Politics
and Economics
In this edition of Voices,
the political/economics editors cannot help but
try to understand the time we live in through
the articles we edit. As we begin to understand
the twenty-first century, we see economies becoming
interdependent, growing increasingly sensitive
to each other...Read
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The F-Word
I began
to think of myself as a bonafide woman around sixteen
or seventeen and it was at this same time I began
to identify as a feminist. That word never came
out of my mouth as a term of self-identity until now.
I always sidestepped the issue, beginning sentences
with “I am not a feminist, but…”
I grew up with the naïve idea that men and
women, boys and girls, were afforded the same rights
and opportunities in our society. I never gave
any consideration to issues of importance to young
women...Read
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Sanctity of Choice
The “sanctity of life”
argument is also flawed in the sphere of public
policy. One would assume that a pro-life politician
would also support and encourage programs and policies
that enable all women to have access to quality
pre-natal care, childcare, and other programs that
would make an unplanned pregnancy possible to cope
with. But this is not the reality. States with the
most conservative, rigid abortion policy are the
same states that spend the least on education, and
have the highest numbers of children without health
care and living in poverty...Read
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Political
Culture in America: Conservative Primacy in
Today’s World
Conservatives are
now becoming more and more prevalent in United
State’s
political culture. The entrenched leftist bureaucrats
are being replaced with conservatives. The Supreme
Court has a solid conservative block in the majority.
President Bush’s administration is hindering
on the brink of becoming a theocratically run
administration... Read
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Globalization: A Historical
Survey and Its Future
The World Trade Organization
held a summit in Seattle, Washington. It was met
with anti-globalization demonstrators, environmentalists,
and labor union members. Each individual had their
own reason to demonstrate, to stop the integration
of national economies. And each member of the World
Trade Organization had their reasons and beliefs
to support an integrated world. However, one must
look at the past of globalization to understand
the future...Read
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The New Face of Innovation:
Patents in the Conceptual Age
Intellectual Property (IP)
is at the forefront of the US economy and as such
is enjoying unprecedented importance in our world.
In a 2003 speech FRB Chairman Allan Greenspan
noted that “This trend [of increasing conceptualization
of the economy] has, of necessity, shifted the
emphasis in asset valuation from physical property
to intellectual property and to the legal rights
that inhere in the latter”...
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Doing Time in the Intifada
Last summer I was part of a delegation to Palestine
organized by the International Solidarity Movement
(ISM). In the months since our return from Palestine,
I have watched the news and seen continued Israeli
aggression against Palestinians. There hasn't
been a day that I haven't thought about the people
I met in Palestine and their struggle. Last summer
the Revolutionary Worker ran an article on my
experience in Occupied Palestine. And now, I'm
writing to share another one of my experiences...Read
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Juvenile Justice
Michael Duc Ta struck me
as a soft-spoken kid with a talent for poetry
and passion for British Literature. He is a thoughtful
young man, but many cannot get past the stereotypical
convict facing thirty-five years to life. Michael
is now 20 years old and serving the rest of his
thirty-five year prison sentence which he was
awarded two years ago. His chance for parole will
come up in 2031. Michael is perfect example of
the exaggeration in punishment intended to prevent
crime on California’s streets...Read
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