Politics & Society

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Four Freshman for North Carolina A&T spark a movement...

Video commemorating four North Carolina A&T students who sparked the sit in movement.

 

Armed Intervention in States' Sovereignty

The UN Charter seeks to establish the The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) as the supreme body for the regulation of international peace and security with what seems to appear as the sole right to authorize armed intervention. There are limitations on the right to sanction intervention. 'Domestic' matters are not subject to its jurisdiction. It only has power if there exists a 'threat to the peace, breach of the peace or act of aggression'. However, the ambiguities in the meaning of these terms have meant that, in practice, the Security Council has determined the extent of its power. Each time intervention was mandated, the UNSC resolution has recited an alleged threat to international peace -thereby asserting the existence of a fact which gives rise to its jurisdiction.

Decline in Educational Standards - Now What?

The global ranking of American education has gone down to #10 from #1. Can we control this situation in a poor economy?

Homeless Children in America

Helping homeless children with educational opportunity...

Pregnant soilders face punishment...

U.S. soldiers in Iraq could face courts-martial for getting pregnant

Senate Health Care Reform Vote

The 60-40 party line vote -- cast shortly after 1 a.m. -- kept Senate Democrats on track to pass the bill on Christmas Eve.

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