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became painfully apparent with the Mobro 4000 crisis in 1987 - that was the trash barge that drove up and down for thousands of mi...

PG). Those buildings collectively comprise cities, in which increasing numbers of people live. By 2015, the United Nations (UN) ...

have a particular profile that includes a median age of 37.3 years, half of which are single person households ("Brooklyn," 2004)....

the people merely accept poverty, gangs and an extensive drug subculture as part of modern urban life. Yet, does the popular media...

contradictions. He describes Brownsville as a "vibrant community," abounding in communal and religious organization, giving it a "...

people and their farming and small area within a larger place within a town. My neighborhood in Brooklyns community is a five-bloc...

(Wilson, 1987). Yet, he does not deny that the culture of poverty has a role in addition to social isolation (Wilson, 1987). It s...

hall meetings, in-depth interviews and one-on-one conversations with the purpose of exploring the issue in detail. In this partic...

Is there a time when an individuals interests supersede those of the masses? These are ethical questions posed each and everyday ...

not considered the devastating effects of a Title IX lawsuit as they did not believe it would really affect their schools. In the ...

women or does it primarily reflect a later change in attitude, which originates with the early Christian communitys perspective." ...

college because they love learning, or want to get a good job, or are fascinated by a particular field. Many of them are there to ...

been seen in mixed lights. There is little doubt that whatever approach is adopted there has been the creation of profit, this was...

students how are born with silver spoons can attend the Ivy leagues, so many who attend community college-the lowest cost higher e...

to other behaviors which identify an individual with a certain group. Groups often identify with one another because they share b...

Mandatory civil service can result in many positives. One can demonstrate this fact with an examination of many cultures. One of...

drug use, there is good reason to rail against the problem. How can a community organize against drug abuse? First, what is orga...

the article is nationwide, but the issue is really pertinent to individual neighborhoods. How do these gardens affect the neighbor...

people there were often at odds with one another based upon the perceptions that existed regarding the different groups. It was a...

into his own. Although racism persists today, it is nowhere near the problem it was during the 1960s and 1970s of which Aschenbren...

informs the patient on the various options available to them for aiding their own recovery and return to health. Many of the manag...

In his article on "Distributive Justice" (in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy), author Julian Lamont points out that in the...

is hard to define exactly what a learning community is. It is even harder to create one" (2003). Morrissey suggests the term "prof...

Boyer explained the learning community as: 1. A purposeful community-a place where faculty and students share academic goals and w...

that culture can be considered interchangeable with subculture, and this is based in the belief that both allow for the commonaliz...

with each other. Certainly community sport cannot solve all of societys problems, but it is a proven route to enhancing com...

recognize that economic strength goes hand in hand with political change (Sutherland, 1997), it is also important to understand th...

find help through federal programs, although there are problems of access within these systems. If the federal or state government...

and Work to Prevent Attacks Against Us and Our Friends * Work with others to Defuse Regional Conflicts * Prevent Our Enemies from ...

5 pages and 5 sources. This paper relates the concept of cultural continuity as it can be applied to a view of the African Americ...