NYPD investigated Sex Trafficking
NYPD arrest nearly 200 people for sex trafficking and related crimes in operation leading up to Sunday Super Bowl. As major events such as the Super Bowl can increase the number of prostitution. The federal and local authorities have been working to stop human trafficking, targeting johns and sex traffickers. "New York Police Department vice units trained in dealing with sex trafficking and p
Obama address "women issues "front and center"
"After five years of fractious political combat, President Obama declared independence from Congress on Tuesday as he outlined a series of limited initiatives on jobs, wages, retirement and the environment that he will take without legislative approval." (Peter Baker)President Obama announce his plan for the future in regard to the economics during State of the Union on Tuesday night, re
Arena drawings bring hope to dying area
Downtown sacramneto is slated to undergo major renovations. Mayor Johnson is hoping to revive downtown sacramento. For example, Denver was a wasteland prior to building new venues for multiple sports teams. Downtown has been deteriorating over the years one of the main areas is the downtown mall. Shops are closing down and people are no longer wanted to go to this mall. It is now an attraction for
Animal Testing
Animal Exploitation Now has recently exposed that the number of fines the U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) has made for "laboratory negligence" has gone up by 162% in the past 3 years. The group is claiming that the USDA is failing at its job of regulating labs and not protecting animals used for testing. All together 35 labs were fined and 163 animals were killed. On the other side
Hong Kong to Destroy Confiscated Ivory
It has been reported that 30.8 of the 32.6 tons of ivory that has been confiscated by Hong Kong will be incinerated in the next one to two years. This has been a demand by conversation groups, who battle the trafficking of ivory, for many years. Hong Kong announced this just weeks after a public event in China where 6.2 tons of ivory was destroyed. Incinerating 95% of their confiscated ivory is an
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Political Cartoons: The Two Branches of Government
As I was searching for more cartoons to share, I found the one above among many illustrations of Obama... and his low poll ratings. But this one particularly struck me as funny because we, of course, learned that there are really three branches of the government in our country's system and not two. Then, as we read on, the two branches that are stated are actually Obama's pen and phone. A pen
Free Marijuana At The Potluck
On January 24th, an northern Californian elementary school teacher has been arrested for allegedly bringing marijuana-laced food to school affecting many school staffs while also affecting one student. Some staffs complain about a stomach ache while a few left to go to the hospital.. "Teresa Gilmete Badger, a 47-year-old teacher at Matthew Turner Elementary School in Benicia, was arrested Fri
Political Cartoons: Obama and the NSA
I have always thought that the best way to learn was when one was having fun. This is true as well when learning about politics through political cartoons and laughing along with them. Who really wants to read through blocks of texts when a simple picture would suffice? The saying goes: A picture is worth a thousand words. Please join me, as I embark on this amateur journey to explore politic
Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog 1-27-14
Ms. Jablonski's Class Blog: Happy Cows Come from California... When Its Not In a DroughtAround this time you can see cows freely roaming green pastures from the freeway, however, lack of rain has caused these pastures to die out. Ranchers are selling their cattle and an increasingly fast rate in California. With California being in it's third dry year, the cattle industry has suffered. All of our