https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/afsanahaque13/activity/ Activity feed for Afsana Haque. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 257d69cbedcbb94d136460d8e91f77ae https://empathyandcomp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=925 Mon, 08 May 2017 14:31:21 -0400 Tenure proves to be problematic and has no benefits over schools or its students. In fact, tenure gets in the way of hiring newly qualified instructors and students do not get the quality education they are paying […]

]]> c59d475d3e4537a1af634821d26144ee https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/talk-activism/forum/topic/palestine-israel-border-crisis/ Mon, 03 Apr 2017 21:04:12 -0400 Imagine owning a home that was passed down from generation to generation, only for someone to barge in, and suddenly declare it as their own. This is how Palestinians feel. For many generations, Palestinians have had settled homes and a settled lifestyle until 1948, the start of their displacement by the coming of Israelis. Post-1948, Palestinians…[Read more]

]]> 91d3f487d5d9f649f467cf1ef025ee21 https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/460425/ Mon, 03 Apr 2017 13:53:25 -0400 aaa1de5f450ea156c8e625e810018f1a http://empathyandcomp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=792 Mon, 13 Mar 2017 13:41:46 -0400 The article listed above defines gentrification as a fundamental political process. This article explains that there is a “double movement” between the neighborhoods of Harlem and Prenzlauger Berg, Berlin. Both […]

]]> 570272b711cd11a6c5b8c04ec195a226 http://empathyandcomp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=714 Mon, 06 Mar 2017 15:41:08 -0500 In the recent years, it has been noticeable that veterans are more likely to be addicted to opiates than non-veterans. The articles “A Growing Number of Veterans Struggle to Quit Painkillers” by Lawrence (20 […]

]]> 50a664f9bbe8eac395f3c8ff4535d381 http://empathyandcomp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=577 Mon, 27 Feb 2017 15:35:12 -0500 Drug addiction for opioids has escalated across the whole country causing an increase in overdoses. The editorial board of the New York Times (2017) states, “299 people in Milwaukee County died of drug-related o […]

]]> 84cd05127d500302ba671460491c7ab9 http://empathyandcomp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=459 Fri, 17 Feb 2017 21:28:21 -0500 The article, “A Growing Number of Veterans Struggle to Quit Painkillers”, written by Quil Lawrence focuses on Bryan McDonel, a man who has served in the military. He is among many of the troop members and vet […]

]]> 6f79bf824b131aa2cdea0224521e32a0 http://empathyandcomp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=374 Wed, 15 Feb 2017 14:38:18 -0500 John Whyte, M.D., of the article listed above, talks about how drugs can affect men, women, and people of difference ethnicity differently. He also gives different examples and statistics to back up this main i […]

]]> 543348ba2f2d6af6a1142661f9ed11dc http://empathyandcomp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=207 Wed, 08 Feb 2017 15:10:51 -0500 In George Orwell’s, “Why I Write”, Orwell gives his readers an understanding on how being a lonely child and living through times of war influenced his purpose of writing. For example, Orwell explains that being […]

]]> 5f807736685d27bf39ea67a227945278 http://empathyandcomp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=76 Mon, 30 Jan 2017 15:28:22 -0500 Writing and empathy can be similar in many forms. When a person writes, they are putting their feelings into words in a way they normally can’t do when they are speaking out loud. When reading a piece of w […]

]]> 49f2a6a30ea077773fa2efb50488580e https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/452766/ Mon, 30 Jan 2017 14:39:43 -0500