Nearly 185 years later after the 13th amendment was ratified‚ slavery is still rampant in America. In today’s society it comes in different forms. The general term for modern day slavery is human trafficking. Human trafficking is a form of slavery in which people profit from exploiting others whether for domestic or sexual labor. It affects every country around the world‚ regardless of historical or political status. According to Polaris Project’s article “Human trafficking‚” “The International Labor
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Modern day technology such as cameras‚ cellular phones‚ and television‚ has made the media more accessible to the public. Before technologies were attainable to most‚ the news was spread around by newspapers or by spoken communication. An example of the media using conventional technology in the early 1990’s‚ a standard camera‚ is in “The War Photo No One Would Publish‚” in which Torie Rose DeGhett addresses how the media censored graphic photographs‚ such as Kenneth Jarecke’s photo of a soldier’s
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Athens is known as the birthplace of modern democracy. It is within this context that some of the most renowned political thinkers engaged in prominent discourses regarding the nature of democracy. Counted among some of the city’s greatest thinkers Plato and Socrates‚ were often critical of the city’s defining contribution to humanity. They were even viewed by many as antidemocratic for their views that only qualified individuals should be allowed to lead the Athenian state. However‚ this interpretation
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Distracted driving is a modern day epidemic. The National Safety Council reports that cellphone use while driving leads to over one-million car accidents a year. This image clearly shows the dangers of using electronics while on the road. The woman in the photo is sprawled on the road and appears to be dead. Her body is wrapped in headphones and looks similar to a chalk outline of a police investigation. The woman is holding some sort of electronic device‚ she could’ve been a driver in an accident
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Modern day Shanghai represents a bustling city with rapid urbanization and a significant foreign influence that has become an economic‚ global center. It is important to note‚ however‚ that it took centuries for Shanghai to be molded into this current‚ dynamic‚ fiscal city. From the 5th to the 7th century‚ Shanghai was sparsely populated. This inability to promote settlement within the region was largely due to the “deltaic position of the area” that ultimately retarded the city’s economic growth
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sweatshops producing goods for global supply chains‚ entire families forced to work for nothing to pay off generational debts; or girls forced to marry older men‚ these illegal practices still infect the contemporary world. Human Trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery where human beings are controlled and exploited for profit. Perpetrators use force‚ fraud or coercion to control and profit from victims through sexual exploitation‚ forced labor or services‚ or the removal of organs. Although human trafficking
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A Modern Day Thomas More The United States of America today is a great society. People from around the world have come to the USA in search of opportunity. To many people on the outside‚ the United States is the place to be if you want to make a reasonable living. The truth is the US is just a nicer place to live than most countries in the world‚ especially for the poor. If somebody is poor‚ the welfare program here can assist in paying for housing‚ food‚ and medical expenses. Most countries‚
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shapes and sizes. Some make a small difference‚ some make a huge difference‚ but every difference a person makes should be acknowledged. The best known heroes are superheroes such as Superman or Batman‚ but there are many real life heroes. Three modern day heroes are Valerie Weisler‚ Harry Swimmer‚ and my great grandfather Pete because they all strive to make a positive difference in someone’s life. Valerie Weisler has done many things to help people all around the world. The most notable thing she
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How is it that an industry generates $32 billion annually by violating human’s rights? It’s a form of modern day slavery‚ Human Trafficking effecting 21 million women/men and children globally. These innocent victims are sexually exploited‚ forced into labour work against their own will. The traffickers use threat‚ manipulative tactics to force these vulnerable victims to work for the exploiters selfish desire to earn wealth. It’s a disgrace to humanity. What would it feel like having someone else
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Discuss the effect drugs have had on Modern International Sports Events such as the Olympics and the Commonwealth Games Due to the high standards‚ professionalism and interest in high profile sporting events such as the Olympics‚ the Commonwealth games and Tour De France‚ some participants would take great risks‚ both legal and illegal to try and win the event‚ without knowing the consequences and side-effects of these risks. For example‚ some of the athletes taking part in these events went as
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