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Is America better than this?
Society, Politics & Law

Is America better than this?

...law and order’ and vague notions of ‘socialism’ to deliberately sabotage normal political discourse. As Abraham Lincoln warned, "a house divided cannot stand".When Joe Biden is inaugurated as the 46th President two days after MLK day, he may well give a speech articulating his own dream of harmony, a desire to shift away from Trump’s American carnage. But this...
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Article 10 mins
'A Rose By Any Other Name...': The Importance of Words when it comes to Race
Education & Development

'A Rose By Any Other Name...': The Importance of Words when it comes to Race

...Laws should protect people from racism – but just as surely as we should also be protected from murder and rape, we know that this goes on all the time. Overt racism is revolting, but covert racism is more damaging – using politically correct terms but failing to treat everyone as equal means that the power gap just widens over time. One way in which we can see this...
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Article 10 mins
Climate change – How awareness is prevented through media sanitation
Nature & Environment

Climate change – How awareness is prevented through media sanitation

...law enforcers and government officials. An additional problem with palm oil is that it's very difficult to avoid without meticulously checking the list of ingredients. An additional issue is that if palm oil was replaced, something else would take its place. Because of the scale of palm oil use, any replacement would likely lead to similar problems of monocultures,...
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Article 10 mins
Female genital mutilation (FGM) Collection
Health, Sports & Psychology

Female genital mutilation (FGM) Collection

...law, the police, educators ranging from primary to higher education, commissioners and the public. FGM is an important global social justice and health issue situated within the umbrella terms of gender-based violence and persistent harmful practices. The practice is illegal in the UK and Ireland and in many other countries and is a gross violation of human rights. It is...
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Article 5 mins
The history of female protest and suffrage in the UK
History & The Arts

The history of female protest and suffrage in the UK

...Law guardians. Nield Chew wrote pieces for the Crewe Chronicle in which she was concerned to direct attention to examples of the inadequate wage and the poor working conditions of a particular class of workers – tailoresses. However, she also developed another way of getting her message across: using the ‘true story’ style of writing...The history of female protest...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Introducing social work: a starter kit
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing social work: a starter kit

...law and politics, visual arts, anthropology. Humanities is unique knowledge confined to a particular culture or society. This is also known as local knowledge, folk wisdom or traditional wisdom. Indigenous knowledge include individuals as well as organisations. Peoples and structures occurs when people seek and develop ideas and mechanisms to manage and overcome the...
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Level 3: Advanced 12 hrs
Ralph Waldo Emerson on Shakespeare's craft
History & The Arts

Ralph Waldo Emerson on Shakespeare's craft

...Law, the impressive forms of our courts, and the precision and substantial truth of the legal distinctions, are the contribution of all the sharp-sighted, strong-minded men who have lived in the countries where these laws govern. The translation of Plutarch gets its excellence by being translation on translation. There never was a time when there was none. All the truly...
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Article 15 mins
Criminology beyond crime
Society, Politics & Law

Criminology beyond crime

...law, amongst them. This extremely broad research program can be split into several core issues and central questions, which all signify a specific research area. The six main research areas are: Define and conceptualize international crimes Measure and map international crimes Estimate social costs of international crimes Investigate the causes of international crimes...
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Level 3: Advanced 3 hrs