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Articles by Tonei Glavinic

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Day of Destruction, Decade of War: How Photographs Justified the War on Terror
May 1, 2012 - 1760 words | Communication Studies » September 11
For many Americans, the date September 11, 2001 carries more weight than any other date in our nation’s history. It marks the beginning of a rapid sea change in American politics, and the start of a series of wars in foreign countries that we are still embroiled... Read Article »

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September 11 Photography War on Terror Iraq Afghanistan
Cablegate and Watergate: More Namesake than Legacy
March 20, 2012 - 2176 words | Journalism » Investigative Journalism
Just a few months after making international news in early 2010 for releasing confidential reports on the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, the international whistleblower site Wikileaks began publicly releasing information from a series of over 250,000 classified diplomatic... Read Article »

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Wikileaks Watergate Cablegate Investigative Journalism
Free Speech and Abortion Clinics: Protesters, Security, and Patients' Rights
March 13, 2012 - 3674 words | Political Science » Public Policy
Since Roe v. Wade affirmed the constitutional right to abortion in 1974, antiabortion activists have used various forms of protesting and violence to disrupt reproductive health clinics which provide abortion care.[1] While there is an appropriate level of protesting... Read Article »

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Free Speech Protesting Abortion FACE Act Reproductive Rights
Watergate and the Washington Post: Questionable Tactics in Service to Democracy
February 22, 2012 - 1640 words | Journalism » Journalism
In their introduction to Journalism: The Democratic Craft, G. Stuart Adam and Roy Peter Clark write that “journalism is one manifestation of the right of free expression, a fundamental democratic freedom” (p. xvii). This is not a radical new concept. Yet... Read Article »

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Watergate Washington Post Richard Nixon Bob Woodward Carl Bernstein Investigative Journalism
With REAL ID, Privacy Concerns for the Transgender Community
February 1, 2010 - 565 words | Opinion » Real Id
The level of data collection mandated by the REAL ID Act of 2007 should raise concern for all American citizens who enjoy their privacy, because it mandates unprecedented levels of data collection and an equally unprecedented level of nationwide access to that data... Read Article »

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REAL ID PASS ID Transgender Privacy National ID Driver's Licenses H.R. 3471 S. 1261 Transgender Community
Research Shows Lack of Support for Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming Youth in U.S. School Systems
January 24, 2010 - 2450 words | Education » Gender Issues
Transgender children are some of the most vulnerable students in America’s schools. Nobody knows how many there are, and very few educators know what to do with them. Despite extensive advocacy efforts, trans youth are subjected to bullying and harassment in... Read Article »

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Transgender Transgender Children Education Gender Non-conforming Lgbt Harassment Bullying School Performance
The Human Genome and Patient Privacy: A Proposal to Expand Protections for Patients and Family Members
January 21, 2010 - 2824 words | Political Science » Public Policy
As medical and biological technology has progressed in recent years, concerns have been raised about the privacy implications of genetic records that can identify individuals and predict future conditions to which they are predisposed. According to the Electronic Privacy... Read Article »

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Healthcare Public Policy Patient Privacy Human Genome Genetic Testing HIPAA
Exclusion, Misrepresentation and Discrimination: Still Prevalent for Women in American Media and Politics
January 20, 2010 - 1576 words | Communication Studies » Women's Issues
Mass media is perhaps the most powerful tool in the world for creating, changing or perpetuating society’s ideas about an issue or group of people. It works both overtly and subconsciously: deciding which issues are important, how to frame those issues, who to... Read Article »

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Women Discrimination Television News Media Katie Couric Stereotypes Misrepresentation
A River for Freedom: The Itaipu Hyrdoelectric Project and the Democratization of Paraguay
January 13, 2010 - 2301 words | International Affairs » South America
From 1954 to 1989, Paraguay was subject to the authoritarian regime of Alfredo Stroessner and the Colorado Party. While Stroessner came to power at a time of great economic strife, it was the most prosperous time of his regime that led to his downfall – the construction... Read Article »

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Paraguay Democratization Politics Democracy Alfredo Stroessner Economic Development Hydroelectric Transition To Democracy
Neglected Responsibilities: America's Failure to Support Native Alaskan Students
January 12, 2010 - 3113 words | Education » American Education System
When the United States purchased Alaska from the Russian Empire in 1867, it did not simply grow by 663,000 square miles; it also accepted responsibility for the people living within its new borders. But America has not fulfilled its responsibilities. Today, 142 years... Read Article »

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Native Alaskan Students Alaskan Alaska Education U.S. Education System Education American Responsibilities America's Failure

Tonei Glavinic studies Political Science And Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies at American University in Washington, DC.