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Hace 2 días · In 2004, Stewart and The Daily Show writing staff released, America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction, a mock high-school history textbook offering insights into the unique American system of government, dissecting its institutions, explaining its history and processes, and satirizing such popular American political ...
Hace 5 días · Alexis de Tocqueville, in his legendary study Democracy in America first published in 1835, notes, “The influence of the liberty of the press does not affect political opinions alone, but it extends to all the opinions of men, and it modifies customs as well as laws.”
Hace 1 día · Cook is a columnist at Foreign Policy and the author of three books, False Dawn: Protest, Democracy, and Violence in the New Middle East, The Struggle for Egypt: From Nasser to Tahrir Square ...
Hace 1 día · The Citizen Recommends: The Truth About Immigration Book Event. The Truth About Immigration. Book Event. A Wharton professor will share 20 years of research about the benefits of immigration for all of us at a Welcoming Center event on June 4. When Zeke Hernandez, born in Uruguay and raised in several countries in Central and South America ...
Hace 6 días · Citizen: Jane Addams and the Struggle for Democracy. Jane Addams was the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. In Citizen, Louise W. Knight's masterful biography, you'll learn about Addams's early development as a political activist and social philosopher.
Hace 1 día · June 3, 2024. In communities around the world, toxic pollution has taken a terrible toll on public health, leading to more than 12.5 million deaths a year, according to the World Health Organization. In her new book “Slow Harms and Citizen Action: Environmental Degradation and Policy Change in Latin American Cities,” UCLA Luskin’s ...
Hace 2 días · The Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 88–352, 78 Stat. 241, enacted July 2, 1964) is a landmark civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin. It prohibits unequal application of voter registration requirements, racial segregation in schools and public accommodations, and ...
