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Affirmative action in employment and higher education: a counterargument

Affirmative action is a fair method of achieving equal employment opportunity for minority groups and women.

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Excessive use of force by police officers in law enforcement

The excessive use of force in the police force has been the subject of debate for many decades. The problem relates to the fact that the police is often obliged to use some extent of force to ensure the safety of the public.

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Cultural bias in standardized testing and minority student discrimination

Cultural bias is interpreting and judging phenomena in terms particular to one's own culture. Let's see how that applies to bias in testing.

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The impact of the global economic crisis on developing economies

The current economic downfall in the United States and throughout the global economy has been documented and discussed in academic, financial, and journalistic circles.

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The FDA's controversy over antidepressant drug approval and safety warnings

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Reciprocity and conflict in the Iroquois League

How does Fixico's explanation of "reciprocity" in his book, the American Indian Mind in a Linear World, apply to the world of the Iroquois as explained in Daniel K.

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Hans Asperger's contribution to understanding autism spectrum disorders

About sixty-five years ago Hans Asperger put forward a description of a distinct profile of abilities and behaviors in young children that he called "autistic psychopathy" - which means autism ("self") and psychopathy ("personality disease").

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Long-term implications of the Yom Kippur War on Middle East peace

As forces from Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Iraq massed around Israel's borders in 1967, Israel launched a six-day air campaign which crippled the capacity of its opponents to wage war and which expanded its borders to well beyond the tract originally awarded to Zionists with the independence of 1948.

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Discrimination against high risk sex offenders in police interactions

Even when denoting truly violent offenders, demonization of any class of individual as being beyond redemption and/or devoid of humanity proves not only destructive, but wrong.

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The historical development of American racial attitudes toward Africans

There is no doubt that issues of race and ethnicity have had a tremendous impact on American history and have helped shape the face of American society.

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