undermined in the determination of economic and social growth. Over the decades ethnic and tribal polarization‚ spearheaded by political dissidents in Africa have taken advantage of political instability to cause mayhem in their nations and to their people. This has caused tensions‚ violence and armed conflicts that in most cases have led to civil wars. Recurring episode of
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There are a few ideas to why Africa may be so poor. According to a study done by Gallup World in 2013‚ "the ten countries with the highest proportion of residents living in extreme poverty were all in sub-Saharan Africa." This shows the severity of the poverty in Africa. Extreme poverty is explained as living on less than or equal to $1.25 a day. If you put that into perspective of your own life‚ that may seem impossible. In our textbook‚ it is stated that "Three of four Africans live on less than
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Unfortunately‚ its economy is not as advanced as one would assume. The productivity and redistribution of wealth among the people is completely inequitable. While 1% of Americans are enjoying themselves with their surplus of wealth‚ a large amount of Americans are struggling to simply make ends meet. In a nation where the people live by the American Dream‚ why are so many people deprived of opportunities that will upgrade their living conditions? This is question has been raised by many‚ one being
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Are first-borns more likely to attend Harvard? Between 75% and 80% of students at Harvard are first-borns. Do first-born children work harder academically‚ and so end up overrepresented at top universities? So claims noted philosopher Michael Sandel. But Antony Millner and Raphael Calel find a simple fault in the statistical reasoning and give a more plausible explanation. Michael Sandel’s book Justice1 is a rewarding and accessible account of political philosophy. Based on a course he has
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People generally agree that humans should have equal rights. For many people‚ however‚ this seems to change on account of how they present themselves. People in the LGBT community are one of the smallest minority groups‚ a biet it is slowly growing‚ they are still discriminated against. Transgender is a term that means a person identifies with a gender that is different from what they were born as. This has been a center of hate and discrimination everywhere‚ including the workplace. Some believe
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Should parents lose custody of their morbidly obese children? One of three American children is morbidly obese. Morbid obesity is when weight gain is getting out of control effecting children physical and emotional is damaged. Obesity can cause numerous health problems like high blood pressure‚ cholesterol‚ and sleep apnea. Over the last years Americans obese continues to rise and neither parents nor society is doing anything about it. Government or society needs to do something about it if parents
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SUPERMARKETS FOR POOR PEOPLE In Vietnam‚ there are some duty-free supermarkets that serving people in buying goods and foods with “10-15 percent lower than common prices” like Moc Bai supermarkets at Vietnamese-Cambodian frontier (“Duty-free supermarket opens in Moc Bai economic zone”‚ 2009). It is seen as a good idea to help people having things with reasonable prices. However‚ according to the Circular No. 08/2010/TT-BTC Article 2 Section 2b (Ministry of Finance‚ 2010)‚ only people aged 18 years
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commentator: Poor People voting is ‘un-American’. Matthew Vadum claim that registering the poor to vote is un-American. Vadum goes on to claim that “registering the unproductive to vote is an idea that was heavily promoted by the small-communists Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven”. What are some ways that we can help poor people? Don’t judge people unless you have heard their story. Don’t judge a person by their circumstances because it doesn’t define their character. We can help the poor in so many
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realize that people are becoming more busy even to the point of becoming lazy since they barely have any time to cook for themselves or for their families and therefore‚ this has lead to the increasing number of fast food restaurants everywhere we go. Pick McDonalds‚ Subways and Wendy’s for example; there is no corner you will step that you wouldn’t end up seeing their sign because all this fast food are very cheap‚ very convenient and they taste really good and therefore explains why more people eat fast
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to obesity and how it’s affecting the population as we should be. People are not considering this to be a big problem and how much of a health threat it is. Obesity is affecting the general population‚ starting from the adolescence. Obesity is overlooked by other disorders but it’s also a leading cause of death. In the article‚ 10 reasons America is morbidly obese by Alex Henderson‚ he writes “Ironically‚ our culture bombards people with weight-loss schemes and goofy fad diets while doing so many
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