The Journey North and Life in Frontier California

Considering the arguments in the readings listed below, how did ideologies of race, gender, and sexuality construct colonialist and settler colonialist perceptions about Indigenous and Chicana/o people and place? Remember to distinguish between the Spanish and American periods. Use the following readings to support your discussion: • Castañeda, “Presidarias y Pobladoras: The Journey North and […]

Go to http://www.naic.org/state_web_map.htm and select California and

Go to  select California and Massachusetts. List three consumer-related topics regarding health insurance listed on each website (total 6 – 3 from each state). These can also be tools that they offer to assist consumers. You should write a synopsis of the topics. This should be in your own words and you should assume your […]

How is biodiversity in California relevant to our daily lives?

Response Paper Assignment Guidelines You must include at least 3 academic sources for your paper. Make sure that any additional source is an academic source, aka peer-reviewed articles, journals, and books.  Do not cut and paste, copy or plagiarize any part of your paper. Make sure that everything is properly cited with both in-text citations […]

California Prison System—How Do You Fix It?

On May 23, 2011, the United States Supreme Court ordered California to reduce the number of inmates housed in state prisons by over 35,000 prisoners over a 2-year period. Immediately after this decision, California policy makers began to examine how to implement this change. In making this evaluation, they examined the impact on the prison […]