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Global Issues: Religious Freedom

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Are we free to believe in what we want? It is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or community, in public or private, to manifest religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship, and observance without government influence or intervention. It also includes the freedom to change one’s religion or belief.   Freedom…

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Global Issues: Prejudice

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Prejudice Did you know? ▪ The word “prejudice” comes from the Latin roots “prae” (in advance) and “judicum” (judgment), which essentially means to judge before. When we “pre-judge” someone, we make up our minds about who they are before we actually get to know them. Prejudices or “pre-judgments” are not based upon actual real-life interaction with…

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Global Issues: World Hunger

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World Hunger        Although the number of undernourished people has dropped by over 20% since 1992 (216 million fewer than in 1990-92) today there are 815 million people who do not have enough to eat. This is more than the 795 million in 2014, although still down from about 900 million in 2000.    Nearly half of…

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Global Issues: Deforestation

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Deforestation     Deforestation is clearing Earth’s forests on a massive scale, often resulting in damage to the quality of the land. Forests still cover about 30 percent of the world’s land area, but swaths half the size of England are lost each year. (National Geographic) This advertisement was created for WWF’s campaign in order to raise…