Since the introduction of narcotics in the United States, American society has felt the effects of drug use in all aspects of daily living. As drug use heightened to new levels in the 1980's the Bush Administration chose to declare a "war" on drugs. Never before in our history had crime been comba...

A Latin statement commonly used in the Middle Ages to define the purpose of government reads: servitium propter jura, non potestas praeter jura. This succinct statement translates to mean, "service to and for the sake of rights, not a power exercised beyond or outside of rights." This ag...

Argentina's Dirty War Between 1976 and 1983, under military rule, thousands of people in Argentina were arrested and then vanished without a trace. This campaign became known to Argentina and abroad as the "Dirty War". Seized by force against their will, the victims no longer existed as citiz...

Child Labor Has slavery really ended? If that question was only directed to the United States, then that question is a definite yes. If one thinks about slavery on a global level, then the answer is no. If slavery can be eradicated in America, can't leaders in the third world countries put ...

The play Death and the Maiden is set in the country of Chile in a time where the deep wounds of a tyrannical dictatorship were only beginning to heal. For seventeen years, Chile endured the iron-fisted rule of former army commander in chief, Augusto Pinochet Ugarte. By this time, however, the people...

Regional Organizations Across the globe there are many regional or international organizations. A regional organization is a formal institution, established by agreement of the affiliated members that created it. These organizations are designed to serve the need of the member states and t...

An End to Violence against Children Worldwide Children worldwide suffer from abuse everyday. Not too many people are aware of the different kinds of abuse the children undergo-not because they don't care, but because it is not publicized enough for anyone to do anything about it. Hu...

Gay Marriages - Why is Society Afraid? You meet someone special and start to form a connection. Soon the sharing of your hopes, joys, and fears begin. Soon after this friendship develops into love, and you realize that you want to spend the rest of your life with this person. They are not only y...

As Philip Berrigan walked the streets of London, Bristol, and other cities of Britain, he saw the faces of death from those who burned to death to those who were crushed from buildings collapsing; and if they survived, how they would be deformed for the rest of their lives. He became filled with e...

Maquiladoras A maquiladora, or maquila, for short is described as a factory involved primarily in the apparel industry, and to a lesser degree in footwear and electronics assembly. Currently there are over two hundred of these maquilas in Honduras, employing hundreds-of-thousands...

Presently our nation is faced with quite a few controversial issues. One of which I feel particularly strongly about, is gun control. I do not support the notion of stronger gun control in America. Gun control breeches our constitutional rights as citizens, leaves us defenseless against crimin...

Introduction The purpose of this project is to provide an effective and comprehensive overview of the concept of human rights. Toward this end, it is essential to accurately define this intellection by analyzing its development and progression from a historical perspective. Such an evaluation will...

In the 1800's the renewed interest in religion led to a time known as the Second Great Awakening. This renewed interest included an idea known as Transandentalism, which emphasized the importance of the natural world and an individual's responsibility for himself. Constitutional ri...