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Does the US have a legal obligation to accept refugees?
Society, Politics & Law

Does the US have a legal obligation to accept refugees?

...community have to punish the US if it breaches international refugee or asylum law? Well, that is the significant issue with international legal obligations and domestic enforcement of these obligations. International refugee and international human rights law relies heavily on attempting to embarrass or pressure a state to comply with their international legal...
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Despite sanctions, North Korea's nuclear programme is enjoying success. How?
Society, Politics & Law

Despite sanctions, North Korea's nuclear programme is enjoying success. How?

...community has been trying to stop that from happening. My research on how states illegally obtain missile technologies and my experience conducting outreach related to U.N. sanctions give me some insight into the methods North Korea used to make illicit procurements and the limitations in using technology-based sanctions to prevent them. Technology-based sanctions In 2006...
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Using Talk Factory for Speaking and Listening in Classrooms
Education & Development

Using Talk Factory for Speaking and Listening in Classrooms

...communication”. Talk Factory has been used on the interactive whiteboard in many primary and secondary schools to support science, geography and maths lessons. This time, they used the app on iPads as well, and going outside for some lessons. Meera used Talk Factory in a non-fiction scheme of work, named ‘voices of our generation’ to help students to convey and...
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Reading for pleasure: just window dressing?
Education & Development

Reading for pleasure: just window dressing?

...community aspects of reading (e.g. through photos of ‘who reads at home, where and what we read at home’) can also enrich reading areas and libraries. These carry significant messages about actual readers, not reading, and position children, teachers, teaching assistants and parents as members of the community of readers. To be effective, reading environments need to...
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In deep, stormy waters: Scotland, the UK and the politics of fishing
Nature & Environment

In deep, stormy waters: Scotland, the UK and the politics of fishing

...communities hard. While the industry is now only a shadow of its former self, nonetheless in an island country such as the UK, fishing has long had an emotive and symbolic presence, and this has continued. The decline of the industry over the past half century or so has also led to a shift in the importance of different fishing ports in different parts of the UK. In 2019,...
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How is Italy reinventing the co-op?
Money & Business

How is Italy reinventing the co-op?

...community activists. “Coops should be oriented toward the common good,” Bauwens says…. “All people affected by the activity should have a say, this is the specific multi-stakeholder aspect.” These social cooperatives began in the 1980s when Thatcher-era privatization and cuts in public services swept Europe, causing deep concern in Emilia-Romagna about the...
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Enduring Love
Health, Sports & Psychology

Enduring Love

...communicate, got to be huge communication, and apart from communicating you’ve got to be able to listen, haven’t you? Owen Yes dear. Ann So some of those things. Owen That’s the secret I’m told. Ann That’s the secret. Owen Well I say, “Yes, Dear.” That just makes all the difference. Ann That’s his answer. Owen If not I say, “Coming!” Title: a fine...
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Rosa Parks and Rob Williams sparked a revolution against racism – but has the US squandered their legacy?
Society, Politics & Law

Rosa Parks and Rob Williams sparked a revolution against racism – but has the US squandered their legacy?

...communities and their demands for racial justice resulted in new opportunities amid unprecedented global shifts. Moreover, they challenge us to take a closer look at the political heirs to the lady on the bus and the uncompromising black man. Post-industrial black ghetto Since the 1970s, the US black population has been characterised by an affluent and growing middle...
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