Vendettas of the Week

The Ideology Behind War

The Drought: Contributory Negligence

Imagine one day… References and Footnotes U.S. Drought Monitor, California, May 26, 2015, accessed June 2, 2015, http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Home/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?CA. ↩ D. Griffin and K. J. Anchukaitis, “How unusual is the 2012–2014 California Drought?”AGU Publication 41 (2014): 9017–9023, accessed June 1, 2015, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/store/10.1002/2014GL062433/asset/grl52416.pdf;jsessionid=A530D4C4830C93C967A1C30A9D6F4401.f03t03?v=1&t=iagsor5t&s=3834cf2e8fccabf5b1868fe15dc0eff07ed5827d. ↩ Betina Boxall, “New Watering Restrictions Imposed Amid California Drought,” L.A. Times, March 17, 2015, accessed June 2, 2015, http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-state-officials-watering-restrictions-20150317-story.html. ↩ Mervin Field and Mark DiCamillo, “The Field Poll,” Field Research Corporation, Feburuary 26, 2015, accessed May 30, 2015, http://www.field.com/fieldpollonline/subscribers/Rls2501.pdf. ↩ Senden Totten, “Drought: The Psychology of Why Some People aren’t Saving Water,” KPCC, May 19, 2015, http://www.scpr.org/news/2015/05/19/51822/drought-the-psychology-of-why-some-people-aren-t-s/. ↩

Police Transparency

Even though police… References and FootnotesJohn Vibes, "FBI Report: Americans Less Violent than Ever, Except for Police," The Free Thought Project, November 12, 2014, accessed May 27, 2015, http://thefreethoughtproject.com/prison-statistics/ ↩ Mark Thompson, "War Comes Home: The Militarization of U.S. Police Forces," Time, August 19, 2014, accessed May 27, 2015, http://time.com/3144818/ferguson-police-militarization-pictures/ ↩ Mark Alesia, "Overkill? Small Town Buys Armored SWAT Vehicle," USA Today, June 9, 2014, accessed May 27, 2015, http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/06/09/police-military-surplus-purchase-debate/10221551/. ↩ John Whitehead, "Drones, Tanks, and Grenade Launchers: Coming Soon to a Police Department Near You," The Huffington Post, November 18, 2013, accessed May 27, 2015, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-w-whitehead/police-military-equipment_b_4296948.html ↩ "Cleveland Police Department Agrees to Carry out Federal Reforms," BBC, May 26, 2015, accessed May 27, 2015, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-32887033. ↩ Randall Stross, "Wearing a Badge, and a Video Camera," The New York Times, April 6, 2013, accessed May 27, 2015, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/business/wearable-video-cameras-for-police-officers.html?_r=2&. ↩ Jessica Glenza, "Body Cameras for Police Officers? Not so Fast, says Researchers,” The Guardian, December 4, 2014, accessed May 31, 2015, http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/dec/04/body-cameras-police-eric-garner. ↩ Martin Kaste, "Police Departments Issuing Body Cameras Discover Drawbacks," NPR, January 20, 2015, accessed May 31, 2015, http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2015/01/22/379095338/how-police-body-camera-videos-are-perceived-can-be-complicated. ↩ “Stanford Prison Experiment: A Simulation Study of the Psychology of Imprisonment,” accessed May 28, 2015. ↩

What Ever Happened To Afghanistan?

A Memorial Day Tribute

Memorial Day is… References and Footnotes "TAPS Fact Sheet & Statistics on Families of the Fallen Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS)," Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, accessed May 27, 2015, http://www.taps.org/uploadedfiles/taps/resources/documents/factsheet.pdf ↩Ibid ↩Ibid ↩ Bonnie Carroll, "The Financial Aftermath of Military Loss: Helping Families Build a 'New Normal,'" The Huffington Post, June 8, 2012, accessed May 27, 2015, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bonnie-carroll/military-death-benefit_b_1578808.html. ↩Ibid ↩“Military Families Face Financial Challenges," Al Jazeera America, accessed May 27, 2015, http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/the-stream/the-latest/2014/3/5/military-familiesfacefinancialchallenges.html. ↩Ibid ↩"Inter-Service Family Assistance Committee," Joint Services Support, 2014, accessed May 27, 2015, https://www.jointservicessupport.org/Documents/ISFAC.pdf. ↩Ibid ↩Ibid ↩"The National Military Family Bereavement Study," The Uniformed Services University, accessed May 27, 2015, http://www.militarysurvivorstudy.org/information.php ↩

Secure Communities 2.0: Broken Promises and Broken Families

Communities within Los… References and Footnotes“L.A. County ends contract with ICE, then OKs future collaboration” Los Angeles Times, May 12, 2015, http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-ice-los-angeles-287g-20150512-story.html ↩Joseph Tanfani and Kate Linthicum, “L.A. County Ends Contract with ICE, Then OKs Future Collaboration,” Los Angeles Times, May 12, 2015, accessed May 27, 2015, http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-ice-los-angeles-287g-20150512-story.html. ↩ “U.S. deportations of immigrants reach record high in 2013” Pew Research Center, October 2, 2014, http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/10/02/u-s-deportations-of-immigrants-reach-record-high-in-2013 ↩ “How to improve an immigration status check” The Washington Post, March 20, 2011, http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-to-improve-an-immigration-status-check/2011/02/04/ABf93O3_story.html ↩ “Legitimacy Of Secure Communities Program Weakened,” ABC News/Univision, December 12, 2012, http://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/News/legitimacy-secure-communities-program-weakened/story?id=17921778 ↩“How to Improve an Immigration Status Check,” The Washington Post, March 20, 2011, http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/how-to-improve-an-immigration-status-check/2011/02/04/ABf93O3_story.html ↩“Secure Communities,” Department of Homeland Security, November 20, 2014, http://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/14_1120_memo_secure_communities.pdf ↩“PEP-Comm: A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing?” New America Media, November 25, 2014, http://newamericamedia.org/2014/11/pep-comm-a-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing.php ↩“Legal Noncitizens Receive Longest ICE Detention,” TRAC Immigration, June 3, 2013, http://trac.syr.edu/immigration/reports/321 ↩ “Gov. Brown signs 'Trust Act' prohibiting detaining undocumented for deportation in minor arrests,” Southern California Public Radio, October 5, 2013, http://www.scpr.org/news/2013/10/05/39668/california-gov-jerry-brown-signs-trust-act-into-la/ ↩“Civillmmi Ration Enforcement: Guidance on the Use of Detainers in the Federal, State, Local, and Tribal Criminal Justice Systems,” Department of Homeland Security, December 21, 2012, http://www.ice.gov/doclib/detention-reform/pdf/detainer-policy.pdf ↩ “Secretary Napolitano's Memorandum Concerning the Exercise of Prosecutorial Discretion for Certain Removable Individuals Who Entered the United States as a Child,” Department of Homeland Security, June 15, 2012,http://www.ice.gov/doclib/about/offices/ero/pdf/s1-certain-young-people-morton.pdf ↩ “Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion Consistent with the Civil Immigration Enforcement Priorities of the Agency for the Apprehension, Detention, and Removal of Aliens” Department of Homeland Security, June 17, 2011, http://www.ice.gov/doclib/secure-communities/pdf/prosecutorial-discretion-memo.pdf ↩“Secure Communities and ICE Deportation: A Failed Program?” TRAC Immigration, April 8, 2014, http://trac.syr.edu/immigration/reports/349 ↩“UIC: Latino Perceptions of Police Involvement in Immigration Enforcement,” National Day Laborer Organizing Network, May 8, 2013, http://www.ndlon.org/en/resources/item/791-uic-latino-perceptions ↩“Documents Reveal Pressure to Comply With Program to Deport Immigrants,” New York Times, March 26, 2011 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/27/us/27cncimmigration.html ↩“Trust Act Passed Too Late For Sacramento Mother,” ABC 7 News, June 18th, 2012, http://abc7news.com/archive/8741313/ ↩“Domestic-Violence Victim Calls 911 And Is Nearly Deported,” ABC 7 News, May 12, 2011, http://abc7.com/archive/8128621 ↩ “Noncriminals Swept up in Federal Deportation Program,” April 25, 2011, http://articles.latimes.com/2011/apr/25/local/la-me-secure-communities-20110425 ↩