Drawing Lines: A Public Interest Guide to Real Redistricting Reform

Provides an overview of independent redistricting, and suggests key components for inclusion. Proposes criteria for an Independent Redistricting Commission. Includes lessons from independent commissions in Arizona, Iowa, New Jersey, and Washington State

Using Women's Studies/ Feminist Periodicals as a Resource for Researching Jewish Women

Articles on Jewish women are frequently published in women's studies/ feminist periodicals, where they may not readily come to the attention of Judaica researchers owing in large measure to the difficulties inherent in the indexing of this new interdisciplinary field. From her vantage point as publisher of Feminist Periodicals: A Current Listing of Contents and with a background in Judaica librarianship, the author has taken note of a wealth of material on Jewish women, covering both religious and secular aspects of Jewish women's identity, upbringing, and psyche; the status of Israeli women and feminism in Israel; the Holocaust, antisemitism, and women (including antisemitism within the women's movement); and creative expression by Jewish women on Jewish themes in the form of short stories, poetry, and art work. Examples from this material are provided, in order to encourage consideration of these periodicals as a resource in studying Jewish women

Imaginary spaces

Current three dimensional computer graphics technology has given artists and computer generated images. Imaginary Spaces is a series of images which visually depict two unique and imaginative digitally produced environments. By utilizing modern computer graphics technology, these have been brought to life in stunning realism and detail. Imaginary Spaces consists of seven total images which showcase each environment from alternating vantage designers a new set of tools for producing amazingly life-like com artificial spaces points in virtual space

Stolen Wages in the Nation's Capital: Fixing DC's Broken Wage Theft Claims Process

Today in the District of Columbia ("the District" or "DC"), low wage workers are being shortchanged. Policies currently in place make it very difficult, to nearly impossible, for victims of wage theft to hold employers accountable for failing to pay wages owed. The Wage Theft Prevention Act of 2014, co-introduced on February 4, 2014 by Councilmembers Vincent Orange, Jim Graham, and Mary Cheh, would provide needed accountability and stronger protections to ensure that those working an honest day receive honest pay for their labor. This document provides an introduction to the current barriers affecting workers in the District, and presents an overview of the ways in which the Wage Theft Prevention Act of 2014 would ameliorate these problems; thereby making the District a better place for workers and responsible businesses

Informed Consent: The Law\u27s Uneasy Compromise with Ethical Theory

I. Introduction II. The Law and Its Development ... A. The Common Law Context ... B. Characteristics of Informed Consent Cases ... C. The Centrality of Disclosure of Risks ... D. The Law\u27s Technical Requirements III. Possibilities for Refor