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Taking a Stand

Author : Jared N. Champion,Peter C. Kunze
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781496835505

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Contributions by Jared N. Champion, Miriam M. Chirico, Thomas Clark, David R. Dewberry, Christopher J. Gilbert, David Gillota, Kathryn Kein, Rob King, Rebecca Krefting, Peter C. Kunze, Linda Mizejewski, Aviva Orenstein, Raúl Pérez, Philip Scepanski, Susan Seizer, Monique Taylor, Ila Tyagi, and Timothy J. Viator Stand-up comedians have a long history of walking a careful line between serious and playful engagement with social issues: Lenny Bruce questioned the symbolic valence of racial slurs, Dick Gregory took time away from the stage to speak alongside Martin Luther King Jr., and—more recently—Tig Notaro challenged popular notions of damaged or abject bodies. Stand-up comedians deploy humor to open up difficult topics for broader examination, which only underscores the social and cultural importance of their work. Taking a Stand: Contemporary US Stand-Up Comedians as Public Intellectuals draws together essays that contribute to the analysis of the stand-up comedian as public intellectual since the 1980s. The chapters explore stand-up comedians as contributors to and shapers of public discourse via their live performances, podcasts, social media presence, and political activism. Each chapter highlights a stand-up comedian and their ongoing discussion of a cultural issue or expression of a political ideology/standpoint: Lisa Lampanelli’s use of problematic postracial humor, Aziz Ansari’s merging of sociology and technology, or Maria Bamford’s emphasis on mental health, to name just a few. Taking a Stand offers a starting point for understanding the work stand-up comedians do as well as its reach beyond the stage. Comedians influence discourse, perspectives, even public policy on myriad issues, and this book sets out to take those jokes seriously.

Taking a Stand

Author : Rand Paul
Publisher : Center Street
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781455549559

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Senator Rand Paul, leading national politician and 2016 Presidential candidate, presents his vision for America. From his electrifying thirteen-hour filibuster against administration-orchestrated drone strikes against U.S. citizens, to leading the discourse on criminal justice, Senator Rand Paul has taken Washington by storm. His outreach to this country's minority communities alone- championing reforms of mandatory minimum sentencing, school choice, and the creation of enterprise zones for economically depressed areas- distinguishes him as a politician and Republican the likes of which are rarely seen. What lies ahead is Senator Paul's plan for America, where lower taxes and smaller government empower a muscular and expansive middle class; an America that doesn't engage in nation-building or fight wars where the best outcome is stalemate; an America that believes in constitutionally protected liberty and the separation of powers.

Taking a Stand

Author : Matt Schweppe
Publisher : Balboa Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-14
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781504349215

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“A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that is unlocked and opens inward; as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than to push.” —Ludwig Wittgenstein In Taking a Stand, Matt Schweppe presents us with a basic choice in the form of a metaphor—imprisonment or freedom. Chapter after chapter, he shows us the “prison of the mind,” what happens when we “plead guilty,” the ways in which we “sentence” ourselves to a small life, and what we can do to experience a “jailbreak.” Matt is calling us to live an incredible life. “Are you alive?” he asks. Or are you on death row? “The possibility for an incredible life exists. Will you choose it?” asks Matt. —Excerpt from the Foreword by Robert Holden, PhD.

Taking the Stand

Author : Alan M. Dershowitz
Publisher : Crown
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307719270

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The esteemed Harvard lawyer describes his career and the cases that have changed American jurisprudence throughout the past half century, discussing his early academic struggles, his clerking work for Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg, and his role in many prominent cases.

Taking a Stand

Author : MK Ehrman
Publisher : ABDO Publishing Company
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781617851995

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Taking a Stand features fictional narratives paired with firsthand advice from a licensed psychologist to help preteen and teen girls evaluate success and build leadership skills. Topics include the challenges of competition, taking on too much, defining the qualities of a leader, the importance of good communication skills, and standing up for yourself. Throughout the book, Talk About It questions encourage discussion. Additional resources, a glossary, and an index are also included. Taking a Stand will leave readers feeling confident to take on new roles and become great leaders.

Taking the Stand

Author : Alan Dershowitz
Publisher : Crown
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307719287

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#1 New York Times bestselling author Alan Dershowitz recounts his extraordinary coming of age in this legal autobiography, as well as the cases that have changed American jurisprudence over the past fifty years, most of which he has personally been involved in. “Overflowing with fascinating and funny vignettes involving his cases and clients, and probing and provocative insights into contemporary legal controversies.”—The Boston Globe Alan Dershowitz, the preeminent defense lawyer in America today, has been called the “winningest appellate criminal defense lawyer in history.” A professor at Harvard Law School since the age of twenty-five, he has led or been part of the defense team for such storied clients as Bill Clinton, Julian Assange, O. J. Simpson, Claus von Bülow, Mia Farrow, Jeffrey MacDonald, Patty Hearst, Mike Tyson, and countless others. In Taking the Stand, Dershowitz describes his evolution as a lawyer—from a C-minus student in Yeshiva High School to the youngest full professor in the history of Harvard Law School. In his #1 New York Times bestselling book Chutzpah, Alan described his Jewish life. In Taking the Stand, he looks at the people and events that have helped to shape his ideas about the law. He describes his formative years as a clerk for the United States Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court. In the course of his career, he confronts the challenges of First Amendment law, the ongoing tension between individual freedom and national security, the questionable science often employed to prosecute accused murderers, the evolution of civil rights—and why the abortion rights debate in society hasn’t moved forward since Roe v. Wade. Filled with unforgettable cases and inside legal “baseball,” Taking the Stand is a deeply personal account of one of the legendary legal minds of our time.

Taking the Stand

Author : Juliann Rich
Publisher : Bold Strokes Books Inc
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-20
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781626394162

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There’s a time for justice. Then there’s a time for action. And Jonathan Cooper knows exactly what time it is. It is time to lie. To his parents, who think he’s on a ski trip with Pete Mitchell when he’s really gone to Madison to search for one person willing to testify for his boyfriend, Ian McGuire, who is facing the charge of assault and battery. To Ian’s parents, who have erased him from their lives. Even to himself. Because admitting his feelings for Mason Kellerman isn’t an option. It is also time to face the truth. That Jonathan may have lied for nothing. That he may be powerless to save Ian from a guilty verdict. That whether he likes it or not, it is time for taking the stand.

Taking a Stand

Author : Cody Judy
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2008-06-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780595626632

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TAKING A STAND - New YOU TUBE Commercial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaZvGHiNYHY More than anything your spiritual journey needs to be identified. This book will help you chart a path and focus in on your spiritual healing making your life meaningful and your journey much more vivid in your eyes of Heaven. From the bottom of the barrel in prison, Cody Robert Judy has made his way and helps you to identify your strengths by confessing your weaknesses. The whole book is a Teaching Moment designed to help you find answers that are true and meaningful. America's history is rich with colorful characters whose outlandish escapades carved their names indelibly on its rugged, untamed landscape. Cody Robert Judy is the only Candidate for President in America to take both Sen. John McCain in 2008 and Barack Hussein Obama to Court taking a stand on the eligibility requirement for the Office of the President. Cody's latest action continues even today in the United States Supreme Court Case NO. 12-5276 & 14-9396 with a Special Individual Justice Petition to Justice Gorsuch. In 2010 Cody became the first Presidential Candidate in American History to testify under oath against another candidate unqualified by the Constitution's requirements. Cody's Stand Enter Cody Robert Judy blazing fire from the west - a modern day Revolutionary George Washington, capital P for Protester, whose Book Of Mormon (B.O.M). quandary framed him in 1993 and landed him in more Free Speech hot water than any native son could be expected to handle with the Constitution under assault. With no one to help, he faced the hell America will face without the Constitution and his story is but a glimpse of what is to come if America doesn't wake up and read this memoir of truth that eclipses the dark propaganda of security and slavery for the dawn of Constitutional vitality! As a political prisoner for 8 years Judy emerges bloodied but unbowed citing the unconstitutional union of Church and State in the case that pitted the State dictating what Americans of Faith will be horrified of in Church where free speech has the greatest latitude for religious sentiment. Happening in America, because of the anti-Constitutional agenda of elected government seeking to control your very lives and fortunes..America is waking up to see the Constitution burning. Citing Lincoln's third party status in his bid for the Presidency and Washington's thirteen strikes before finally hitting one out of the park, Judy claimed he had complete confidence in his fight during a 2002 run for U.S. Congress,2004 bid for U.S. Senate, and in 2008 as a Presidential Candidate, and these were just pieces of the puzzle in serving intelligence for America . Cody, an unsung American Patriot took on the elite in the face of over whelming odds believing as KEY to America's freedom and liberty the U.S. Constitution must stand. Cody roars, "Taking A Stand is the most important thing we can do for our childrens brilliant future!" Conservative Independent, platform for U.S. Senator in 2010,(www.codyjudy.us) as a political activist fighting for the principles of the United States Constitution, Cody Judy took a stand on the Qualification issue of first John Sidney McCain and then Barack Hussein Obama challenging them in the Judicial Branch of our Government as no other candidate has in history. No U.S. Senator has taken a stand like Cody Robert Judy as he alone did not discriminate between black or white but focused on the Qualifications of a Constitutional Principle for the Office of the President and realized the ominous signs of unconstitutional law we are seeing as the affects of the U.S. being seized upon by a social marxist regime as Communism rising like a bear in the U.S. and the U.S. domestic enemies takes on a whole new meaning as government TAKES a look at YOU! Can we look past the audacity of hope, and learn something about the irrepressible spirit and courage that a man named Cody Robert Judy has tread in our Forefathers footsteps, who defined the birth of our nation as rebels oppressed by Tyranny and Government astray in hope for man; - in this brash iron man - America's envelope continues to be pushed, freedom sings and liberty rings as America is waking up to realize they have been deceived by those they trusted and Cody Robert Judy a man of humility before God whose testimony is that of the angels trumpet takes a stand for all we had hoped elected leaders would but haven't! This work is Cody Robert Judy's take on The Truth. It may raise a few eyebrows and cause the shaking of heads, but its purpose in the end is a worthy one answering the question of 'Why'. After all, as a profoundly controversial figure is said to have once said, '...and the truth shall set you free'. Taking A Stand- A story of Love,Leadership, and Loss profound in Sacrifice. ' Honor, Respect, and Cherish your Freedom, for it carries the Blood of those who gave it to you.' Abraham Lincoln. Taking A Stand- The Conservative Independent Voice Join: Cody Robert Judy Facebook 1- 2016 - Cody Robert Judy for President https://www.facebook.com/CodyRobertJudyForPresident2016 2-Personal - Cody Robert Judy https://www.facebook.com/codyrobert.judy Twitter @codyrobertjudy Web Site: www.codyjudy.us Email [email protected]

Taking the Stand

Author : Amanda Konradi
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2007-10-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780275997199

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Rape is one of the most under-reported crimes in the U.S., and yet it is one of the most vicious, devastating, and violent of all crimes. But getting justice for victims has not always been easy. Often the victim is criminalized, demonized, sexualized, or otherwise attacked for her own part in the rape. But over the years, laws have changed and prosecuting rapists has become more common. Taking the Stand describes the criminal prosecution of rapists from the perspective of the women who survived their violence and explores if, when, and how the criminal justice process can work for them. Walking through the various responses rape victims have had to the criminal justice process, Konradi's vivid analysis provides new information to help raped women decide whether and how they should participate in prosecution, to help friends and family assist them, and to improve criminal justice practice for crime victims generally. Taking the Stand follows 47 rape survivors of varied ages and ethnicities, from the terror and trauma of rape through reporting to law enforcement, police investigation and indictment, hearings for probable cause and trials, plea bargaining, and sentencing. It focuses on women's experiences throughout the process and demonstrates how every experience is different. The problems that rape survivors face in the criminal justice process are not simply the result of the adversarial nature of court, defense tactics, or their own emotional reactions to violent sexual domination. Problems emerge from: (1) the social networks in which survivors are situated, (2) their variable access to emotional and financial resources, (3) their lack of knowledge about the formal and informal practices of courtrooms, (4) their lack of structural power in the criminal justice process, and (5) standard procedures employed by prosecutors and police. By recognizing individual differences in rape survivors, and their rape experiences, criminal justice personnel can better serve victims, and by understanding the layers of criminal investigation and prosecution, survivors and their families can play a more active role on their own terms in an effort to bring about justice. A rape survivor herself, Konradi exposes in the raw language of the victims the very sensitive nature of the topic and the personal obstacles survivors face. By addressing each stage of the criminal justice process, she makes it easier for those who seek justice to make decisions and choose behaviors that will positively affect their outcomes and their personal experiences with the system.

Taking a Knee, Taking a Stand

Author : Bob Schron
Publisher : Charlesbridge Publishing
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-03
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781632892188

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A history of the activism and achievement of African American athletes from Jesse Owens to Serena Williams to Colin Kaepernick, who advanced the cause of social justice through their outspokenness, commitment, and integrity. Muhammad Ali refused to fight in a war he believed was immoral. Wilma Rudolph retired from track and field to campaign for civil rights. Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the national anthem to draw attention to the oppression of black bodies. Taking a Knee, Taking a Stand tells their stories and the stories of other prominent African American male and female athletes who often risked their careers to fight racial discrimination and promote social justice. From Jackie Robinson breaking the color line in major league baseball to NBA great Bill Russell sitting at the feet of Dr. Martin Luther King at the 1963 March on Washington to Althea Gibson asserting her tennis dominance at a time when many clubs would not allow African Americans to play on their courts, this moving and celebratory history shows how the tradition of black protest in sports has been consistent, necessary, and organic, and that the present crisis of misunderstanding and intolerance demands that this tradition continue as the country struggles toward fairness and equity.

Taking a Stand for the Bible

Author : John Ankerberg,Dillon Burroughs
Publisher : Harvest House Publishers
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780736936583

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Taking a Stand for the Bible by John Ankerberg,Dillon Burroughs Pdf

Tragically, many so-called experts today are spreading inaccurate or biased information about the Bible. Authors and researchers Ankerberg and Burroughs have written "Taking a Stand for the Bible" to help set the record straight. Along the way, they answer the most crucial questions both Christians and non-Christians are asking, including: How did we get the Bible? How accurate is the Bible? Is the Bible still relevant to today? This is an ideal resource for anyone who wants to know more about the Bible's importance in contemporary culture or who is on a serious quest for truth about the most influential book ever written. Includes exclusive interviews with some of today's top Bible scholars, including Dr. Craig Blomberg, Dr. Darrell Bock, Dr. Gary Habermas, and Dr. N.T. Wright. Together they point to remarkable and convincing evidence that affirms the Bible's integrity and reliability.

Taking a Stand in a Postfeminist World

Author : Frances E. Mascia-Lees,Patricia Sharpe
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780791491874

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Taking a Stand in a Postfeminist World by Frances E. Mascia-Lees,Patricia Sharpe Pdf

Taking a Stand in a Postfeminist World offers an engaged cultural criticism in a postfeminist context. At the end of the twentieth century, an increasingly globalized world has given rise to a cultural complexity characterized by a rapid increase in competing discourses, fragmented subjectivities, and irreconcilable claims over cultural representation and who has the right to speak for, or about, "others." While feminism has traditionally been a potent site for debates over questions that have arisen out of this context, recently, it has become so splintered and suspect that its insights are often dismissed as predictable, seriously reducing its capacity to offer powerful cultural criticism. In this postfeminist context, the authors argue for a cultural criticism that is strategic, not programmatic, and that preserves the multiple commitments, ideas, and positions required of interactions and identifications across lines of cultural, racial, and gender difference. Selecting sites where such interactions are highlighted and under current scrutiny—film, consumer culture, tourism, anthropology, and the academy—the authors theorize and demonstrate the struggles and maneuvers required to "take a stand" on a wide range of issues of significance to the contemporary cultural moment.

Taking the Stand: We Have More to Say

Author : Bernhard Rammerstorfer
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781479794188

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Taking the Stand: We Have More to Say by Bernhard Rammerstorfer Pdf

Nine Holocaust survivors and victims of Nazi tyranny have "taken the stand" to give their testimony as a legacy for future generations. They are from five different countries and were persecuted for reasons of ethnicity, politics/ideology, or religion. All in all, they were interned in fifty-one camps or institutions. The catalog of questions, unique in the world, consists of 100 questions from 61 schools and universities in 30 countries on 6 continents, as well as from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. What is truly innovative about this book is that all the Holocaust survivors were asked the same questions. As a result, a point-for-point comparison of their answers is possible. Those whose voices are heard range from an average housewife and an unskilled laborer to a fashion designer, from those who have been relatively silent to active Holocaust teachers and to survivors who have already been widely featured in the media and whose life stories have even been the subject of Oscar-winning films. Two of them have already passed their 100th birthdays.

Beyond Charlottesville: Taking a Stand Against White Nationalism

Author : Terry McAuliffe
Publisher : Thomas Dunne Books
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781250245878

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Beyond Charlottesville: Taking a Stand Against White Nationalism by Terry McAuliffe Pdf

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The former governor of Virginia tells the behind-the-scenes story of the violent “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville—and shows how we can prevent other Charlottesvilles from happening. When Governor Terry McAuliffe hung up the phone on the afternoon of the violent “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, he was sure Donald Trump would do the right thing as president: condemn the white supremacists who’d descended on the college town and who’d caused McAuliffe to declare a state of emergency that morning. He didn’t. Instead Trump declared there was “hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides.” Trump was condemned from many sides himself, even by many Republicans, but the damage was done. He’d excused and thus egged on the terrorists at the moment when he could have stopped them in their tracks. In Beyond Charlottesville, McAuliffe looks at the forces and events that led to the tragedy in Charlottesville, including the vicious murder of Heather Heyer and the death of two state troopers in a helicopter accident. He doesn’t whitewash Virginia history and discusses a KKK protest over the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee. He takes a hard real-time behind-the-scenes look at the actions of everyone on that fateful August 12, including himself, to see what could have been done. He lays out what was done afterwards to prevent future Charlottesvilles—and what still needs to be done as America in general and Virginia in particular continue to grapple with their history of racism. Beyond Charlottesville will be the definitive account of an infamous chapter in our history, seared indelibly into memory, sure to be cited for years as a crucial reference point in the long struggle to fight racism, extremism and hate.

Say Her Name

Author : Zetta Elliott
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-04
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781368053891

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Say Her Name by Zetta Elliott Pdf

Inspired by the #SayHerName campaign launched by the African American Policy Forum, these poems pay tribute to victims of police brutality as well as the activists insisting that Black Lives Matter. Elliott engages poets from the past two centuries to create a chorus of voices celebrating the creativity, resilience, and courage of Black women and girls. This collection features forty-nine powerful poems, four of which are tribute poems inspired by the works of Lucille Clifton, Audre Lorde, Nikki Giovanni, and Phillis Wheatley. This provocative collection will move every reader to reflect, respond-and act.