1,938 words

Social deviance, family structure, and community standards in crime prevention

What are examples of socially deviant acts? How can communities combat these deviant acts?

~10 min read

View paper →

1,546 words

Federalist and Anti-Federalist debate over constitutional ratification and state powers

The Constitution was at the time of its composition both a revolutionary and extraordinarily controversial document and doctrine. It proposed to establish a powerful federal Republic comprised of a Union of States.

~8 min read

View paper →

1,715 words

Saudi Arabia's economic diversification strategy and oil dependency

Saudi Arabia's economy has traditionally relied heavily on oil revenues, but in recent years that government has followed the lead of other Gulf nations in taking steps to diversify the economy. The economic plan incorporates several elements.

~9 min read

View paper →

1,672 words

Hip-hop, Black lesbianism, and the erasure of marginalized voices

The urban musical style known as hip-hop has long presented itself as an 'outsider' movement.

~9 min read

View paper →

2,008 words

Hollywood's influence on Bollywood film narratives and techniques

Hollywood Truly Global? Hollywood represents a specific image and ideal. Its role in the formation of major movie success has allowed it to become a dominating force within international cinema. However, exactly how much influence is exerted enough to drown out local storytelling techniques?

~11 min read

View paper →

1,312 words

Al-Qaeda's origins, ideology, and motivations for September 11th

On September 11th, 2001, Americans across the country added a new name to their common vocabulary -- Al-Qaeda.

~7 min read

View paper →

1,679 words

State and federal minimum wage requirements and economic effects

Every state has wages that they require companies to pay to employees. The federal government also has a minimum wage requirement (Black, 2003). The states can pay more than the federal minimum, but they aren't allowed to pay less (Sowell, 2007).

~9 min read

View paper →

1,358 words

Ronald Wright's "A Short History of Progress" and unsustainable civilization

The book "A Short History of Progress" by Ronald Wright is in fact not primarily a history of progress, but rather a recording of what unmanageable progress can do and how the extraordinary technological and scientific progress may, one day, bring the end of this civilization, just as it has so…

~7 min read

View paper →

1,784 words

Narrative inquiry into teenage pregnancy: Jenny's experience and risk factors

Narrative inquiry functions as a way of "studying the ways humans experience the world" (Connely & Clandinin, 1990, p. 2).

~9 min read

View paper →

1,448 words

Clarence Thomas's confirmation controversy and judicial philosophy

For those old enough to remember the extreme controversy surrounding his nomination process in the early 1990s, Clarence Thomas is undoubtedly one of the most well-known Justices currently sitting on the Supreme Court, though perhaps not for the best reasons.

~8 min read

View paper →