Police Brutality in the United States Police brutality is a fact of American life. In most major cities across the country‚ officers abuse their authority in the most flagrant ways. New York City and Los Angeles are the most notorious for police brutality cases. In New York‚ when mayor Rudolph Giuliani took office in 1994‚ he instituted a "zero tolerance" policy‚ the theory that allowing small crimes to pass unpunished will encourage disrespect for the law in larger matters. This led to a huge increase
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Ancient Rome and the United States of America Although separated by two millenniums there are astonishing similarities between the American state and the Roman Republic. In this posting I will discuss the links between Ancient Rome and the 21st super power equivalent‚ the United States of America in terms of two different aspects‚ architecture and political organisation. Firstly‚ I will discuss the links and similarities between the architecture of Ancient Rome and the United States of America today
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2012 Religious Culture of the United States According to recent surveys‚ an estimated 83 percent of adult Americans identify with a religious denomination‚ 40 percent admit to attending a religious service once or more each week‚ and 58 percent claim to pray at least weekly (Putnam Ch. 1‚ p. 5). Furthermore‚ a 2008 “American Religious Identification Survey” identified that there currently exist a total of 313 different religious sects and denominations in the United States (Kosmin 3). These statistical
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If you live in the United States‚ you are probably used to hearing about shootings happening somewhere in the country pretty frequently because of the poor gun control. The US is accountable for the most mass shootings in the world‚ but the government still decides to do nothing to help the situation at all. How many more children do parents need to bury‚ parents children have to say goodbye to‚ and role models do we have to lose before the government finally does something about it? The only answer
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Is Racism and Ant-Semitism Still a Problem in the United States? Joyce Chandler PHI 103 Informal to Logic Instructor Rivera July 15‚ 2013 In today society‚ there is a question set forth “Is racism and anti-Semitism still a problem in the United State? Racism is defined as a belief among the various human races in cultural‚ background or individual achievement that one’s own race is superior and has the right to rule others. However anti-Semitism is defined as a special kind of hatred‚ dislike
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Industrialization brought many changes to the United States. With the industrial movement came the introduction of factories. These factories provided many people with new job opportunities that had not been available before. Although the United States was growing economically‚ there were many new problems that emerged because of industrialization. Problems that arose in cities were health hazards‚ safety hazards‚ city waste pollutants‚ and child labor. The three key points that I will discuss are:
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culture revolving around romance novels and magazines featuring shopping‚ homemaking‚ and domestic concerns of the modern housewife. Though Southern culture had a much similar feel to its Northern counterpart‚ many differences had been carved through strict tradition and upbringing. Southern plantations‚ for various crops‚ were littered throughout the lower states. With more responsibility‚ and fewer economic
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of today‚ the United States of America? Many key factors played a role in making Rome the super power that it was. One of the major factors was the geographical location of the city‚ located roughly in the center of Europe. Rome had the world’s strongest military at the prime of its existence. This is another one of the reasons why the Roman Empire became so strong. The soldiers were very loyal to their country‚ extremely motivated and had a strong character. The United States also has the
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It has been thought for many years that the United States is a nation of liberty‚ security and good‚ but on September 11‚ the terrorist attacks on the world trade center‚ made us open our eyes and took away that U.S.’s innocence. Have you ever wonder‚ which were the United States actions‚ which cultivated that incredible amount of hatred‚ which grew in some people’s mind up to the level of wanting to take their own lives in order to hurt the U.S.? These terrorist attacks really shocked many people
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In our history of the United State guns have been a way of life. A gun can save a life or a country from a criminal act or terrorism. What rights we have to guns‚ how important guns are to our safety‚ how many people own and sell guns in United States is something we should all be concerned with. Guns and gun safety is something we all need. The rights and laws to gun are outlined in federal and state codes. The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution reads: "A well regulated Militia
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