I found this article to be interesting. It took an innovative way of looking at how people view the Arizona state law by allowing the reader into the home of a Hispanic American couple and how they both felt about the situation at hand. For the most part the article did a decent job promoting social capital. It showed how this couple were bridged together on the Arizona Immigration law. Even though they both had two separate opinions, this law was allowing them to engage with one another thus the result of a social networking. But on the other hand, it does not really encourage the reader to go out and do anything in particular about this cause.

I found that this article did not do a very good job at promoting social capital. It merely described this writer's opinion on the Secure Border Initiative Network and did not give any details on what we as Americans can do to prevent the wasting of more American dollars.

I found this article to be rather interesting. What threw me for a loop was the fact that the author spent the first portion of it talking about two topics that were completely irrelevant to immigration. Other than that, I felt that this was a rather original article. Upon reading the title of the article, I initially believed that the article would circle around geographic and racial fault lines. After reading it, it showed gender fault lines by mentioning a Salvadorian woman who's husband had been deported over three years ago and how it has been affecting her family. As well as mentioning the number of men and women that had been deported over the last fiscal year. I also felt that there was a bit of a class fault line within ... More »

I felt that overall this was a well informative article. However, there was somewhat of a lack of context. I was left with a few more questions like why are Hispanics now more divided then they were in 2007. This article clearly is using a race/ethnicity fault line. It's focusing on the Hispanic races living in the Untied States and their stance on illegal immigration. It also had somewhat of a geographical fault line with it's reference to illegal immigrants in the United States as well as referencing the Arizona immigration law.

1.I found that this article did a good job at portraying the complexities of the issue of illegal immigrants. It made references to important people who have a say on how they will enforce the law but it also mentioned how it will not be easy. The government will have to make sure they are not only making an effort to keep the borders controlled but also have “comprehensive reforms that include allowing illegal immigrants to earn legal status...” 2.To a certain extent the article offered a depth of understanding to the issue of immigration. It gave a number of examples of how deporting illegal immigrants would improve the crime rate since some of these immigrants happen to be convicted of major crimes. The writer, Daniel ... More »

I felt that this article did a poor job in providing proper sources for their arguments. The mentioning of President Obama's arrival to the vineyard seem inappropriate and how they tried to time him back into the story at the very end was random and defective. I sensed a bit of bias throughout the article in regards to the immigrants especially the Brazilians that reside near Martha's Vineyard. Overall, the article left me with a substantial amount of questions and a puzzled reaction to the mention of President Obama

1.I felt that the article did explain complexities to this issue. For one, it made sure to include what exactly this “Great Green Wall” is and how it has affected the country and how it will hopefully continue to positively affect the country of China. However, I felt that the article only reflected how these changes would affect China rather than the entire world. Since global warming is global not just in China. It would have been nice to see him explain how China's efforts would take on the entire planet. 2.The article did a wonderful job illustrating the depths of China'a carbon input into the atmosphere. It gave a plethora of examples about the ways that this “Great Wall of Green” would positively impact the planet. ... More »

I would say that overall this article is a good example of journalism. For one the article has a plethora of sources that convey all sides of the topic of debate, health insurance. The writer, Kevin Sack, did a good job at not letting his personal views on the subject matter project through his writing. I for one appreciated the fact that he made an attempt to include not just facts about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, but also the affect of how this Act will take on the American economy. Mr. Sack made sure to to include quotes from significant people in the government like President Obama and Minority Leader, John Boehner. I thought the article did a great job explaining what exactly the Patient Protection and ... More »