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The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 was the beginning of the labor movement in this country. Workers decided that they were not going to take the mistreatment that they were getting from big business anymore. They organized and decided to do something about it. Although this particular strike was not all that successful, it did lead the way for many changes in the future.

The modern prison system is the result of some two hundred years of development. Seeking to eliminate cruel punishments, and to develop a human and scientific approach to the problems of crime and antisocial behavior,…

New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2003.

Hydroelectricity China's Three Gorges DAM

Stepping Out on a Twenty-First Century Bridge in the Sky: The Milau Viaduct Over the River Tarn

Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel depicting the impact of the Islamic Revolution on daily life in Iran. In particular, Satrapi comments on the effects of the Revolution on education and specifically the…

The Public Option and the Obama Healthcare Package

The field of public administration is littered with bureaucrats who believed that they were taking the most ethical actions. Yet, once an incident occurs, it is clear that the activities that took place before and after…

U.S. involvement in Vietnam remains one of the most controversial actions the U.S. government has ever undertaken. It has divided the country like never before. The divisions took place along political, class, and…

Since the end of World War II, the Arab Israeli conflict has been increasingly brought to the forefront. As U.S. foreign policy has continued to focus on addressing this underlying conflict that has been taking place.