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    Term Limits: A Solution to Congressional Gridlock, Lobbyists, and Voter Indifference to Elections?
    Catherine Wasson and Maxwell James
    • Jan 24, 2021

    Term Limits: A Solution to Congressional Gridlock, Lobbyists, and Voter Indifference to Elections?

    In the United States, the average age of a legislator in Congress is fifty-nine. [1] This is problematic, as young people are impacted by the legislative decisions made by politicians nearly thrice their age. Elderly politicians have been successful in their long political tenure because of the incumbency advantage. One benefit to the incumbency is the relationship between political parties and incumbents, where the legislator pledges support for the party’s platform in excha
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    Mom, Why Do I Have to Go to School?
    Subin Moon
    • Jan 22, 2021

    Mom, Why Do I Have to Go to School?

    AsiaNews This paper examines the role universal access to primary education in South Korea in the late 1950s played in providing a country with almost no natural resources with a sustainable, long-term strategy to rebuild its war-torn economy. The Korean War left the country in ruins, making South Korea one of the poorest economies in the world. Although Koreans struggled daily to survive, they did not neglect the importance of education. In 1959, the Korean government made p
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    Revisiting Martin Scorsese’s Gangs of New York in Today’s America
    Mayela Machribie Lumban Gaol
    • Jan 16, 2021

    Revisiting Martin Scorsese’s Gangs of New York in Today’s America

    © Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy Martin Scorsese’s Gangs of New York is a film that reminds us that for as long as the United States has welcomed immigrants into the nation, the country has been plagued with xenophobia. Not only does the movie illustrate the country’s division of race, immigration, class, and religion, but the movie also shows the country’s broken democracy from a much-needed historical perspective. Scorsese’s film is set in New York City during the second year
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