Kamala Harris - Trajetória e Impacto na política dos Estados Unidos.


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Kamala Harris nasceu em 20 de outubro de 1964, em Oakland, Califórnia, filha de ShyamalaGopalan, uma cientista da Índia, e Donald Harris, um economista da Jamaica. Desde jovem, Harris foi influenciada pelos valores de justiça social e igualdade, moldados pelas experiências de seus pais imigrantes e pela atmosfera política vibrante da Califórnia na década de 1960 e 1970. Durante sua juventude, Harris testemunhou de perto o Movimento dos Direitos Civis e foi inspirada por líderes como Thurgood Marshall e Shirley Chisholm. Essas influências moldaram seu compromisso com a justiça e a igualdade, princípios que guiaram sua jornada acadêmica e profissional. Em 1986, Kamala Harris ingressou na Howard University, uma das mais prestigiadas universidades historicamente negras dos Estados Unidos, onde estudou ciência política e economia. Sua formação em Howard foi crucial para desenvolver uma compreensão mais profunda das questões sociais e políticas que moldam a América contemporânea. Após se formar em Howard, Harris continuou seus estudos na Universityof California, Hastings Collegeofthe Law, onde obteve seu diploma de Juris Doctor em 1989. Durante seus anos de estudante de direito, ela começou a forjar sua carreira jurídica, dedicando-se ao serviço público e à defesa dos direitos civis. A combinação de sua formação diversificada e o ambiente político de sua juventude prepararam Kamala Harris para uma carreira distinta na advocacia e na política, marcada por um compromisso inabalável com a justiça, a igualdade e o serviço público. Após concluir seus estudos na Universityof California, Hastings Collegeofthe Law, Kamala Harris iniciou sua carreira jurídica, focando em questões de direitos civis e justiça social. Seu trabalho inicial a levou a se destacar como procuradora assistente em Alameda County, onde lidou com uma variedade de casos criminais e civis. A ascensão de Harris na advocacia foi impulsionada por seu compromisso com a comunidade e sua habilidade em conectar-se com uma ampla gama de eleitores e interessados. Em 2003, Kamala Harris foi eleita procuradora distrital de San Francisco, tornando-se a primeira mulher e a primeira pessoa de ascendência afro-americana e sul-asiática a ocupar o cargo na história da Califórnia. Durante seu mandato como procuradora distrital de San Francisco, Harris implementou políticas inovadoras focadas na reforma criminal e na redução da reincidência. Ela lançou iniciativas para combater o tráfico de drogas e melhorar a transparência dentro do sistema judicial. Sua abordagem progressista ganhou reconhecimento nacional e estabeleceu uma base sólida para suas futuras aspirações políticas. Em 2010, Kamala Harris fez história novamente ao ser eleita procuradora-geral da Califórnia, tornando-se a primeira mulher, a primeira pessoa de ascendência afro-americana e sul-asiática a ocupar o cargo. Como procuradora-geral, ela continuou a defender políticas progressistas, incluindo a reforma da justiça criminal, o aumento da proteção ao consumidor e a defesa dos direitos civis. A educação de Kamala Harris e suas experiências iniciais na advocacia não apenas moldaram suas convicções políticas, mas também estabeleceram as bases para sua ascensão meteórica na política estadual e nacional. Seu compromisso com a justiça social e sua capacidade de implementar mudanças significativas continuariam a definir sua carreira política nas décadas seguintes. Saiba Muito Mais...




The BRICS and the Future of Global Order


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The transformation of the BRIC acronym from an investment term into a household name of international politics and into a semi-institutionalized political outfit (called BRICS, with a capital ‘S’), is one of the defining developments in international politics in the past decades. While the concept is now commonly used in the general public debate and international media, there has not yet been a comprehensive and scholarly analysis of the history of the BRICS term. The BRICS and the Future of Global Order, Second Edition offers a definitive reference history of the BRICS as a term and as an institution—a chronological narrative and analytical account of the BRICS concept from its inception in 2001 to the political grouping it is today. In addition, it analyzes what the rise of powers like Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa means for the future of global order. Will the BRICS countries seek to establish a parallel system with its own distinctive set of rules, institutions, and currencies of power, rejecting key tenets of liberal internationalism, are will they seek to embrace the rules and norms that define today’s Western-led order?




Artificial Intelligence in Society


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The artificial intelligence (AI) landscape has evolved significantly from 1950 when Alan Turing first posed the question of whether machines can think. Today, AI is transforming societies and economies. It promises to generate productivity gains, improve well-being and help address global challenges, such as climate change, resource scarcity and health crises.




The Third Bank of the River


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A sweeping look at the war over the Amazon—as activists,locals, and indigenous tribes struggle to save it from the threat of loggers, drug lords, and corrupt cops and politicians Following doctors and detectives, environmental activists and indigenous tribes, The Third Bank of the River traces the history of the Amazon from the arrival of the first Spanish flotilla to the drones that are now mapping unexplored parts of the forest. Grounded in rigorous firsthand reporting and in-depth research, Chris Feliciano Arnold reveals a portrait of Brazil and the Amazon that is complex, bloody, and often tragic. During the 2014 World Cup, an isolated Amazon tribe emerged from the rain forest on the misty border of Peru and Brazil, escaping massacre at the hands of loggers who wanted their land. A year later, in the jungle capital of Manaus, a bloody weekend of reprisal killings inflame a drug war that has blurred the line between cops and kingpins. Both events reveal the dual struggles of those living in and around the world’s largest river. As indigenous tribes lose their ancestral culture and territory to the lure and threat of the outside world, the question arises of how best to save isolated tribes: Keep them away from the modern world or make contact in an effort to save them from extinction? As Brazil looks to be a world leader in the twenty-first century, this magnificent and vast region is mired in chaos and violence that echoes the atrocities that have haunted the rain forest since Europeans first traveled its waters.




Governance Ecosystems


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The authors explore the complex dynamics of mining and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Latin America, including a reflection on the African continent, presenting arguments and case studies based on new research on a set of urgent and emerging questions surrounding mining, development and sustainability.




OECD Investment Policy Reviews: Uruguay


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In July 2020, the Investment Committee recommended to Council to invite Uruguay to become the 50th adherent to the OECD Declaration on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises. This OECD Investment Policy Review of Uruguay documents the progress made in recent years to align investment policies with the national development strategy in pursuit of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).




Government at a Glance Southeast Asia 2019


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Government at a Glance Southeast Asia 2019 is the first edition in the Government at a Glance series for the region. It provides the latest available data on public administrations in the 10 ASEAN member countries: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam.




How to Stand Up to a Dictator


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Introduction by Amal Clooney From the recipient of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, an impassioned and inspiring memoir of a career spent holding power to account. Maria Ressa is one of the most renowned international journalists of our time. For decades, she challenged corruption and malfeasance in her native country, the Philippines, on its rocky path from an authoritarian state to a democracy. As a reporter from CNN, she transformed news coverage in her region, which led her in 2012 to create a new and innovative online news organization, Rappler. Harnessing the emerging power of social media, Rappler crowdsourced breaking news, found pivotal sources and tips, harnessed collective action for climate change, and helped increase voter knowledge and participation in elections. But by their fifth year of existence, Rappler had gone from being lauded for its ideas to being targeted by the new Philippine government, and made Ressa an enemy of her country’s most powerful man: President Duterte. Still, she did not let up, tracking government seeded disinformation networks which spread lies to its own citizens laced with anger and hate. Hounded by the state and its allies using the legal system to silence her, accused of numerous crimes, and charged with cyberlibel for which she was found guilty, Ressa faces years in prison and thousands in fines. There is another adversary Ressa is battling. How to Stand Up to a Dictator is also the story of how the creep towards authoritarianism, in the Philippines and around the world, has been aided and abetted by the social media companies. Ressa exposes how they have allowed their platforms to spread a virus of lies that infect each of us, pitting us against one another, igniting, even creating, our fears, anger, and hate, and how this has accelerated the rise of authoritarians and dictators around the world. She maps a network of disinformation—a heinous web of cause and effect—that has netted the globe: from Duterte’s drug wars to America's Capitol Hill; Britain’s Brexit to Russian and Chinese cyber-warfare; Facebook and Silicon Valley to our own clicks and votes. Democracy is fragile. How to Stand Up to a Dictator is an urgent cry for Western readers to recognize and understand the dangers to our freedoms before it is too late. It is a book for anyone who might take democracy for granted, written by someone who never would. And in telling her dramatic and turbulent and courageous story, Ressa forces readers to ask themselves the same question she and her colleagues ask every day: What are you willing to sacrifice for the truth?




First Ladies


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Examines United States Presidential First Ladies through 2003.




Start Your Own Cannabis Business


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Everything You Need to Start and Run a Successful Cannabis Business From retailers to growers, producers, and suppliers, there's a seemingly never-ending list of startup opportunities in this emerging market. In Start Your Own Cannabis Business, cannabis, biotech, and entrepreneurship reporter Javier Hasse introduces forward-thinking entrepreneurs lie you to the industry and shares hard-earned tips and success stories from pioneers and visionaries in the marijuana industry. Take a closer look at the world of weed and what it holds for you and your future as a cannabis entrepreneur. You'll learn how to: Put together a solid business plan with tips from cannabis lawyers Estimate startup costs with the help of cannabis-experienced CPAs Assemble a team of employees with insight from legal cannabis recruiting and dispensary training agencies Protect your assets in case something goes wrong with your business Familiarize yourself with the tax and legal regulations of the industry Understand what's legal and what's not in the U.S. in cannabis Grow your cannabis business into a multistate company