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The Jurisprudence and Impact of Affirmative Action
For decades the debate over affirmative action has been hard fought across the United States. From courtrooms and chatrooms to legislative halls to college halls people have fought over whether race, class, or other ...
Social Service Vouchers: Eliminating Poverty by Including Sectarians in a Constitutional Manner
In the first section of the paper I will begin by describing the state of welfare at the end of the old system, then I will discuss the changes that were made to the system, and then I will discuss the system as it is set ...
Societal Grace in Criminal Justice: A Theological Perspective on Probation and Parole Policies
Reintegration into society has long been a problem for ex-felons. The United States has one of the highest recidivism rates, with over three-quarters of ex-felons returning to prison within five years of their original ...
Disaster Aid in Pakistan: An Opportunity for Maternal and Child Health Reform
This paper first examines the health concerns in Pakistan before and after the 2010 flooding and then proposes a model for meeting Pakistan's most severe health needs. The model emphasizes supporting the goals and requirements ...
Urban Renewal and Effects on Poverty
Urban renewal policies since the New Deal era have had complicated effects on the outcomes of the American poor. Using Amartya Sen's capability framework, this paper identifies housing as a key resource necessary for ...
Financial Education as a Means of Reducing Poverty
Low-income families face many barriers to financial well-being. It is necessary that these barriers be addressed, or they will continue to prevent financial stability. There are many issues that plague low-income families, ...
US and Norwegian Healthcare Systems
Healthcare is a subject of profound importance and fierce debate in the United States. It is clear that the system is far from perfect. The United States spends a higher percentage of its GDP on healthcare than any other ...
Shue and Mencius on the Provision of Subsistence
In this work, I will examine the approaches for the provision of subsistence to those whose subsistence is threatened offered by Henry Shue in Basic Rights: Subsistence, Affluence and U.S. Foreign Policy (BR) and the ...
Groundwater Contamination in Bangladesh: Causes, Effects, and Remediations
Environmental scientist Dipankar Chakraborti captures the lack of understanding among the Bangladesh population to the severity and occurrence of arsenic contamination. Though arsenic patients are generally documented from ...
Massacre of the Millenium? A Study of the AIDS Crisis in Sub-Saharan Africa
. . . With 95% of HIV-infected people living in developing countries, AIDS has become a "disease of Third World poverty rather than First World affluence."
No one knows what AIDS will do to the economy and people's quality ...