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Why The Hunger Games is a Phenomenon

by GloriaDcolumnist in Issues, April 5, 2012
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Why is The Hunger Games so popular among people of all ages? The book and the movie are wildly popular for a number of reasons. This article explores those reasons.

America’s War on The Common Folk

by Falconw in Issues, January 24, 2012
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A brief summary of bills brought up over the past year, which negatively impact the average citizen.

The Hunger Games and Our World

by calm6781 in Society, January 13, 2012
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Are they really that different?

North Korea’s “Big Brother” and Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-four

by isabella2816 in Society, December 4, 2011
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In writing his masterpiece "Nineteen Eighty-Four", Orwell was attempting to deter society from adopting a totalitarian regime. Unfortunately, such authoritarian regimes have existed and continue to exist, notably in North Korea. Political and social parallels exist between this fictional dystopia and North Korea.

Seminar Ticket for Celluloid Indians Native Americans

by rugester16 in Ethnicity, November 13, 2011
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A brief description of the cultural implications of Celluloid Indians Native Americans. Originally a Seminar Ticket, this article will prove helpful for anyone studying Native Americans and tribal communities. It also includes valid opinions on the oppression of this major ethnic group.

New World Beginnings and The Planting of English America. Part B

by qazzaqvaz in Issues, September 22, 2011
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The European conquest had a disastrous impact on the native population of America. In actuality, the main goal of European colonization of America was the enrichment of Europeans, while needs and interests of the local population were absolutely insignificant for colonizers. As a result, native inhabitants of America became mere commodities which Europeans used to achieve their goals in the process of colonization.

New World Beginnings and The Planting of English America. Part a

by qazzaqvaz in History, September 22, 2011
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European colonization influenced dramatically both American continents and changed the life of the local population consistently. At the same time, the colonization of the New World was not less significant for Europeans as it was for the native population of America. In such a context, it is important to understand reasons and factors which stimulated European colonization of America.

Leavenworth is a Gated Community Too

by Ramses2 in Government, July 17, 2011
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My thoughts on why the nation’s wealthiest should be behind bars where they belong. If they want to continue to live in a gated community, then Leavenworth prison is just as good a place as any.

Why Does Terrorism Happen?

by eternal104 in Issues, June 5, 2011
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Terrorism is on everyones lips today, but what are the causes?

Racial Inequality and Young African Americans

by qazzaqvaz in Ethnicity, March 23, 2011
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Racial inequality, which is provoked by cultural traditions that imposed on people through the system of education, is strongly backed up by the socioeconomic inequality. Basically, the distribution of the national wealth is unequal and even in the most democratic societies the socioeconomic inequality leads to the formation of the middle and upper-class, on the one hand, and the lower-class, on the other. These classes are antagonistic and the ruling elite attempts to restrain the lower-class in order to avoid social conflicts and keep control over the oppressed.

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