Rahm Emanuel

Policy Priority Issue: Childhood Obesity The widespread of childhood obesity in Illinois has required that the state establish and implement “The Obesity Prevention Initiative Act” and Illinois Alliance to Prevent obesity. The Obesity Prevention Initiative Act was started in 2010, to address the need of starting a campaign that focuses on changing the sugary snacks and beverage provided in schools. The focus is on educating parents of children in the communities to facilitate the success of the policy

Policy Priority Issue: Childhood Obesity The number of childhood obesity cases were increasing in the State of Illinois that it required that the state demonstrate and execute The Obesity Prevention Initiative Act and Illinois Alliance to Prevent obesity. The Obesity Prevention Initiative Act was started in 2010, to address the need of starting a campaign that focuses on changing the sugary snacks and beverage provided in schools. The focus is on educating parents of children in the communities to

Siting and operation of coal fired power plants in the U.S. today is a clear example of public and corporate policies disproportionately impacting communities of color and communities with low economic or political leverage. As discussed below, all the usual suspects associated with hazardous industrial operations make appearances. Direct toxicity, unexplained health issues, economic penalties, and failing schools (further concentration of low-income and less mobile) ravage the communities unfortunate

Last year, America has elected a new president, the first American black president Barack Obama. As what all other presidents have done, they made so many promises during their campaign, in order for people to support them and win the votes to become president. President Barack Obama used the word change as his campaign tagline last year. It triggered us, the people around the world, to have the interest on how Obama has brought changes to the White House, to the political map in the United States

approved to buy the gun itself. After that you then have to wait 7-10 days for a handgun and 10-15 days for a rifle. It usually takes a month and a half to finally get the weapon in your possession. Which is a very long time to wait if a person is planning on committing a murder or crime. Premeditated crimes have an even harsher penalty if the criminal is caught. Most crimes are thought out and executed within a few days. It is our constitutional right to bear arms to protect ourselves from an overbearing

I recently began reading Robert Frost poetry in my free time. A phrase within the fourth stanza of the poem Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, curiously mirrored the journey of Christine J. Walley, the author of the ethno-biography Exit Zero. “The woods are lovely, dark, and deep but I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep,” Frost writes. He presents the reader with a lone traveler trekking through the woods in search of answer. These woods display a level of complexion that may

Introduction – Change and Obama Last year, America has elected a new president and in fact the first black president, Barack Obama. As what all other presidents have done, they made so many promises during their campaign, in order for people to support them and win the votes to become president. President Barack Obama used the word change as his campaign tagline last year. It triggered us, the people around the world, to have the interest on how Obama has brought changes to the White House, to the

It has been no secret that this past election has directed some major attention on public education. Not only has the spotlight been on the relationship between growth and performance, there has been an increasing focus on the funding for public education- where does it come from and how/who is it allocated to? Typically, school districts that tend to show lower performance rates are those that fall beneath the poverty line or title one schools. President Barack Obama, in order to combat this unfortunate

“War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” This is the slogan of the Inner Party in 1984. George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984 depicts a terrifying and bleak image of the future under “Big Brother” — an authoritarian regime that controls not only the citizens’ action, but their very own thoughts. The novel was written in 1948 as a critique of authoritarianism and Stalinism, after Orwell’s travel to Spain where he witnessed the atrocities committed by the fascist Spanish regime during

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