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Education

 * Education in Sri Lanka
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article needs new sources and citations as the warning label states when you open it. The article is structured well and includes information about the basics of the education system.  However, it does not really address the problems with the system and it also does not talk about special education. I think it is important to add any criticisms of the system and address inequalities based on gender and ethnicity and any class gaps.  I think I could also add more media because the only photos are photos of random institutions.  Overall, the article is not biased it just needs some additions.
 * Sources
 * Weerasinghe, F. (2018). Critical factors affecting students’ satisfaction with higher education in Sri Lanka. Quality Assurance in Education, 26(1), 115–130. https://doi.org/10.1108/QAE-04-2017-0014
 * Himaz, A. (2015). Returns to education in Sri Lanka: a pseudo-panel approach. Education Economics, 24(3), 300–311. https://doi.org/10.1080/09645292.2015.1005575
 * Lopes Cardozo, H. (2015). Losing ground: a critical analysis of teachers’ agency for peacebuilding education in Sri Lanka. Journal of Peace Education, 12(1), 56–73. https://doi.org/10.1080/17400201.2014.940516

Water

 * Human right to water and sanitation
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article is pretty organized and is navigable with many sections introducing the legal background. It also includes various examples of cases concerning human rights and access to safe water.  I think it would be beneficial to include more examples of cases and also how the disregarding of the rights can impact people.  The article focuses on examples and I think it is important to educate people on how this impacts us all.  There is also a lack of media so there is definitely room to make the article more visually appealing.


 * Sources
 * Bakker, K. (2007). The “Commons” Versus the “Commodity”: Alter-globalization, Anti-privatization and the Human Right to Water in the Global South. Antipode, 39(3), 430–455. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8330.2007.00534.x
 * Lancet, T. (2016). Dangerous disregard for the right to water. The Lancet (British Edition), 388(10062), 2838–2838. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)32511-9
 * Mehta, A. (2014). Global environmental justice and the right to water: The case of peri-urban Cochabamba and Delhi. Geoforum, 54, 158–166. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2013.05.014

Climate Change

 * Ocean acidification in the Great Barrier Reef
 * Article Evaluation
 * The article provides a good background on the threats of ocean acidification to coral organisms and a section about destruction of biodiversity. However, I feel like there could be a lot more elaboration on how the destruction of biodiversity has a greater impact on climate change and the environment as a whole.  Also, how it impacts the economy and our daily lives as shown in one of the sources below.  The article also lacks media, a great way to show the change in biodiversity would be to show before and after photos of the coral reefs, along with some charts or maps. Overall, this article is too brief and needs a lot more analysis and visuals.


 * Sources
 * Weatherdon, M. (2016). Observed and Projected Impacts of Climate Change on Marine Fisheries, Aquaculture, Coastal Tourism, and Human Health: An Update. Frontiers in Marine Science, 3. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2016.00048
 * Appleyard, A. (2009). Reassessing the management of groundwater use from sandy aquifers: acidification and base cation depletion exacerbated by drought and groundwater withdrawal on the Gnangara Mound, Western Australia. Hydrogeology Journal, 17(3), 579–588. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-008-0410-2
 * Edmunds, C. (2016). Integrating the Effects of Ocean Acidification across Functional Scales on Tropical Coral Reefs. Bioscience, 66(5), 350–362. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biw023

Animal Rights

 * Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act
 * Article Evaluation
 * This article lacks any sort of media or anything visually appealing. It is also a little difficult for me to understand when I am reading it and the title was misleading.  I originally thought it was an act preventing animal abuse, but it is actually a law that was deemed unconstitutional because it is vague and broad, and allows corporations to keep the profits they make off of the exploitation of animals.  A good addition that relates to the UNSDGs would be writing about how the law actually goes against animal rights activists.  This article is not really something I would like to go further with because of the controversy and how misleading it was.


 * Sources
 * Wilkens, O. (2013). The Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act: an unjust law and the case for repeal. South Texas Law Review, 54(3), 535–.
 * Cardon, B. (2013). Federal court dismisses challenge to Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act. Lab Animal, 42(6), 197–198. https://doi.org/10.1038/laban.302
 * Hill, M. (2011). United States v. Fullmer and the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act: “true threats” to advocacy. Case Western Reserve Law Review, 61(3), 981–.

Politics

 * Dissolution of the Lumumba Government
 * Article Evaluation
 * The article is very detailed that it shows a lot of information about the actual disassembly of the government being led by Patrice Lumumba. However, I think it needs more background information about the state of the nation and how his rule impacted the people enough that he had to be removed from office. I think there should be more about human rights and civil injustices rather than just how it happened.  I also hope to be able to find more photos, maps and media in general because the article is hard to stay focused reading and it is not visually appealing.


 * Sources
 * Veit, A. (2017). Death in the Congo: Murdering Patrice Lumumba. African Affairs (London), 116(464), 547–548. https://doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adx026
 * Umoja, A. (2018). Repression and Black Liberation, by Chokwe Lumumba With Introduction by Akinyele Umoja. The Black Scholar, 48(2), 47–56. https://doi.org/10.1080/00064246.2018.1435139
 * Monaville, P. (2019). The political life of the dead Lumumba: Cold War histories and the Congolese student left. Africa (London. 1928), 89(S1), S15–. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0001972018000B9X