectuals argued whether power in Los Angeles was controlled by a wealthy downtown elite or was ... -
Problems of Legislating Network Neutrality: From Economic Theory to Legislative Reality
(2008-01-01)After the FCC changed the Internet?s status from a telecommunication to an information medium in 2005, several Internet service providers (Verizon, AT&T, Comcast) announced intentions to put into place various business ... -
Public Interest Law in L.A. through a Lens of Rebellious Lawyering
(2011-01-01)In Los Angeles, public interest law organizations and lawyers have developed methods and strategies of legal advocacy that are in a stark contrast to traditional, orthodox legal advocacy. My research examined how the methods ... -
Queers in Pink Keffiyehs: The Motivations of Modern Radical Queer Activists
(2010-01-01)In recent years, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) issues have risen in visibility to become relatively accepted as legitimate political concerns. The current policy landscape includes popular LGBT campaigns ... -
Radical Islamists Turn Toward Terrorism in Modern Egypt: Causes and Solutions.
(1998-01-01)Over the past five years, Egypt has witnessed a resurgence of radical Islamists. Although few in number, these extremists have significantly contributed to the growth in terrorist activities which climaxed with the latest ... -
Reflections on the Historical Unrest in South LA and Contemporary Turmoil at Jefferson High School
(2005-01-01)In our research, we will analyze the recent Black and Latino violence at Jefferson High School in South Los Angeles as our case study. In particular we seek to understand how various groups and individuals respond to such ...