US AND GLOBAL ISSUES

guide to lesson plans and activities to raise students awareness and promote sensitivity to world hunger, poverty, inadequate health care, literacy and environmental issues.

The article discusses issues the earth and atmosphere are encountering as a result of human negligence and a means to prevent such damage from continuing.

Dateline: Phoenix, AZ October 17, 2008 As the Presidential election looms ever-nearer, Arizonans are struggling with issues that are amplified in this election cycle. Immigration and voter issues will affect a large part of its population.

The Jerusalem Post and The Australian newspapers both provide great insight into how the United States is viewed abroad. Clearly, each country has their own concerns, but the role the US will play is of primary concern.

With the federal election approaching towards the end of the year, the Howard Government have been called into question about their policies, or lack thereof, regarding carbon emissions. His policies showed neo-liberalism and is examined briefly here.

Is the Kanye West MTV Outburst really worthy of being a headline news piece? Are there not more important issues happening in the world than celebrities getting upset?

A quick review of the NASA Vulcan program and the new Orbiting Carbon Conservatory

Most of what we hear and read is information from sources that are biased, have vested interest and control issues.

This paper discusses the roles of managers versus leaders, and how these roles affect organizations and its people.

The Great Flood is no myth to riverside-dwelling Central Eastern Europeans. With global warming causing faster thaws and more common deluges, floods are an annual reality for tens of thousands. A look at 40 days and nights in disaster and response.

For the first time in decades, nations are again locked in contests to determine who owns sea resources, spurred by global warming

political commentary on recent segment on Fox News regarding "homegrown" terrorism and radical Islam.

This essay evaluates both the public and the private foreign aid and their impact on the economy of the developing countries.

Is McCain right on his policies toward Iran? Or is he taking the US in a direction that will doom our future and peace in the Middle East?

The collectivistic xenophobes and jingoists on both sides of the partisan aisle believe that independent migrants and free trade are responsible for the destruction of the economy, are subsidized, and are an assault on America's "national sovereignty."

Bono, lead singer of U2 and global debt-relief activist, and the advocacy organization he co-founded to fight poverty and disease in Africa were presented with the National Constitution Center's 2007 Liberty Medal last weekend.

This article stresses the problems caused by ozone depletion and global warming. It discusses the effects of ozone depletion and global warming on our lives and the world around us.

Although much has been written about the power of story and effective storytelling, many books and articles tend to oversimplify the issue, thereby missing the fact that story is essential to our lives and to building community.

Only a few years ago, if you were to say, "Environmentalists will find common ground with the devoutly religious, and will work towards a goal that could change the course of history," you would be written off as crazy. However, you would have been right.

Globalization, the process in which peoples are united into one global society, raises economic and idealistic questions. The issue of globalization involves the interplay of politics, social inequality, and cultural perspectives.

This article examines how painting and sculpting are two forms of artistry which have a permanent place in Contemporary Art, even in today's modern world where technology and innovation have enabled us to use a multitude of other media to create art.

Each day the news reports one atrocity or tragedy piled atop another across the globe. Allowing that not all of journalism is overreactive, we've all got big troubles, and few meaningful saolutions. Maybe now is a good time to look beyond the symptoms.