November 9th Session Twelve: Civil Rights Part One of this session will focus on how voting rights restoration schemes deny the right to vote to those who cannot afford to pay legal debt. Part Two will focus on Prison Abolition. ASSIGNED READING FOR SESSION TWELVE Part One: Voting Rights/Disenfranchisement Can’t Pay/Can’t Vote Poll taxes, or… Continue reading USP 515 Session 12 Notes
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USP 514 Session 13 Notes
November 9th Session Thirteen: Cost Benefit Analysis and Precautionary Principle REQUIRED READING FOR SESSION THIRTEEN (click on Session 13 on left side to access reading) Pricing the Priceless (this is a legal article so you may have to review it several times Cost-benefit analysis is a deeply flawed method that repeatedly leads to biased and misleading… Continue reading USP 514 Session 13 Notes
The Magician
CJ Trowbridge Race and Resistance Studies 280 Race, Gender, and Science Fiction 2020-10-29 Future Voting Eutopia I felt the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. I had long since learned to trust that feeling. Keeping the pistol pointed towards the empty street, I looked over my shoulder and whisper-shouted for Mario to… Continue reading The Magician
Playa Pergola Proposal
Why Hammocks on playa are a joy. Providing joy is the reason to go. This is an easy way to provide an important experience and make people happy. Weight The eight 4×4 posts weigh 36 pounds each. The brackets weigh 43 pounds. This comes out to a total of 331 pounds. Cost I will need… Continue reading Playa Pergola Proposal
My Covid Stack
I have for years taken several supplements daily. I recently made some changes based on evidence that these tweaks could support a robust covid response and even reduce the risk of infection. Zyrtec $0.05/day on Amazon I have experimented with many options for allergy medicines. This is important as someone with asthma because allergies can… Continue reading My Covid Stack
Data: Which Political Party Creates More Jobs?
This was an interesting project. I compiled the monthly job creation data from the Fed for every month on record and broken it out by who was president at the time and what party they were in. Hypothesis Let’s start with what I was expecting to find. I hypothesized a slight Democratic lead with maybe… Continue reading Data: Which Political Party Creates More Jobs?
USP 515 Section 11 Notes
November 2nd and 4th Session Eleven: Transportation Justice: Case Study of Curitiba, Brazil This session will focus on inequities and injustices in the transportation sector. We will be guided by the following questions: What are the adverse social consequences of transportation injustice? What policies can be introduced and supported to promote transportation equity and justice? … Continue reading USP 515 Section 11 Notes
USP 514 Session 12 Notes
November 2nd and 4th Session Twelve: Sustainable Urban Energy Management This session will focus on the approaches, policies, and practices we can promote sustainable energy management and use. The discussion will be guided by the following questions: What are the major characteristics of energy? Energy: the ability to do work Energy sources Human energy… Continue reading USP 514 Session 12 Notes
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
This was a great read. I read it for a class on Race, Gender, and Science Fiction as part of my degrees in Queer Ethnic Studies and Racial Resistance. Afro-futurism is a super interesting literary space with very different perspectives from mainstream science fiction. This story was also adapted into a graphic novel. I read… Continue reading Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
USP 515 Session 10 Notes
October 26th and 28th Session Ten: Climate Justice We will focus on the questions below: What do we mean by the term “climate gap”? The climate gap means that communities of color and the poor will suffer more during extreme heat waves. The climate gap means that communities of color and the poor will breathe… Continue reading USP 515 Session 10 Notes