“50-50” by Langston Hughes In the poem “50-50” by Langston Hughes‚ the theme is about a lonely woman seeking love. She might be a young woman who left her family in the South and moved North during the Great Migration for better opportunities‚ and that might be the reason why she feels she is all alone in this world. Or‚ she might be a widow or someone who has lost a partner‚ or boyfriend. She feels she is all alone because she has no man in her life. The monologue has a dual persona
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Today‚ a great amount of people has immigrated to the United States in search of the American Dream. The dream is difficult to define‚ but what it generally means is freedom‚ equality and the creating of a new and better life. The opportunities to succeed is what is pushing these people to work hard and never give up on the journey to reach their dream. This dream can be something major‚ like becoming a movie star or a bestselling artist‚ or something more modest‚ like getting a job and a steady
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candidates running for the presidency but only one candidate from each party is chosen to run for president. Representative Democracy is when the get to people elect representatives to run the government which is also known as Democratic Republic. The United States is a Representative Democracy. The citizens elect representatives such as the president‚ members of congress‚ and senators to run the government. The government is divided into three separate branches of government. This ensures that none of the
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Braswell v. United States Introduction The Fifth Amendment of US Constitution provides a significant protection for accused persons. In particular‚ the Fifth Amendment provides guarantees for due process‚ protection against double jeopardy and against the self-incrimination. My paper focuses on the guarantee against the self-incrimination. Thus‚ the Fifth Amendment stipulates that no person “shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself”. At the same time‚ it is not specified
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divorce is different‚ there appear to be four main causes‚ which include: changes in the roles of women‚ modern stress‚ lack of communication‚ and substance abuse. One major cause of the recent rise in divorce rates is a social one. In the United States‚ the gender roles of women are growing more and more obsolete. In the past‚ men were the sole earners of the family income‚ while women were responsible for maintaining the household. Because of this‚ women were unable to support themselves
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The First Bank of the United States The Bank of the United States was designed to make money and build an economy. It was designed by men like Alexander Hamilton and Robert Morris‚ but did not benefit the common citizen as much as wealthy investors. Why did a fledgling government need to borrow millions from overseas in order to invest in a “national” bank‚ to turn around and then borrow the same money back and pay interest on it? The banking system developed by Alexander Hamilton and Robert
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Inequality is the unequal distribution of valued goods and opportunities in a society. Over the past two decades‚ there has been an increase in economic inequality in the United States. Four major reasons for this increase is the changing relationship between technological expansion and education‚ deindustrialization and restructuring‚ government policies‚ and decline of unions. Technology in the United States has advanced immensely since the 1970s. This has led to peoples jobs being replaced
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Poverty is one of the factors. According to research groups‚ millions of individuals existing in America are categorized as poor‚ one-third of them children. Real revenues are decreasing and poverty in the United States is more ubiquitous now than in the last five decades and has escalated rapidly since 2000. Twenty-five percent of children living in poverty‚ three are in “extreme poverty.” There are several hundreds of reports have authenticated the connotation connecting family poverty and children’s
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deficit is when we buy something from China‚ such as plane‚ there is a high tax to obtain that good. Most of the time America must finances the goods desired‚ causing an increase in the nation’s indebtness. The charge of the imports is so expensive that in my opinion we should be producing those items here in America which would then increase employment. In addition‚ the trade deficit also has a positive effect on consumers. With spending being
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problem that affects millions of people within the United States and worldwide. However‚ certain population groups are more susceptible to obtaining asthma than others. Socioeconomic status (SES) is a rough marker of a variety environmental/behavioral exposures and a very important determinant of differences in asthma prevalence and severity among ethnic minorities in the U.S.1 Ethnic minorities have a higher risk for obtaining asthma in the United States due to low socioeconomic status. The mechanisms
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