By Erendy Torres |Staff Writer| Ghetto. The multipurpose word utilized to describe a variety of settings, characters, and actions. However, it has not always been "multi-meaningful." The term "ghetto" originated during the Holocaust era in the 1930s, used to describe a segregated area in a city. "A section of a city, especially a thickly populated slum area, inhabited predominantly by members of an ethnic or other minority group, often as a result of social or economic restrictions, pressures, or hardships," as defined by dictionary.com. Ghettos were a mix of organized insanity and brutality built to separate Jews from the rest of Europe. The history behind the word … [Read more...] about Ghetto-ization of word “Ghetto”
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By Stephanie Para |Staff Writer| Kids confront governmental agencies with inaction to climate change (May 5) A massive legal suit against governmental agencies has gone underway by youth across the United States for inaction in regard to climate change. The case was filed by five teenagers and two nonprofit organizations, WildEarth Guardians and Kids vs. Global Warming, according to Aljazeera. Each nonprofit represents thousands of children from all over the U.S. Latest creepy human-like female android (May 6) At the 2014 Global Mobile Internet Conference in Beijing, professor Hiroshi Ishiguro revealed his latest female remote controlled android. The android, … [Read more...] about Chronicle news briefs
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