This document provides a brief timeline of several notable events from 2000-2008 including the 2000 Miami-Dade County election protests, the September 11th terrorist attacks, increasing media polarization after George W. Bush took office, criticism of Walmart's impact on communities, the rise of the iPod, San Francisco authorizing gay marriage in 2004, and Barack Obama's 2008 "A More Perfect Union" speech on race.

1. The “Preppy Riot”, December 2000,
Outside the Miami Dade County
Board of ElecBons

2. The Second
Plane Hits
the World
Trade
Center,
September
11, 2001

3. The Media, Like the Country, Seems
to Have Become More Polarized
Since the “Uniter” Took Office

4. Wal‐Mart’s
Cheap Good
Come at a
Tremendous
Price to
American
CommuniBes

5. The iPod Has
Become a
Cultural
Phenomenon

6. In 2004, San Francisco Authorized Gay
Marriages

7. Obama’s Speech on Race,
“A More Perfect Union”