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From assaults on merit-based hiring to the policing of language and replacing well-established, disciplinary scholarship by ideological mantras, current science and scholarship is under threat throughout western institutions. Many who have spoken up against this threat have lost their positions, and a climate of fear has arisen that strikes at the heart of modern education and research.

Read by the author, Keon West. The Science of Racism: the shocking reality of an unequal world Polls show that over 50% of us don’t believe racism exists. In a world made for White people, The Science of Racism uses clear scientific research to expose what we know about racism, exactly how we...

Economic outcomes are not determined by intentions alone. They are shaped by the incentives built into public policy and the systems that guide investment, production, and work. In Our Next 250 Years: Incentives and Jobs, Charles Patton examines how policy decisions influence capital allocation, business behavior, and ultimately the availability and quality of jobs. Taxes, regulation, education, trade, and technological change all affect the incentives that guide economic decisions. When those incentives are well aligned, investment supports growth, innovation, and opportunity.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. This is the official OpenStax Introduction to Political Science audiobook, produced by Audileo, a valued OpenStax Technology Partner. Designed to meet the scope and sequence of your course, Introduction to Political Science provides a strong foundation...

Columbia Business School professor Sandra Matz reveals in fascinating detail how big data offers insights into the most intimate aspects of our psyches and how these insights empower an external influence over the choices we make. This can be creepy, manipulative, and downright harmful, with scandals like that of British consulting firm Cambridge Analytica being merely the tip of the iceberg. 

Columbia Business School professor Sandra Matz reveals in fascinating detail how big data offers insights into the most intimate aspects of our psyches and how these insights empower an external influence over the choices we make. This can be creepy, manipulative, and downright harmful, with scandals like that of British consulting firm Cambridge Analytica being merely the tip of the iceberg. Yet big data also holds enormous potential to help us live healthier, happier lives.

The unified, fully committed global Islamic terrorist movement has penetrated the United States. Radical Islamic groups function in multiple US cities and towns, operate through Islamic front organizations, and are planning violent Jihadist attacks against Americans. In A Million Pairs of Eyes, Kevin Shipp provides state-of-the-art terrorist pre-attack recognition tactics available to every American.

「今、世界は戦争に向かいつつあります。 私は本書のはじめに、あえてそうはっきりお伝えしようと思います。」 （「はじめに」より） 戦争に対する立場には、大きく分けて2種類の立場が存在します。

No complexities being oversimplified or missing out on the latest advancements. This guide is meticulously curated to present accurate, up-to-date information while keeping the content approachable and enjoyable. It's designed to clear up misconceptions rather than fall into repetitive narratives you might have seen elsewhere. This guide uses real-life case studies to maintain your interest and deepen your understanding.

A damning account of how Israel and the US manufactured the case for genocide in Gaza and a devastating regional war in the Middle East, from Tel Aviv to Tehran. In Twelve Days That Shook the Middle East , scholar and Al Jazeera senior political analyst Marwan Bishara offers a clear-eyed account of what happened after October 7, 2023, why it happened, and why it matters. Bishara argues that this conflict has always been an asymmetric, anticolonial struggle. The genocide was not a misstep; it was a blueprint unfolding before the world’s eyes.

In this frank, funny and meticulous book, a leading social scientist lays out the striking facts we know about racism, how we have uncovered them, and how we can start to fix them. 'Illuminating, surprising, unnerving, moving . . . and, sadly, utterly necessary for this time in history.' -...

As the 2022 National Security Strategy and National Defense Strategy (NDS) makes clear, the United States is in the midst of a decisive decade where the terms of geopolitical competition between the world’s major powers will be set. The Department of Defense (DoD) will advance its priorities in three interlocking ways– through integrated deterrence, campaigning, and by building enduring advantages. Accelerated technology advancement and innovation are key elements to achieving DoD priorities through these strategic ways, and to ensure our national security over the long term.

Senseless killing of innocent people and children, bad governance, bribery, and corruption has taken over the politics of Africans. Today, Africans are dwelling in poverty and backwardness while other countries and continents are doing well. The reason I wrote this book while on a week vacation in Nigeria, was to compare Western politics to African politics. To find out what has gone wrong in African political systems.