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Polly Higgins' legal framework for criminalizing ecocide

Wanton destruction of the planet is criminal, and Polly Higgins shows readers how, why, and what to do about it. Using varied but tight arguments the author advocates swift and rapid legal action, policy change, and legislation.

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Creating inclusive learning environments for diverse Houston students

Educational ClimateI live in Houston, Texas, and the local educational climate here reflects some of the broader trends in education across the United States. According to the excerpt by Nieto (2014), one of the key issues in the educational climate is the increasing diversity of students.

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The economic and social impacts of hosting the FIFA World Cup in the United States

This past autumn FIFA, soccer's world-governing body, announced that the 2022 World Cup would be held in the Persian Gulf oil state of Qatar. The United States had bid on this event and many believed the country had a good chance of winning (Leonard, 2010). The U.S. last held the World Cup in 1994.

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Work-life balance and employee exhaustion in medical residency programs

State why this issue selected by the student. In modern lifestyles, work stress is getting very common. Social life and work both have undergone drastic change in this new century.

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Catholic Voices and the Church's media strategy during the 2010 papal visit

Direct IMPACT that Catholic Voices had on the media contributing to the perceived success of the Pope's visit in 2010 amidst the volatile negative climate surrounding the Catholic Church in that year

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Intrapreneurship: creating new businesses within established companies

A good idea in this sense would be to diversify one's business by prospecting new economic sectors and by creating viable alternatives in other areas.

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Grade falsification and ethical responsibility in Baltimore public schools

In Baltimore, one high school is in the spotlight for having one of the highest graduation rates in the city while having no students proficient in math (Papst, 2017).

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Sudan's civil war, ethnic divisions, and oil economy

Sudan is a country in northern Africa with a population of around 40,000,000 people (Sudan 2).

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The evolution of American healthcare from colonial times to the Obama era

The health of any nation should be a top priority for leaders and elected political representatives, but in the United States it took several centuries for the nation to begin to come to terms with providing health care for its citizens.

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Gary Schwartz's flawed mediumship research and afterlife claims

In his trade book the Afterlife Experiments, clinical psychologist and University of Arizona professor Gary Schwartz offers "breakthrough scientific evidence of life after death." Based on a series of studies Schwartz and his colleagues conducted using spirit mediums, the author concludes that…

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