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Could Bernie Sanders be the next American President?
Society, Politics & Law

Could Bernie Sanders be the next American President?

...business and the military/industrial complex. The demographic sands are shifting fast. By the middle of this century Spanish will be the first language of a majority of Americans. If only 36.4% vote, is the US still a democracy? It all too often escapes attention that, in the 2014 congressional elections, only 36.4% of Americans entitled to vote actually did so. 63% of...
Clinton / Trump: Two views of the first debate
Society, Politics & Law

Clinton / Trump: Two views of the first debate

...business in the 1970s that attracted the attention of the justice department. The denouement The climax of the debate came, however, when the debate turned to foreign policy. At first, it seemed to revert to type. In a riff on cybersecurity, Russia and terrorism, Trump threw out vague assertions that current policy was a failure and that Clinton had been around for a long...
How the potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism
History & The Arts

How the potato fuelled the rise of liberal capitalism

...business and resent being told to eat more fruit, consume less alcohol and generally pull our socks up when it comes to dinner. The efforts in 2012-13 by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg to ban the sale of extra large soft drinks failed precisely because critics viewed it as an intrusion into the individual’s right to make their own dietary choices. “New Yorkers...
Living History: Life as a Railway Worker During the 2020–21 COVID-19 Global Pandemic
Society, Politics & Law

Living History: Life as a Railway Worker During the 2020–21 COVID-19 Global Pandemic

...businesses, including pubs, re-opened. The previous reality of ticketless travel, followed by the re-instatement of revenue protection policies, meant staff were once again charged with carrying out ticket checks which brought with it new concerns for Conductors and Ticket Examiners who had to ask passengers who may have got used to travelling free, to pay once again. The...
Aeroplane Design and Engineering
Science, Maths & Technology

Aeroplane Design and Engineering

...http://www.nbcnews.com/id/36507420/ns/business-us_business/t/hundreds-suppliers-one-boeing-airplane/%20-%20.VxSzNtgVGpo http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1308128/Boeings-billion-dollar-gamble-Inside-worlds-biggest-building-new-787-Dreamliner-plane-built.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/travel-truths/What-happens-to-lost-luggage/...
Hero and villain: Robert Clive of the East India Company
History & The Arts

Hero and villain: Robert Clive of the East India Company

...businesses of Indian merchants for their own gain. In its drive to make money, as one EIC officer wrote on returning to England: ‘half the great cities of an opulent kingdom were rendered desolate; the most fertile fields in the world laid waste; and five millions of harmless and industrious people were either expelled or destroyed’ (in Dalrymple). Contemporary Indian...
Why is it so difficult for Muslim women to play sport?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Why is it so difficult for Muslim women to play sport?

...busy lives stop them from pursuing sports, that they just don’t feel comfortable, or something else? Muslim women in the media: a serious case of misrepresentation The media does not seem to put Muslim women in a very positive light, as coverage is targeted and discriminatory, portraying us as either oppressed and violent or naïve and unintelligent. Even our own Prime...
Assistive technologies and online learning
Education & Development

Assistive technologies and online learning

...choose/ ou/ open-content 2. Enjoyed this? Find out more about this topic or browse all our free course materials on OpenLearn – http://www.open.edu/ openlearn/ 3. Outside the UK? We have students in over a hundred countries studying online qualifications – http://www.openuniversity.edu/ – including an MBA at our triple accredited Business School....