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One of the major issues occupying today’s headlines is immigration, and especially, who should be allowed to come to the United States and who should be forced to leave through…
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The temptation to enhance athletes’ performance with substances is great when fame, money, and national pride are involved. From the early days of professional sports, both human and animal athletes…
Despite increasing awareness, the gender pay gap has yet to close. In 2018, women still earned about eighty cents for every dollar men did, and that number changes when factoring…
The subject of identity politics has become increasingly prevalent in recent years. In this collection of topical articles, readers will become familiar with a wide range of opinions and news…
The worlds of finance and technology have been rocked by Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies: encrypted digital currency created by complex computer algorithms. First developed in 2009 and launching several speculative…
Through this collection of articles, readers will recognize how DNA testing has opened new doors in medicine and science, as well as sparked new questions about medical ethics, human ancestry…
The popular imagination has seen a resurgence of interest in space research. It is fueled by the discovery of over 1,000 exoplanets, promising discoveries on Mars, and recent successes in…
When will artificial intelligence become a reality? It already is. Although the idea of artificial intelligence has captured the human imagination since antiquity, the term wasn’t coined until the mid-1950s…
For many years, the United States has had established trade agreements with other countries to regulate the even flow of goods and maintain a healthy economy. But many of these…
Although abortion was officially decriminalized in the United States by the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision in 1973, perspectives on abortion have always been, and remain today, radically different…
With the spate of mass shootings in schools and crowded public venues in recent decades, gun control in the United States has become a perennial topic in the national conversation…
Today’s headlines shine light on the growing trend toward the legalization of marijuana, a psychoactive drug derived from the cannabis plant whose use cuts across diverse classes of people. In…
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Sex and sexuality remain contentious issues in twenty-first century America, dividing the country across religious and cultural lines. This volume traces the evolution of attitudes on gay and lesbian issues…
Social welfare combines traditional notions of charity with responses to modern social problems. In this far-reaching collection of articles on the birth of American welfare, readers will see a robust…
Contains material from The New York Times –Title page verso.
The 2018 summit meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un brought renewed international attention to North Korea and its leading dynasty. Ruled by three successive generations of the Kim family…
Pope Francis was elected after the first papal resignation in nearly six centuries. Francis inherited a Church in crisis: sex abuse scandals, Vatican disorder, and a diminishing Catholic flock in…
Whistleblowers are both celebrated and reviled. They expose illegal or unconscionable actions by a government official or organization, the dangerous practices or financial fraud of a corporation, or the perjury…
To many Americans, the term big pharma evokes thoughts of greedy organizations that put profits ahead of people’s health. It’s difficult to put a price tag on drugs that improve…
In October 2018, Jamal Khashoggi, a prominent journalist who was critical of the Saudi Arabian government, was assassinated at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. His was an extreme case of…
Discusses the origins, beliefs, and growing cultural impact of whi te nationalists on politics, civic life, and media in the United States.
Birth control has existed in many forms over the course of history, but in the United States, the term itself was not in popular discourse until 1914. At that time…
Despite human rights organizations’ and the United Nations’ calls to end the death penalty, the United States continues to use it, placing it in an unusual grouping with China, Iran…
In the last century and a half, American higher education has set the standard for the college ideal: a robust student life, a sprawling physical campus, and a faculty whose…
Since the mid-nineteenth century, medicine has undergone a revolution, improving the quality and length of human life in the process. With fascinating detail, this volume traces the evolution of treatments…
Recent elections around the world have been shaped by populism, where flamboyant politicians gather large crowds and campaign on behalf of the common people. From Brexit to Donald Trump to…
One of the core debates present at the founding of the United States has involved citizens’ freedom to worship as they please. It is an issue that remains relevant today…
Profiles such prominent civil rights pioneers as Daisy Bates, the Freedom Riders, and Malcolm X, as they fought for equal rights.