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Discusses various issues pertaining to the debate over Internet censorship, covering topics such as child safety, public morality, security, intellectual property, freedom, and the history of censorship in the United States.

It's a crime to leave North Korea yet increasing numbers of North Koreans are doing just that. First they go to neighboring China, which rejects them as criminals, then on to Southeast Asia or Mongolia, and finally to South Korea, the United States or other free countries. It's the new underground railroad.

Human stem cells were have been known as a promising avenue for research and medicine since the late 1990s, but stem cell research had has been engulfed in controversy. Through a narrative-driven pro/con format? supported by facts, quotes, anecdotes, and full-color illustrations?this title examines issues related to stem cell research.

Risks in banking can impose significant costs on the economy. However many claim that a safer banking system would require sacrificing lending and economic growth. Who is right? This book argues that a safer and healthier banking system, without sacrificing any of the benefits, and at no cost to society, is possible.

Investigates the reality of the proposed 2,000-mile-long border 'fence' between the United States and Mexico.

Regina Bakala escaped a Congo ruled by chaos and violence and settled in the United States. She worked with an immigration lawyer and then reunited with her husband who was also a Congolese torture survivor. They had two children and Regina was happy and full of hope. Then one night there was a knock on the door and immigration agents took Regina to prison so she could await her eventual deportation back to the Congo and certain death.

Reveals the work of two highly-regarded insiders who have seen firsthand the evolution of U.S. security policy since 9/11, and describes how the United States rediscovered a strategy used by General Ulysses S. Grant in the Civil War, updated it, and re-deployed it in the most technologically-advanced fighting force the world has ever seen. The authors are frank about the successes, failures, and the moral and legal dangers of operations that show little regard for national boundaries or political approval processes.