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Bridging the Gap Between Young Adult Fiction and Adult Fiction Titles in Traditional Publishing.
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Banjo: A Story without a Plot
No full textBanjo: A Story without a Plot
Author: Claude McKay
Publisher: New York; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1929
Description: McKay draws on his personal experiences living in France to depict dockworkers and drifters in the port town of Marseilles. The novel follows one group of beach boys, combining semi-autobiographical accounts of their pleasure-seeking lifestyle with their conversations about race relations and race politics, in France and abroad.
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130 Years and Counting Into Forever — New York\u27s Forever Wild Constitutional Amendment and Lessons for Modern Green Amendments
Full text linkIn the 135 years of New York’s Forever Wild Amendment’s existence, it has been challenged by a range of court cases and thereby interpreted by courts throughout New York. The results of these cases frequently have upheld the heart of Forever Wild: to protect New York’s Forest Preserve land. This Article provides a history of the Forever Wild Amendment, an analysis of the courts’ and New York Attorney General’s interpretations of the Amendment, and a discussion of how this information can guide the future of New York’s Green Amendment
Green Amendments, Land Use, and Transportation: What Could Go Wrong?
Full text linkAs more states amend their constitutions to include a green amendment, the vague nature of these amendments leaves a concerning amount of interpretative power to courts. This article examines how some courts have interpreted green amendments and how these interpretations risk the misuse of green amendments. Additionally, this article examines how such misuse may be avoided
Violently Peaceful: Unpacking Portrayals of Black Lives Matter Protests
Full text linkBlack Lives Matter (BLM) is an international activist organization that aims to fight racial inequality and injustice in America. During the summer of 2020, many American citizens utilized their First Amendment right to protest against the killings of unarmed Black people in association with the BLM movement. BLM emphasized the use of nonviolent tactics to fight injustice. Contrary to their emphasis, the protests associated with BLM were portrayed as both violent and peaceful depending on the political beliefs of the reporter. In my research, I consider what it means for a protest to be peaceful and whether the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020 were peaceful, despite the differing portrayals. I used a scholarly article to lay out a definition of the term “peaceful protest”. I also relied on other scholarly articles about BLM and the Civil Rights Movement, a movement recognized for being peaceful, to lay the framework through which I would analyze the portrayal of BLM and its associated protests in media and news sources. I argue that Black Lives Matter was portrayed positively and negatively by opposing political sides but, despite the differing portrayals, the movement was predominantly peaceful
Fighting Climate Gentrification in the Courts
Full text linkClimate gentrification, a specific type of gentrification that occurs when the impacts of climate change displace lower-income communities, will likely increase in severity as climate change worsens. While policies such as inclusionary zoning may be the most efficient way to combat climate gentrification, litigation can fill gaps that may arise in such policies. This Note examines potential causes of action for climate gentrification litigation and their likelihood of success. Based on an examination of the different causes of action and their likelihood of success, this Note concludes that climate gentrification litigation can help legitimize the issue of climate gentrification and strengthen the push for courts to engage in climate litigation
