HOMEWORK

ENGL 1101 / Dr. Balint / Summer 2021

Here are your topic options, with the week 3 assignment article linked below each:

1. Education / access / prison education

https://theintercept.com/2019/02/18/pell-grants-for-prisoners-education-behind-bars/

2. Policing reform in the U.S.

https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/6/3/21275700/police-show-procedurals-hollywood-history-dragnet-keystone-cops-brooklyn-nine-nine-wire-blue-bloods

3. Surveillance capitalism / tech, marketing, and privacy

https://time.com/5602363/george-orwell-1984-anniversary-surveillance-capitalism/

4. Social media and activism

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-second-act-of-social-media-activism

5. cultural politics / celebrity activism

https://www.vice.com/en/article/ywe4ay/beyonce-and-jay-z-in-the-louvre-for-apeshit-video-is-art-not-activism-everything-is-love

6. Environmental issues / race & class

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/02/the-trump-administration-finds-that-environmental-racism-is-real/554315/?utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share