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Psychology, Propaganda, and the Chinese Cultural Revolution
Editor’s Note: This article is a revised version of “Chinese Cultural Revolution: Facing History and Shaping Today“. What we know as propaganda uses a constructed language on media to implant ideas in the minds of individuals. It creates public trends on how susceptible we are to authorities at the individual level. Unfortunately, the human tendency [...]
Shortage of Indian Medical Professionals
India is one of many countries facing severe shortages of trained medical professionals – including nurses, dentists, and administrators – but especially doctors. These shortages have wide ranging effects on both the local and the global level, and this issue has the potential to create a plethora of secondary problems for the affected nation. In [...]
Chinese Cultural Revolution: Facing History and Shaping Today
Editor’s Note: A revised version of this article has been posted on “Psychology, Propaganda, and the Chinese Cultural Revolution“. What we know as propaganda uses a constructed language on media to implant ideas in the minds of individuals. It creates public trends on how susceptible we are to authorities at the individual level. Unfortunately, the [...]
Another Rhino Species Poached Out of Existence
The Western Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis longipes) of Africa was declared extinct by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) last November. There have been no sightings of the sub-species since 2006 despite intensive survey throughout its Cameroon homeland.1 Two other rhino species, the Northern white rhino in central Africa and the Javan [...]
Outsourcing Medicine: The Expanding Field of Medical Tourism
Medical Tourism In a country where 62% of all bankruptcies are the result of skyrocketing healthcare bills, it’s clear that the U.S. has a healthcare expenses problem [1]. Combine that with some of the worst mortality rates in the developed world, and you start to understand how Americans are in a lose-lose situation when it [...]
Bombay/Mumbai: Formalizing the Informal?
Stanford biologist Paul Ehrlich’s account of a hot night in Delhi embodies a sense of oppression felt only in Indian cities: “People eating, people washing, people arguing and screaming. People thrusting their hands through the taxi window. People defecating and urinating. People clinging to buses. People herding animals. People. People. People.”[1] Bombay faces a variety [...]
Effects of Nuclear Power on Public Health: From Three Mile Island to Fukushima
Three Mile Island. Chernobyl. Fukushima. Since the beginning of the Atomic Age, the use of nuclear energy technologies has been accompanied by numerous crises and persistent public health concerns. Currently, nuclear power has become an indispensable part in the ongoing search for alternative energy sources. By January 2011, 442 nuclear power plants operated globally to [...]
Muslim Brotherhood: A Different Breed of Islamists
In theory, Americans and their government unreservedly support democratic movements. In practice, however, they worry about democratic alternatives to long-standing dictatorships. Sure, America is pro-democracy; but US interests come first. And while Arab dictators are certainly corrupt and oppressive, they do maintain regional stability. Along these lines, Western coverage of the latest resistance to Arab [...]
Issues in Economic Expansion: Ecotourism in Developing Nations
An analytical look at economic expansion in developing economies through eco-tourism
Terrorist Networks: Rethinking the Logic Behind Web Search Engines
Productive network analysis is often hindered by an overabundance of information, the bulk of which is frequently extraneous and of limited relevance. The question is, then, how can this profusion of information be gathered, managed and propagated in an efficient way? Assuming we can surmount some major roadblocks—such as this baffling quantity of data—the answer may be contained in the relatively new but burgeoning field of social network analysis.
Unnecessary and Deadly: The Post-Disaster Catastrophe of Waterborne Diseases
An insightful look at one of the most dangerous causes of death in natural disaster stricken areas
Digging Deeper Before Standing Up: Why Accountability for Torture is Vital for U.S. National Security
Responding to a call to action published in The Root, Zain Pasha explains why demonstrating accountability for U.S. torture is crucial to U.S. national security
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