Book Review Undergraduate 1,968 words

Book Review: Abraham, a Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths

A critical book review of Bruce Feiler's Abraham, examining its treatment of the shared patriarch of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam across the Holy Land.

Religion

~10 min read

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Book Review Undergraduate 1,618 words

Book Review: Meet Gen Z and the Challenge of Evangelism

A summary and critique of James Emery White's Meet Gen Z, examining his analysis of evangelizing a post-Christian generation and the book's strengths and limits.

Religion

~9 min read

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Book Review Undergraduate 1,406 words

All the Devils Are Here: 2008 Financial Crisis Book Review

A book review of All the Devils Are Here by McLean and Nocera, tracing the origins of the 2008 financial crisis through mortgage-backed securities and government failure.

Finance

~8 min read

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Book Review Undergraduate 1,308 words

When Affirmative Action Was White: Race, Policy, and Inequality

A review of Ira Katznelson's When Affirmative Action Was White, examining how New Deal programs discriminated against Black Americans and shaped inequality.

Social Issues

~7 min read

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Book Review Undergraduate 2,914 words

No Shame in My Game: The Economic Sociology of Poverty

A critical analysis of Katherine Newman's No Shame in My Game, examining the working poor in Harlem, racial stigma, education gaps, and barriers to upward mobility.

Sociology

~15 min read

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1,427 words

DJ Kool Herc on his origins and role in hip-hop

DJ Ear Peace (hereon referred to as DJ EP): So I'm here with my man, the respected DJ Kool Herc, father of hip-hop. Can you set the record straight for us? What is your real name?

~8 min read

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3,521 words

Hannah Arendt's theory of totalitarianism and ideology

Totalitarianism was never defined in the past because it could not exist. This is simply because totalitarianism implies total control, and in the past it was simply not possible to gain total control given the technological and cultural limitations.

~18 min read

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4,951 words

Major depressive disorder in children and adolescents: diagnosis and treatment

Research on childhood and adolescent mood disorders has advanced significantly in recent years. It is now no longer common to find those who say that depression is an adult mental disorder alone.

~25 min read

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5,791 words

How disability concealment shaped American presidential campaigns

The perception of American presidents as healthy and able-bodied men has always been one that served to convey confidence and support of them by voters during their campaign bids for the office.

~29 min read

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The principal's role in improving negative school climate

At no time in the history of education has competent school leadership been more critical.

~10 min read

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