| By Alyssa Anderson, Gale Ambassador at Florida International University | In a world of restrictive gender roles, women are assumed to play a peripheral part while men take the lead. Feminism was introduced as a critical theory in the study of international relations to defy the marginalization of women in the field. To focus … Read more
| By Gale Staff | People may feel that the growing political division in the United States, and even around the world, is something new. Although intensified by issues such as a global pandemic, growing civil rights protests, and the use of social media to express one’s opinions, political extremism isn’t a new idea. It’s … Read more
| By Tracey Matthews | If you’re like me and tens of millions of other Americans, you can’t wait until the contentious 2020 election is over. Compounded by COVID-19 and an unprecedented voting process, this year’s election has many Americans anxious and unsure when the elections results will be announced and if their votes will … Read more
Five new collections in Archives Unbound containing declassified Federal Bureau of Investigation internal files digitized for the first time give researchers an unprecedented view of the state of government surveillance in times of great political and social upheaval in the United States. New Titles: FBI File: House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) FBI File: Alger … Read more
Posted on August 27, 2015
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Global Issues in Context
Two new portals were launched: Al-Shabab and MERS (Middle East Repository Syndrome in addition to 125 portal pages being updated in the last two weeks. Some of the topics included in the updates are:
Read moreContent Updates for Gale’s In Context (week of 8/24/2015)