Gangs have been a problem for years in the big cities of the U.S. In Los Angeles, they account for about half of the city's murders. ... Now the presence of gangs has been seen in smaller cities. Violent street gangs are now operating in 94 percent of all medium and large-sized cities. ... After WW II, African-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American gained power, especially in the northern cities. ...
The movie "Empire" is a dramatization of the life in the shoes of one of four heroin dealers in the New York City area known as South Bronx. It is a story told by Victor Rosa, the main character referred to by many as Vic, as the viewer follows him around the city. ... When Jack and his girlfriend refuse to return the money, Victor kills them and runs off to Puerto Rico with everything he has to open a bar as well as trying to hide from the debt he is in because of this deal gone wrong. ... An idea that first began with television depicting families leaving the city to live in the quaint subur...
The American spirit of "Manifest Destiny" which had remained unbroken since the founding of the Republic reached one of its peaks at the end of the nineteenth century. The years following the Civil War had seen a steady preparation for this. In 1867, for example, William H. Seward, Secretary of State under Lincoln and Johnson, purchased Alaska from Russia. His successors used the new American foothold in the North to declare that the Bering Sea was to be an area in which American authority was absolute. ...
He moved to New York City in 1958, working as a copyboy and "Caribbean Correspondent" for Time and attends Columbia University on a partial scholarship. ... Fall came around, and Thompson decided to move with Paul Semonin to Puerto Rico. ...
