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The environmental concerns in this current day modern world are highly intertwined with issues relating to human economies, political, and socio-economic concerns. It is imperative that the environmental strategies must also consider the aspects of jobs, justice, and the distribution of wealth. However, there are many arguments and conflicts in this highly intertwined concerns. Many of the environmental activists shout justice for the environment while not minding the economic and political contexts. Likewise, most of the current conflicts arise from the political moves that favor the mighty corporations in the distribution of wealth, compromising the environment, and discriminating the Continue reading...

Civil disobedience. Grounds for justification of non-violent unlawful acts aimed at changing certain practices in a modern democratic society.

Abstract
This essay deals with the ethical side of the phenomenon, known as civil disobedience. It provides a modern definition thereof and a few basic considerations of whether resorting to any type of civil disobedience may be justified in a modern society. This essay is based mainly on Peter Singers work “Practical ethics” as well as on the citations from some other authors. The thesis argues that in certain cases a well-organized civil disobedience act may be an appropriate method Continue reading...

The decades following the Civil War did not bring the equal status among races many had hoped for within the African American community. Poverty and racism were rampant throughout the country and this comes out in much of the literature throughout that era. Two of these pieces are “Sonny’s Blues” and “The Weary Blues.” These two works of literature dwell on the themes of discrimination, racism, and the power of music to overcome these obstacles. Therefore, “Sonny’s Blues” and “The Weary Blues” each speak to how music can be a powerful escape to the injustice and suffering Continue reading...

Introduction

This paper is a summary and analysis of Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” that was written on April 16th in the year 1963. Martin Luther wrote the letter in the Birmingham jail, where he was confined, after organizing and taking part in the nonviolent demonstrations against segregation. The letter was written with the primary objective of defending the nonviolent resistance strategy employed by the African American to fight racism. The paper mainly analyzes Martin Luther’s use of persuasion through the Rhetorical Triangle. Eemeren (19) defines rhetoric as the art of effective use of language in Continue reading...

Arab Spring refers to the revolutionary wave of protests, violent riots, demonstrations, and civil wars in the Arab world that started on December 2010 (Harrigan, 2014). Those protests and demonstrations also affected the other countries of the Arab League as well as in the neighborhood. Most of the revolutionary wave finished by the mid of 2012, and the aftermath of civil wars and revolutions were shown as the Arab Winter after the mid of 2012. Rulers were forced to move out from power in Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen, and Libya. Civil uprisings were found in Syria and Bahrain. Major protests Continue reading...

Communication

Communication

We will be addressing the problem of environmental justice. Environmental justice refers to the meaningful involvement and fair treatment of all individuals in developing, implementing, and enforcing environmental laws, policies and regulations. Environmental justice is significant because knowledge on the upholding of environmental justice will enable everyone to enjoy a similar level of protection from the environmental hazards.
We used three articles for the study. The first study was “Pursuing Environmental Justice": The Distributional Effects of Environmental Protection” by Richard Lazarus. In this article, the policy of environmental protection has been concerned with almost exclusively two basic Continue reading...

There is a growing body of research that supports the idea that men are susceptible to depression during the first year after the birth of a new child, just like new mothers. Experts have coined the phrase “Paternal Postpartum Depression” for this phenomenon, and are working to spread awareness of the condition, and to get new fathers the help they need to reengage with their family in a healthy way. Unfortunately, this field of psychiatric care is both under researched and under diagnosed in the United States, where it is understood that Postpartum Depression is caused by changes in Continue reading...

Tennessee State University

INTRODUCTION
It was in the suburban land of Tennessee that a case was filed against a Negro named Ed Johnson in the year 1906 (Rushing, 2003, p.63). In Forest Hills Cemetery, an eighteen-year-old lady was found dead, with a leather strap bound around her neck. She was walking in the fading twilight when a black man grasped her from behind and then dragged her towards a shrubbery spot near the entrance of the cemetery. The girl, Nevada Taylor, lost consciousness and did not see the face of the man who attacked and assaulted her. Seeing Ed Johnson at the Continue reading...

Q. What is Organizational Justice? List and explain the various components of organizational justice.
According to Mello, in his Strategic Human Resource Management book, the „organizational justice” notion was introduced by Greenberg in 1987, defining it as the individual’s perception of the reactions to fairness in an organization. Organizational justice is a personal evaluation on the moral and ethical standing of the managerial conduct (Mello).
Justice refers to the idea that an action or a decision is morally correct (defined in relation to ethics, religion, honesty, law and fairness). Normally, individuals are paying attention to the justice of Continue reading...

Introduction

Anna Deavere Smith, both the actress and playwright of “Twilight,” explores the events that happened in 1992. Rodney King, a black youth was beaten by white policemen who stopped him for speeding (Smith, 441). The play highlights the events that ensued after the only one policeman was convicted for the beating. The riots that followed in LA were a revolt of people who felt the injustice. Rudy Salas Sr. is one of the characters with the most intriguing sentiments. He is a painter and sculptor of Mexican descent. Also fascinating are the characters of Jason Sanford and Stanley K. Continue reading...