The homeless population in the United States is high and there are a lot of ways we can help them. “In January 2015‚ 564‚708 people were homeless on a given night in the United States.” (National Alliance to End Homelessness) Homelessness is caused by many things such as; poverty‚ unemployment‚ lack of affordable housing‚ poor physical or mental health‚ drug and alcohol abuse‚ gambling‚ and domestic violence. (The Salvation Army) These days‚ the homeless community consists of whole families‚ teens
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Gay Marriage in the United States By Teresenia Soto 2/14/2014 Mr.Cosma JE Young Will Rogers once said‚ “We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others”. But‚ many will argue that this should not apply to all liberties of the American people; in fact they will differ with anyone who threatens their idea of right and immoral. For most‚ this argument begins with Gay Marriage. As of 2014 there are now 17 states in union under same-sex
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Have you ever thought about who you’re voting for presidency? Who you vote for plays an important role because it affects everyone. In the primary there are so many 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
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late 1990s. The causes of this phenomenon are debatable however‚ some are accepted globally by professionals‚ which are the rise of single-headed households‚ disparate income‚ and social and cultural exclusions (The Feminisation of Poverty 2017). Studies were conducted on the sudden popularity of female-headed households and research into various social impact and gender specific effects of adjustment policies led to increased attention being given to the feminisation of
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r Marine Biology is the study of ocean animals. Biology means is the study of life and marine means water. A marine biologist studies biology and chemistry. Marine biochemist studies biologically active compounds found in the ocean which are useful in medicine‚ or the genetics of marine species. The chemical properties of the ocean are important to understand because the marine environment supports the greatest abundance of life on earth. (http://marinebio.org/oceans/ocean-chemistry.asp) As
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Christianity makes up a whopping 83% of United States citizens‚ while only a small 13% are not religious. Religion is a great thing‚ it gives people something to believe in and a set of rules to make life a littler easier to live by‚ but where does the boundary exist between belief and fact? No religion is the fastest growing “religion” in American because studies have shown that the amount of atheists have doubled in the last several years. I actually have conducted my own study concerning religion and atheism
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The Complete Way of Life The essence of Islam is the very essence of humanity. Islam is a complete and comprehensive way of life. It leads to a balanced way of living. Islam brings civilization and happiness to man. Islamic principles and teachings can provide realistic‚ fair and objective solutions to the prevention of individual‚ familial‚ social and international problems which are threatening the existence of human communities throughout the world. People think that an Islamic life is "restrictive"
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United Way and the Boy Scouts of America Background The United Way of America is an organization which takes in donations from people and businesses and distributes the funds to programs across the nation to help serve the community. One of the organizations which receive funds from the United Way‚ is the Boy Scouts of America. In 1990‚ an assistant scoutmaster was found out to be gay and was expelled from the Scouts as consequence. This went to the courts with the final verdict being that
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Civil disobedience is a vital and necessary part of life in a democratic system of government. It serves to keep the government from overstepping its bounds. There are times in the history of countries where the governing body has become complacent and has begun to violate the rights of their citizens. Civil disobedience is an effective way of discouraging and preventing such transgressions. Without the threat of dissidence from the public‚ there is nothing to keep governments honest except for the
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Role of the United States Constitution The role of the constitution plays an important part of the everyday life in the United States. It is a part of every person’s life even if they do not realize it. It usually has impacted your life in the past or even at every moment in someone’s life. “Although the Constitution created a new federal government‚ it took a courageous‚ brilliant‚ and farseeing Supreme Court chief justice to help realize the framers’ vision.” (Microsoft‚ 2007) The Constitution
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