For the past 3 months, Sustainable Development has been one of the more frequented topics of conversation in the International Community, with Habitat III, the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, being the pinnacle of these discussions.…
Category: America
The Impact of Baby Boomers on America’s Impending Healthcare Crisis
In 2011, the first wave of an estimated 78 million baby boomers hit the retirement age of 65, meaning that many Americans can now expect to live nearly twice as long as their early 19th century counterparts. While life expectancies…
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Why Your Neighbor Stabbed Someone And You’re Dying Early – Mary Grace
High rates of income inequality in a society has serious, lasting effects of quality of life. It increases violent crime, makes people less healthy, and lowers the average lifespan. It has lasting, traceable effects in first world countries (even slowing down…
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How Sponsoring Could Help to Bridge the Gender Gap in the U.S. STEM Sector – Danika Kimball
Women comprise roughly half of the U.S. workforce, but a mere 25 percent of women pursue careers in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). This is troubling, especially when you consider that job positions in STEM fields…
Climate Change: How Anj’s life changed due to Typhoon Haiyan – Andrew Johnson
The Liberal Government in Canada has been praised for its policy on Syrian Refugees this past year. Canada is known as a country that is accepting of new migrants; a policy of acceptance that is woven into the fabric of the…
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U.S. Politicians and the Value of the Liberal Arts – Danika Kimball
Liberal Arts education has come under fire in recent years, as America’s higher education crisis and the ever increasing cost of education has led students, parents, and policy creators to more critically analyze a students’ ROI when earning a degree.…
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Yes, Venezuela is dying… – Pedro Urruchurtu
— Véase más abajo para la versión española de este artículo. — The title of this article refers to the cover of the August-22nd edition of Time magazine entitled “Venezuela is dying”. The edition tries to explain how Venezuela, once Latin…
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The U.S. Opioid Addiction Crisis: Congress Is Not Doing Enough – Danika Kimball
America has a substantial problem with opioid addictions. Prescription drug overdose rates have more than doubled over the past fifteen years, and deaths from opioid use have tripled in that time. In states across the country, heroin and prescription medication…
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American Prisons and the Mental Healthcare Crisis – Danika Kimball
The implementation of the Affordable Care Act in 2010 (colloquially referred to as Obamacare) made mental and behavioral health treatment one of ten essential benefits required in new insurance policies sold on the federal health exchange. Despite this expanded coverage,…
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Istanbul GA Keynote Speech: Short-Termist Populism Can’t Solve Our Problems – Ivo Thijssen
It a pleasure to address you on behalf of Dutch liberal democratic party D66. Today I was asked to share some thoughts with you regarding the recent Dutch no vote on the EU-Ukraine Association Treaty, the refugee crisis and finally…