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Irsa: Immigration and Refugee Services of America
The IRSA (Immigration and Refugee Services of America) offers help to immigrants and refugees in America take the steps necessary to become citizens and offers many other resources to help. You can link to news and updates on these...
CNN
Cnn: Day of Vindication for Grandma as Pay Law Signed (2009)
It took 10 years, but Lilly Ledbetter won her fight for her gender discrimination claim. It became law under the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act signed by President Obama. This article, briefly tells her story. (30 January 2009)
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Science Can Answer Moral Questions
Questions of good and evil, right and wrong are commonly thought unanswerable by science. But Sam Harris argues that science can be an authority on moral issues, shaping human values and setting out what constitutes a good life. [23:27]
Other
Article 19: Promoting Freedom of Expression
Discusses right to information and freedom of expression issues. Bright, colorful, nicely designed with many resources.
Nations Online Project
Nations Online
This portal site offers quick access to a wide range of information about each country, continent and region of the world.
Other
Aljazeera: Darfur Camp Overrun by Rebels
Kalma, the only refugee camp protected by the UNAMID, is said to have rebel fighters inside. Watch this Aljazeera video report on conditions in Darfur. December 2010.
Immigration and Ethnic History Society
Iehs: Carl Lindskoog, "Immigration Detention: A Selective Bibliography"
This bibliography supplements an essay in the Summer 2019 issue of the Immigration and Ethnic History Newsletter. This list shows, scholars in an array of disciplines have shaped the historiography of immigration detention. It includes...
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Helsinki Accords
Learn about the Helsinki Accords, a series of agreements that were signed in August 1975 by leaders of the USA, the USSR, and 35 nations who were members of NATO and the Warsaw Pact that dealt with three main issues of cooperation,...
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Carnagie Endowment: Roots of Corporate Scandal
This is an article that dissects the causes of corporate corruption. Looks at the greed and dishonesty often at the center of corporate scandals. Author looks at the issue from more of a standpoint of human nature than from penalties and...