CUNY Academic Commons

Tenure is an ineffective solution to improving universities because it creates barriers within that university.  In fact, tenure’s limitations comes from the way it uses up a universities budget and its neg […]

Drug usage plays a big role in America’s death rate. Editorial Board (2017), from NY time’s article, acknowledges “Public health officials have called the current opioid epidemic the worst drug crisis in Ameri […]

In Chasing the scream, author Johann Hari uses the idea of addiction as a key focus in one of his chapters. The impression that addiction has not only a physical dependency but also a mental dependency is explored […]

The link above is to an article analyzing the relationship between adolescents who use drugs, aggressive behavior, and societies influences. The purpose of the paper was to address whether social support i […]

“A linguistic celebration,” is what Jamila lyiscott states when she describes how she is articulate in today’s society. Jamila shows how articulation can be shaped by a persons surroundings.

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How are writing and empathy connected?

Empathy is known as “the ability to understand and share the feelings of others.” The idea of writing is to be able to express your own thoughts or feelings on paper in […]