Resources
E-Journals
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eJournal USA: Making Their Mark: Black Women Leaders
This issue of eJournal USA profiles African-American women of the 20th and 21st centuries who have made significant contributions to many spheres of American life. It also offers insights into how earlier generations of African-American women serve as touchstones for the present generation.
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eJournal USA: The Spirit of Volunteerism
Americans have a long history of helping others for no financial gain. Devoting one’s time and energy for the greater good is seen in countless ways across America daily. This issue illustrates some of the ways that Americans volunteer, such as firefighters, health workers and computer experts.
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eJournal USA: A Healthy Future
Global health has improved, but the fight against diseases is not over. New approaches and renewed engagement of key stakeholders are needed.
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Cultivating Civil Society 2.0
“Cultivating Civil Society 2.0” explores the evolving intersection between civil society and technology and offers examples of how civil society organizations are exploiting technology’s potential to advance their work.
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Climate Action Goes Local
Learn how governments, businesses and communities in Central America, East Asia, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and the United States are partnering to leverage their resources to combat climate change.
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Educating Women and Girls
This issue of eJournal USA explores how international organizations, state governments, the private sector and individuals — in many different countries — are promoting education for women and girls and are improving people’s lives.
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Peace Corps - 50 Years of Promoting Friendship
In this issue of eJournal USA, we mark the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps with narratives written by past volunteers and we glimpse the future of the Peace Corps in an essay by current Peace Corps Director Aaron S. Williams.
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Ethical and Effective Policing
This issue of eJournal USA examines the ways in which citizens and police strive to sustain the social contract.
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Becoming American: Beyond the Melting Pot
The United States is a nation of immigrants. Find out how long-time residents and newcomers are finding common ground in three U.S. communities.
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A Living Legacy: Preserving Intangible Culture
Many actors in the United States celebrate and preserve the country’s diverse intangible cultural heritage.
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Refugees Building New Lives in the United States - July 2010
Since 1980, millions of refugees have been resettled in the United States. Individual Americans welcome and help integrate refugees into U.S. communities large and small and, in turn, the resettled refugees enrich American culture. This edition of eJournal USA presents some background information and includes several personal stories.
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Defining Internet Freedom - June 2010
Information has never been so free, but threats to the free flow of information on the Internet are growing. How governments and societies confront new and transformative Internet technologies is the subject of this eJournal USA.
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See You in the U.S.A. - May 2010
Every year tens of millions of people visit the United States. They come to study, or for business, or for fun. But the best reason of all is to meet Americans.
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Climate Change Partnerships - April 2010
Partnerships leverage the complementary skills and talents of diverse partners and likely will be among the required responses to global climate change.
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21st-Century Agriculture - March 2010
Humanity's longest struggle has been to feed itself. This eJournal USA explores how 21st century technical prowess and agricultural skill hold the key to feeding the growing populations of the future.
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A World Free of Nuclear Weapons - February 2010
Since the first atomic bombs exploded in 1945, some have tried to rid the world of nuclear weapons. President Obama has embraced this goal with new vigor. This issue of eJournal USA examines the challenges to achieving nuclear disarmament. It conveys the hopes of some thinkers, and explains the doubts of others.
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More Than Elections: How Democracies Transfer Power - January 2010
Democracy requires more than holding elections. Healthy democracies are defined by the expectations of citizens and the common rules, understandings, and trust they build. This eJournal USA explores the contours of civil society and political legitimacy within which peaceful transitions of power can occur.
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Governance and Growth - December 2009
"Governance and Growth," explores the reality behind President Obama’s statement to Ghana’s parliament earlier this year: "Development depends on good governance."
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Roots of Innovation - November 2009
Economic expansion depends more and more on innovation — not simply producing more goods and services, but producing ever newer goods and services. This issue of eJournal USA seeks to show that innovation needs the right conditions to emerge.
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The U.S. Supreme Court: Equal Justice Under Law - October 2009
The U.S. Supreme Court is respected both in the United States and abroad. The October 2009 edition of eJournal USA describes many aspects of the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Climate Change Perspectives - September 2009
This eJournal USA offers perspectives of experts and activists in several key countries on effective policies to curb greenhouse gas emissions to mitigate global warming and adapt to irreversible changes, and features an introduction by U.S. special envoy Todd Stern.
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Campus Connections - August 2009
A globalized economy makes business and employment spill across national boundaries, so an education abroad is likely to make a young person better prepared for the world’s future. Almost double the numbers of students travel abroad for an education today as compared with 20 years ago. Campus Connections examines the international study experience and its influence on individual growth.
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Anatomy of a Jury Trial - July 2009
Juries — usually groups of 6 or 12 ordinary citizens — provide a crucial service for their fellow citizens: Just as in medieval England, where they got started, juries prevent government, even democratic government, from pursuing oppressive prosecutions.