Although Garrett Hardin's essay entitled "The Tragedy of the Commons" was written nearly 40 years ago, it has even more impact today than when it was written as we watch the population of the world continue to climb exponentially. His concern with overpopulation caused by, as he ter...

In the book "The Giver" it talks about government control and suppression of its people. This, I feel, is a warning of what can happen if we do not remain active in our government through voting, holding of office, and many other choices that we are given. Throughout this paper, I will ...

Ventures in Power: The White House and its Machinations South of United States Borders "I look forward to a great future for America--a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose." ...

Democratic Republic of Congo: What is their Political Future? Like all ethnic-based conflicts, the tribal and political rivalries in Central Africa have long and complex histories. This part of Africa where Rwanda, Burundi, and The Democratic Republic of the Congo. meet is home to two main ...

Coming of Age in Mississippi Anne Moody's "Coming of Age in Mississippi" was altogether insightful into the life of an African-American raised in the deep south during the civil rights movement. It gave us a look at what many sacrificed in order to achieve civil rights for all. I believe this book...

Few events have ever conjured as much terror and hatred as the genocidal killings in Cambodia by the Khmer Rouge; more than 2 million people were shot, strangled, beheaded, starved or tortured to death in the 20th century. The United States, when monitoring human rights violations such as genocide, ...

"Might is right" is a well known and much talked Universal truth. The champions of democracy and human rights have done a lot to assure the people round the globe that they are sovereign and no powerful can suppress weak and no big nation will curb the freedom of the smaller ones. They pre...

About 400,000 Americans die every year because of health problems due to smoking. 1.5 million people quit smoking a year, but 50 million keep on going. Those 50 million people are addicted to nicotine. Nicotine addiction is when a person psychologically, physically, and socially has a compuls...

We live in a nation built on the idea of freedom, freedom of choice and freedom of expression, yet we are not free. Abortion is an ever-present choice that every woman should and does have, not based on ones financial situation, cultural background or even age; it's a choice that every...

Introduction 70% of African women with disabilities get them from their husbands. In Africa, most women have little or no rights. This effects what they can do for work, how their family life is, and what future they have. Women throughout time, especially in African culture, have always been ...

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 ...

Frederick Douglass Personal freedom and liberty sets the United States apart from the rest of the world. The fact that slavery existed in a country that included the following words in its initial document declaring it's independence from tyranny, "We hold these truths to be self evident, ...