Reducing U.S. Poverty Rates: How Organized Labor Can Help Intro The current wealth inequality and continuing rise in poverty rates within the United States has troubling implications for a country that prides itself on being the “land of opportunity.” In recent years‚ wealth inequality has soared‚ reaching historic heights that are higher than any other developed Western country and rival those on the eve of The Great Depression (Fischer et al. 1996‚ Saez 2008). The top one percent of Americans
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petabytes (that’s a million gigabytes each) of information secret every year…” (“Too many government secrets”). This statement confirms that the government hides an extensive amount of secret information‚ which results in readers understanding exactly how much information is being hidden. Overall‚ these facts are effective because it gives readers an idea of the amount of ambiguous information that is being kept by the government. The Editorial Board appeals to pathos numerous times in this article
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INJUSTICE IN NIGERIA Over the years and growing up in the dusty sahara threatened landscape of Kaduna {in mid Nigeria}‚ I have often lamented the fate of prisoners who are stripped of their freedom of movement for specific periods of time {and in some glaring cases of inhumanity of man.. for unspecified and unspecific periods}. My young and then innocent mind concluded that depriving prisoners of their freedom as it presently obtains carries along with it a collateral dehumanization of the prisoners
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Can Hybrid Cars Reduce The Dependency On Fossil Fuels? I am going to talk about hybrid cars and can they reduce the dependency on fossil fuels. The hybrid cars manufactures that I’m going to use is Toyota‚ Honda Can hybrid cars reduce the dependency on fossil fuels? Hybrid cars can reduce the dependency of fossil fuels because it would stand between the consuming world and its gas guzzling cars by replacing them with fuel efficient hybrid cars. Hybrid cars have lower level of gasoline consumption
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and N.U. Ekpo Department of Economics‚ University of Uyo‚ Uyo‚ Nigeria Abstract: Unemployment in Nigeria is alarming. Its measurement by statistical authorities does not pose red alert. It has been discovered that the observed situation of unemployment is more serious than what official statistics want us to believe. The aim of this study is to examine unacceptable unemployment rate in Nigeria. Our findings show that labor force in Nigeria grows at more or less a steady rate of 0.3% every year while
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dictionary an Asylum seeker is: “a person who has left their home country as a political refugee and is seeking asylum in another.”The big debate surrounding the area of asylum seekers is how to moderate the amount of boat people coming into Australia. The Malaysian Solution was one of the approaches to reduce the amount of asylum seekers arriving to Australia by boat. The Solution was this: If Malaysia accepted 800 of Australia’s next ‘boat people’ then Australia would accept 4000 of Malaysia’s
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HOW TO REVIVE AGRICULTURE AND FARMING IN NIGERIA AGRICULTURE IN NIGERIA: DEAD OR ALIVE? A lot has been said about agriculture in Nigeria. Some said it is dead while some others say it is still alive. Whatever the case maybe‚ is irrelevant‚ what matters most is the way forward and that is the main purpose of this hub. Things that should be done by the government and all concerned to improve the standard of agriculture in Nigeria and agriculture in Africa as a whole are listed in the next section
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division has initiated numerous programs and processes to reduce recidivism‚ address parolee risk to the community and provide numerous reentry services for ex-offenders. Parole provides a series of resources and graduated sanctions in a community based setting to reduce recidivism. Part of this program involves the use of Halfway Back residential programs‚ Day Reporting Centers‚ localized drug assessments and counseling referrals and an extensive network of job training and placement programs.(IDCPD
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There is no strict consensus on a standard definition of poverty that applies to all countries. Some define poverty through the inequality of income distribution‚ and some through the miserable human conditions associated with it. Irrespective of such differences‚ poverty is widespread and acute by all standards in sub-Saharan Africa‚ where gross domestic product (GDP) is below $1‚500 per capita purchasing power parity‚ where more than 40 per cent of their people live on less than $1 a day‚ and poor
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Nigeria is full of culture‚ colors and people who love their country‚ Imperialism happens all over the world‚ but the one that affected nigeria the most is known as “Scramble for africa” from 1800-1914.The British decided to conquer africa after the loss of manpower‚ workforce and raw materials. Slave trade‚ adding arbitrary national borders and new and improved education and medicine are a few long lasting effects on nigeria and their people. There was many pros and cons to imperialism in africa
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