*Note: This paper was written before the implementation of health care reform by the Obama administration in 2010. However, this does not in any way lessen the importance or timeliness of the claims being made. Atul Gawande, endocrine surgeon and author of Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance, has said that it takes a certain ingenuity and innovation to excel in health … [Read more...] about OMT, OMG! Osteopathy Makes It Better
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Teach for America
As a teacher-training program for failing public schools, Teach for America (TFA) has become an increasingly prestigious non-profit for graduates from elite universities. However, criticism has plagued the organization from the beginning. When TFA celebrated its fourth birthday in 1994, leading author and educational policy researcher Linda Darling-Hammond lambasted it as a … [Read more...] about Teach for America
The Genesis of Genocide
By Monica Tincopa Can an understanding of the relationship between armed conflict and mass murder prevent future holocausts? With at least six countries — the Sudan, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, Algeria, and Afghanistan — considered at "very high risk" for genocide, it is especially urgent that we attempt to identify and then understand the … [Read more...] about The Genesis of Genocide
Made in China
Over the last several decades, free market reforms have helped China become a prominent force in the foreign exchange market. Spurred by the abundance of cheap labor, thousands of companies have established large factories for the mass production and exportation of supplies. Unfortunately, the combination of profit-driven motivation and wide-spread competition among these … [Read more...] about Made in China
The Unveiling: France’s Headscarf Affair
By Kris Kemeny Yarmulkes, crosses and hijabs have all been banned from French public schools, so why do Muslims feel targeted? The French National Assembly voted 494 to 36 on February 10, 2004 in favor of a bill that would prohibit the wearing of any conspicuous religious symbols in public schools. On March 3, 2004, the French Senate, with a similarly overwhelming … [Read more...] about The Unveiling: France’s Headscarf Affair