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Piedad Córdoba es sin lugar a dudas la mujer más controversial de la política colombiana en la última década. Juan Luis Castro Córdoba, su hijo mayor, es médico graduado de la U.P.B con especialización en psiquiatría de la Universidad Monte Sinaí en Nueva York. Especializado Psiquiatría Infantil de la Universidad de Yale y una maestría en Salud Pública de Chapel Hill Carolina del Norte. Durante varios años estuvo fuera del país dedicado a la investigación y la enseñanza en la Universidad de Arkansas.

This book discusses foundational practices from a community aspect, which includes the police. Instead of claiming a higher standard for the police, we discuss a single standard for all community members, which the police exemplify. We discuss the Peelian Principles as a means to re-establish everyone’s responsibility in crime prevention–then we can practice proper accountability.

Gino Strada arriva quando tutti scappano, e mette in piedi ospedali di fortuna, spesso senza l'attrezzatura e le medicine necessarie, quando la guerra esplode nella sua lucida follia. Guerre che per lo più hanno un lungo strascico di sangue dopo la fine ufficiale dei conflitti: quando pastori, bambini e donne vengono dilaniati dalle tante mine antiuomo disseminate per le rotte della transumanza, o quando raccolgono strani oggetti lanciati dagli elicotteri sui loro villaggi. I vecchi afgani li chiamano pappagalli verdi.

People of color have been having abortions since the dawn of time, yet our access is continuously under attack. In Liberating Abortion, award-winning abortion activist Renee Bracey Sherman and journalist Regina Mahone illustrate the long racist history that brought us to this moment, uncover the hidden figures who set the foundation activists and storytellers are building on today, and explain how abortion has been and remains essential to the health of our communities.

Radical Islam is an enduring global challenge that presents a national and international security threat. Instigation by hate preachers, inadequate government, societal attention, religious and reciprocal radicalization have allowed this threat to manifest into terrorist violence. Extremist ideologies have infiltrated religious, educational, and digital spaces and thus, terrorism’s shadow continues to shroud the safety and stability of countries and communities worldwide today.

La sanidad siempre está en crisis, la responsabilidad de enfermar no puede atribuirse solamente a la persona que enferma y para cambiar la sanidad tenemos que cambiar la sociedad entera. Estas tres afirmaciones se pueden utilizar como punto de partida para hablar de por qué cuando la economía enferma (decrece) la gente muere menos.

The popular Washington Post contributing opinion columnist challenges listeners to have uncomfortable conversations about race, drawing on the first-person perspectives of the author and Americans from diverse viewpoints and walks of life.