The global network of Independent Media Centers (IMCs), or “Indymedia,” is a groundbreaking example of the power of an online, multimedia network providing for instantaneous, decentralized global communication, unique in that it involves a network of nonprofit, autonomous media collectives. These new technological capacities are shifting the nature of news consumption and provoking debates about
On June 27, 2002, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld as constitutional a school-based drug testing program required for participation in any extracurricular activity. The ruling in Board of Ed. of Independent School District No. 92 of Pottawatomie County v. Earls came seven years after the Court had upheld school-based drug testing for students involved in
Independent Self-Construals Definition Self-construal refers to the way in which a person thinks about and defines the self. Importantly, self-construal is not only a way of viewing oneself but also a way of understanding one’s relationship to the larger social world. When people are construing or thinking about themselves in an independent way, they are
The independent living movement was born in the mid to late 1960s along with several other civil rights groups, such as African Americans and women, who became activists for equality in American society. Before this time, many people with disabilities lived either with their parents or sadly, in nursing homes or other institutions, because they