Category: Issues
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100+ African Elephants Slaughtered for Ivory each Day
Illegal wildlife hunting and slaughtering of African elephants for ivory is big business for poachers in Africa. What is ivory used for today? Ivory from elephant tusks are carved into vanity products like jewelry, figurines, billiard balls and piano keys. Asian demand for African ivory is driving the poaching crisis in Africa. The price of…
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Whale Poaching in Japan
Whales are migratory species that takes time to mature, and have high value for both tourism and whalers. Since the International Whaling Commission (IWC) banned commercial whale poaching in 1986, Japan has killed over 10,000 of these endangered marine mammals. Hunted for their blubber and meat, the Japanese whalers had been killing tons of minke…
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The Occupy Wall Street Protest
The Occupy Wall Street protest is a worldwide movement expressing the big economic gap between the 1%(rich people) and 99%(the rest of the United States population). The protesters are complaining about the corporate greed and President Obama’s failure to hold the financial industry responsible for the meltdown of 2008. OnlineMBA’s infographic provide an overview of…
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The End of the World: Predictions and Failures
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Stowage of the British Slave Ship, Brooks (1788)
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