Thinking Spatially - AP Human Geography and Current Issues

 Over the past 2 years the world as we knew it, has changed tremendously. Everything from how we go to school, to cultural norms, to work habits has rapidly changed. Another unexpected change occurring is a new migration pattern. We are seeing rural areas becoming less rural. Rather than the typical migration pattern we have grown used to seeing where people from rural towns move to big cities to get a job and pursue a career, we are now seeing people that work for big corporations actually moving to less populated areas. What's the driving force behind this new trend you might ask? You guessed it, Covid 19. CoronaVirus forced us to improve our technology to allow students and companies to work from home. It became evident that jobs previously done in-office could actually be done from home. Big corporations don’t have to have employees physically on campus anymore. This means that instead of living in the cities or even the suburbs around the cities, families could move into small...

 Gun violence is a national issue. Violent gun reports are filed everyday. Some of these cases of gun violence are accidents, while some other gun violence cases are intentional acts of terrisiom. Some of these intentional ones are people shooting up schools and workplaces, pedestrians and cops, restaurants and neighborhoods. People commit these heinous acts and not all get caught. However, most do and serve their rightful time. According to the Washington Post, 2021 has been the worst year for gun violence. Many people fear it will only get worse from here. Last weekend alone, more than 120 people died in shootings, according to the Gun Violence Archive, with three especially dangerous incidents in Austin, Chicago and Savannah, Ga., leaving two dead and at least 30 injured. Through the first five months of 2021, gunfire killed more than 8,100 people in the United States, about 54 lives lost per day, according to a Washington Post analysis of data from the Gun Violence Archive, a n...

Photos of U.S. Border Patrol agents chasing Haitian migrants on horseback have sparked outrage and prompted investigations into the matter. The migrants, who were trying to cross the Rio Grande in order to reach U.S. soil were pushed back towards the Rio Grande in Mexico. A photo of the chaos shows that one Border Patrol agent grabbed a migrant. AFP photographer Paul Ratje, who took the photos, says, “Some of the migrants started running to try to get around the horsemen, and one of the agents grabbed the Haitian in the picture by the shirt and he ended up swinging him around while the horse trotted in a circle.” The chaos unfolded on Sunday, in the wake of Haitian migrants coming to the U.S. en masse, with a reported 14,000 migrants attempting to cross the border this past week. More and more migrants are seeking asylum in the U.S. as misinformation around immigration policies continues to spread. While Haiti is reeling from the assassination of their president and a powerful earthqua...