teenage pregnancy in the United States is at its lowest level in nearly 40 years‚ it remains the highest among the most developed countries in the world. Approximately 67.8 per 1‚000 women aged 15–19 — nearly 750‚000 American teenagers — become pregnant each year (Kost and Henshaw‚ 2012). The majority of these pregnancies — 82 percent — are unintended (Finer & Zolna‚ 2011). Moreover‚ because the average age of menarche has reached an all-time low of about 12 or 13 years old (Potts‚ 1990)‚ and because
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bragging as they gerrymandered congressional districts in blue states. They wanted to control how state legislative and congressional district boundaries would be drawn‚ so they set about to control the redistricting process. Therefore‚ even thou a majority of Americans voted for Democrats in the Presidential election… the Republicans ended up controlling the house. They not only gerrymandered but‚ changed voting rules in the states and districts they controlled‚ and the ones they didn’t control
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Although the United States government promises its people that they live in a true democratic country‚ the United States is definitely not a democracy. A democracy by definition is “the government by people.” However‚ the United States looks as if it is a constitutional republic‚ rather than democracy. A constitutional republic is “a state in which the head of state or officials are representatives of the people.” The United States is a country run by the government officials‚ not the people‚ the
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Krugman suggests that we take the United States economy for granted‚ he thinks that extreme inequality is an “inevitable byproduct of robust economic growth in a globalized age are not inevitable at all”. Political choices not economic laws‚ have helped form the United States to become a world superpower and a nation of the very rich‚ the very poor and an increasingly fragile middle class. His approach to how society should handle these social and economic probelms is for the people to take back
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Department of Homeland Securities‚ Department of State‚ Department of Interior‚ Department of Justice‚ Department of Labor‚ Department of Housing & Urban Development‚ Department of Transportation & Infrastructure‚ Department of Treasury‚ and Department of Veteran Affairs in the United States. The role of the federal bureaucracy has primarily three responsibilities‚ administration‚ implementation of policies and regulations. Bureaucracy operates on national‚ state and local levels of government. It is set
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“United States vs. Enron” Enron Corporation was one of the largest global energy‚ services and commodities company. Before it was filed bankruptcy under chapter 11‚ it sold natural gas and electricity‚ delivered energy and other commodities such as bandwidth internet connection‚ and provided risk management and financial services to the clients around the world. Enron was established in 1930 as Northern Natural Gas Company and joined with three other companies to undertake this industry. The four
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Schooling in the United States Schooling systems are a very significant factor in determining a country’s success and acknowledging the structures at a young age could support our country’s progress into becoming more civilized. Education plays a vital role in developing young individuals into extraordinary adults and its purpose is to assist our future generations in expanding their curiosity and knowledge‚ behaving accordingly based on the different environments in our societies and learning
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technological advancements allowed for postal rates to remain low and maintain rapid delivery. Technology is not enough for productivity to increase. There needs to be proper planning or else technology can reduce productivity (Stevenson 58). Competition from delivery companies such as‚ FedEx and UPS put pressure on the United States Postal Service to increase productivity to keep rates low and maintain rapid delivery. Operations Management makes point that pricing is very important to consumers
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society. Recent trends involving body weight include the protest against body shaming accompanied by the encouragement of the acceptance of bodies of all shapes and sizes. That being said‚ there is some cultural inconsistency that exists in the United States because although society ideally wants to accept people of all sizes and view them without judgement‚ many people allow a bias to cloud their views of people whose body weight is deviant from the norm. These altered perceptions particularly occur
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live happy and healthy lives‚ but over the years I have experienced countless history classes as well as watched and read what feels like thousands of news reports that address conflicts and disasters outside and inside of the United States. As I got older I realized that living in this country has presented me with a considerate amount of opportunities to better my life and to accomplish my goals‚ but unfortunately not everyone can live in the United States. There are people inside and outside this
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