Achieving Equity | Social Inclusion and Social Cohesion through Multilingual Education in US Schools

 Navneet Kaur Caley Ehnes English 100 November 22, 2018 Multilingual Education Can intercultural learning and communication be achieved in a school learning environment? Multilingual education has been heatedly debated topic amongst policymakers, researchers and educators. Diversity and diversification seem to be inevitable in times of accelerating change. However, growing diversity and the blurring of … Read more

Marketing Racism: Representations of Skin Color in Soap Ads Throughout History

 Marketing racism: representations of skin colour in soap advertising throughout history Contemporary advertising in the beauty industry continues to use racial stereotypes to market its products. These stereotypes have deep historical roots in the discourse of the Transatlantic slave trade and colonialism. This essay starts off with an examination of a Dove advert that … Read more

Examine Atrocities: Is Forced Displacement and Persecution of Rohingya Genocide? ICC Must Decide

 Introduction – What date was Myanmar referred to the ICC – The ICC must now decided if genocide is occurring in Myanmar – Scholars and academics disagree on whether there is the mens rea to amount to genocide – The major issue before the ICC is if there if sufficient evidence of genocidal intent … Read more

Obsciton Finance Group, LLC v Cox: Defamation Case Raises Negligence and Public Official Issues

 OBSIDIAN FINANCE GROUP, LLC V. COX Background/Facts Obsidian Finance Group, LLC, and its senior principal Kevin Padrick filed a defamation action against Crystal Cox in the Oregon Federal Court. The complaint accused the defendant, Cox, of making several defamatory statements in an online blog about criminal conduct in their business. Obsidian is an organization … Read more

Marxism, Capitalism and Penal Crisis: How the Prison System Fails to Protect Working Classes

 Marxism views the penal system as inherently flawed, due to the nature of capitalism creating inequality between the bourgeoise and proletariat. Quinney (2002), argued that that criminal law in society gives recognition to powerful influences. This argument flaws the penal system and other institutions as they are run by members of the powerful upper … Read more

Reduce Violence Outcomes in At-Risk Populations: Multi-Level Interventions

 Multi-Level Interventions for Violence Coumba Sy New York University GPH-GU 2140: Global Issues in Social and Behavioral Health cs5751@nyu.edu Tuesday, November 20, 2018 Introduction In the recent years, there has been a heightened awareness that violence is a problematic issue that currently affects our society. Public health professionals have responded to identifying violence as … Read more

Bridging the Gap: Effective Sex Education for Adolescents with Decision Science Principles

 The increasing prevalence of sex education across the United States does not support the disproportional rate of sexually transmitted diseases among adolescent teens compared to that of adults. The existing sex education curriculum has a significant gap of knowledge between the educator and the student, which can be filled by understanding how adolescents make … Read more

Tackling Tech Inequality: Can Technology Truly Spur Economic Prosperity?

 Technological Application in the Workforce: Premonitions of Economic Prosperity or Disparity? 3187320 Word Count: 2052 AP Seminar Mr. Schuldt 24 March 2017 There is the popular notion tying technology with a malicious thievery of employment across an international scale. The production of machines replacing tedious tasks is dismissed as a crisis that is worth … Read more

Exploring the Relationship of Zika Virus Syndrome and Visual Impairment

 Introduction Visual Impairment Vision plays a fundamental role in body development because it is primarily source of stimulus that enables direct interaction with the external environment (Pa’dua et al. 2017). Based on American Optometric Association (AOA) in 2007, visual impairment can be defined as a functional limitation of the eye(s) or visual system and … Read more