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    The Core of Equality The United States was fundamentally established upon equally‚ a system that gives every human being equivalent rights no matter their gender‚ race‚ or religion. Still‚ individuals who didn’t fit a certain image that was determined for a proposed group while others was being signal out as different labeled in a specific category as a minority. These intolerances can become combustible which leads to confrontation‚ outrage and chaos when you are subjugated to conform to what

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    Clinton and Donald Trump. Politics is an area that is incredibly divisive with strong opposing opinions‚ and that can clearly be seen in news coverage. Some sources have a strong conservative bias like The Drudge Report‚ while others have a more liberal bias like The Huffington Post. There are those that also try to remain neutral‚ such as Reuters. Each site is accessible on different platforms and use social media to various levels to get there content out to readers. The Drudge Report is a news aggregator

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    Claussen‚ Dane S. 2004‚ ‘Cognitive Dissonance‚ Media illiteracy and Public Opinion on News Media’‚ American Behavioral Scientist‚ Volume 48‚ Issue 2‚ pp. 212-218. Topic – The article ‘Cognitive Dissonance‚ Media Illiteracy and Public Opinion on News Media’ is examining and discussing public opinionmedia illiteracy and cognitive dissonance. The author takes you through a break down on public opinion of newspapers and television news and shows why a lot of the quantitative research taken over

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    American Women Civil Liberties and Rights Civil liberties and rights in America are often associated with African American movements and their battles against social racism and inequality throughout the years. As much as I was tempted to write this paper on that particular subject‚ I decided to direct it to another problem our society is currently facing‚ Abortion. The right to privacy is a civil liberty every American enjoys. The right to privacy is an important freedom for everyone

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    The media coverage of the South Ossetian conflict in 2008 In order to understand the ins and the outs of the South Ossetia conflict‚ this paper will be focused on the information war waged by both parties: the Russian media propaganda and the pro-Georgian bias in the Western coverage of the conflict. For this‚ I have selected different reports – from TV or newspapers – in the Russian‚ American and French press. With regards to the Russian press‚ I will try to cover the spectrum of the Russian

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    How accurate is it to say that the Federal Government hindered the Civil Rights movement in the period 1945-1968? The Federal Government was a significant part in pushing the civil rights movement forwards‚ but in some cases it hindered the civil rights movement‚ especially with Presidential figures such as Eisenhower who had no interest in the Civil Rights movement. He believed that the social status and power of the black community in the US would improve naturally of its own accord over time

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    Parent and School Autism Wars: A Civil Rights Struggle Based on the civil rights principal of equal educational opportunity‚ the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) guarantee an appropriate education to all students with disabilities. The 1997 IDEA amendments mandate that parents of children with disabilities have a right to be involved with the school district in education decisionmaking processes‚ meetings‚ and records of their children. Yet some parents of children in special education

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    Running head: ANALYSIS OF A MEDIA SOURCE’S COVERAGE ON A RESEARCH Analysis of a Media Source’s Coverage on a Research Study The Wall Street Journal published an article regarding a recent psychopharmacology study on depression done by Dr. Hunter that investigated whether pre-medication brain activity corresponded with treatment outcome. In addition‚ the article discusses the interesting results garnered from the placebo group v. medicated group analysis. While the news piece

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    Civil rights movement contribution to LGBTQ Movement Martin Luther King JR once said‚ “the arc of the moral universe is long‚ but it bends toward justice.” His statement can’t be any more truthful in the context of the United States and its painfully slow movement towards equality and equal protection of its citizens. As a nation‚ we still struggle with racial tensions as a result of slavery as well as a confliction in belief and ideology‚ which is apparent in our treatment of non-Christians most

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    fictitious state of Xanadu passes a law that states "All people are welcome at all state-run swimming‚ beach and golf facilities‚ as long as they are white. Non-whites may not use any of those facilities." Within 24 hours after passage‚ Brenda‚ a civil rights attorney‚ brings a cause of action in federal court to have the new regulation ruled unconstitutional. The federal court immediately rules that the state law violates the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment and issues an injunction against

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