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  No News is Good news
  Topic by Saideh P Jamshidi

  Do you read the news? Do you watch talk shows? Would you consider yourself drawn into heated discussions wherein a specific point of view is heavily discussed and encouraged, or would you be attracted to a more fair and balanced talk show? Or perhaps you’re the type that does not pay...

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  Fox News Bias Soils Once-Shining Image of American Journalism Standards
  Topic by Saideh P Jamshidi

  The first lessons that beginning reporters learn are to be objective and to report their stories in a fair and balanced way. To practice objectivity, reporters are taught to describe events or issues by avoiding most adjectives, especially any that may be pejorative or fulsome. Reporters must...

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  Journalism in 2012: A Hazardous Profession
  Topic by Erin Luhmann

  A Western journalist who criticizes local authorizes may burn a bridge or two with government sources. A journalist who criticizes local authorities in a nation plagued by corruption may face censorship, prison, emotional threats, physical attacks, or murder. For journalists working in...

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  Hate Groups Make Headlines
  Topic by Erin Luhmann

  Aurora. A temple in Milwaukee. The Empire State building. The first day of school in Baltimore. The civilian-shooting spree this summer enflamed debate over gun laws in the United States. A nonprofit civil rights organization, however, has interjected with a different concern: What drives...

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  Chinese Citizens Committed to Cracking Great Firewall of China
  Topic by Sebastian Murdock

  China, for all of its economic progress and social advances over recent decades, remains a country in which citizens are not free to express themselves as they choose. They may not read or view material unless it is approved by the government. If a book or TV show or website has the potential...

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  Companies Weigh in on Gay Marriage Debate
  Topic by Erin Luhmann

  Are your fast food purchases political? A pouch of fries seems pretty innocent. A chicken sandwich is a more substantial item, although it seems more aligned with taste buds than political parties. In the past, fast food exposés have raised issues of animal rights abuses. But poultry rights...

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  A Look Back and a Look Forward from the 44th Anniversary of Dr. King’s Death
  Topic by Nora G Hertel

  Although a forty-fourth anniversary garners less attention than a semi-centennial, events throughout the country marked the passing of April 4, the day Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. died in 1968. Many observers reflected on King’s assassination, while his closest of kin, his children, choose...

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  The Hypocrisy of PETA
  Topic by Sebastian Murdock

  At first glance, PETA—or, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals—seems like a noble cause. They champion rights for all animals, giving a voice to the voiceless. But their tactics might be a little off. PETA often preaches vegetarianism and veganism through shocking and...

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  Red Ribbon Week: Fight For a Drug-Free Life
  Topic by Kirsten N Lemmons

  October is National Substance Abuse Prevention Month, and during the last week of the month Americans can participate in one of the United States' oldest and largest campaigns -- Red Ribbon Week. It was established to honor Special Agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena of the Drug Enforcement Agency...

• Colonialism and Compassion in Cambodia's Orphanages
  Topic by Nora G Hertel
• The Twenty-First Century Gandhi: Anna Hazare?
  Topic by Nidhi Singh
• The Arab Spring and World Politics
  Topic by Nidhi Singh
• Urban Farming and Agriculture
  Topic by Kirsten N Lemmons
• Asia's Growing Woman Problem - Or Lack Thereof
  Topic by John Hammons