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Climate Change and the Global Fabric of our Daily Lives

Rising seas, melting Arctic ice, hellish fires and devastating droughts: these are the products of our ever-warming climate, increasing in their frequency and and potentially unforgiving in their intensity. The effects of climate are…

Ancillary 9: Fighting Global Colorism

Colorism is the direct outcome of the world’s colonial history — almost every county at some point in the world has interacted with this issue in some form. Specifically, “the Asia-Pacific market remains to be the most lucrative region for skin whitening products…

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The problem with Taiwan’s population aging is not a domestic one. Although domestic factors like lowered fertility and birth rate is a major factor that contributes to the worsening of population aging. Taiwan’s relationship with other Asian countries also affects the rate of population aging that worsens…

Looking Internationally May Be the Key to Houston’s Future with Renewable Energy

In Houston, Texas, the world’s energy capital, there is a fear from those connected to the oil and natural gas industry that the decreased use of fossil fuels due to climate change could…

An Overall Declining Fertility Rate: Global Rising Feminism

“No babies” is a slogan for many women all around the world, including China. China used to have a constantly growing population, so China was famous for its One-Child Policy, a policy to keep the fertility rate low. However…

Lo Education Equity via a Global Lens

In my WP3, I explored how international education in my city Hefei is less competitive compared to that in first-tier cities in China. It…

What Ontario’s ‘Equity and Inclusive Education Strategy’ Says About Southlake’s ‘Cultural Competence Action Plan’

Southlake’s Cultural Competence Action Plan and the surrounding debate about whether it’s appropriate for a suburban white neighborhood…

Independence Over Assistance

When people are hungry, just give them food. Right?

The Global Spread of Invasive Aquatic Species

Dreissena polymorpha, commonly referred to as zebra mussels, have existed within freshwater areas of the United States since the 1980s. As stated by the National Park Service, “the first established population was discovered in 1988 at Lake St…

The United States VS. Singapore: Infant Mortality