Though European countries had been invading lesser developed countries for centuries, their involvement in other countries thrived in a period known as the Age of New Imperialism as their thirst for power grew. Author Joseph Conrad, in his novella Heart of Darkness, addresses this topic of imperialism in a social criticism of the European colonization […]
Written in 1985 by Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale is a novel that presents a totalitarian theocracy that has replaced the United States and forces the few fertile women left to bear children for elite couples that have trouble conceiving. The main protagonist in the novel is referred to as Offred and she is a […]
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Get startedMany people think of Andrew Jackson as a savior of our country, but that is far from the truth. The truth is that he is a racist, hot tempered controlling, selfish. . . (I could go on forever) person. This made him a terrible president. Andrew Jackson is not one that should be remembered as […]
Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale is set in a dystopic and totalitarian society called Gilead, formed in response to the crisis caused by decreasing birthrates and, consequently, with one main goal: total control of reproduction. Therefore, the state intercepts the problem head-on by assuming complete control of women’s bodies through their politics supported by religious […]
Genocides all around the world have been responsible for the deaths of millions of people. Many human’s beings are singled out and killed because of the race, ethnic, group religion and being part of a specific national. One of the saddest tragedies in American history is the United States Government the Indian Removal Act of […]
Bullying is now a widespread problem in schools because it implicates consequences for children who bully and for victims. This issue can’t be solved without the help if parents and teachers addressing the reasons why children humiliate others. If teachers and parents would help the children learn to work through their problems instead of bullying, […]
Poor people live in the street, In the alley of restaurants and even fast food places. They may have children that need to eat the and also go out looking in garbage even in trash cans for food and if they find something they give it to their kids and the parents go without eating. […]
Homelessness in America has always been an issue but it has become an even bigger issue over the past years. With a world filled with global conflict, disappearing jobs, higher education cost, and increasing poverty in America, the homeless need our help more than ever. Just last year, the national poverty rate rose to include […]
Female participation in the labour market was once seen as a huge success—the ability to rely on none-other than women themselves rather struck the stereotype of gender-reliance in the face as women emerged into the workforce. However, while the presence of female bodies in differentiating fields of work was seen as a huge win for […]
Socioeconomic status can lead into teenage pregnancy that which can affect ones higher education Out of all the things I utterly loathe, waking up and rolling out of bed early in the morning for something I completely have no interest in is definitely on top of that list. I was raised in a small desert […]
In 2016, more than 44 million people in the United States lived without health care (Key Facts). With insurance prices rising, it can be difficult for people to gain access to basic health related necessities such as STD testing or access to birth control. Planned Parenthood is a government funded organization that attempts to provide […]
The issue on abortion has been an ongoing dispute between those who are pro-choice and anti-choice. The biggest issues in resolving this matter is who has say in what is legal or illegal. In 1973 the case Roe vs. Wade was decided by Supreme Courts. The Supreme Court ruled that abortions would be legal in […]
Oman is an Arab country located in the Middle East, beside the United Arab Emirates as well as Yemen. Since that is the case, I attempted to focus on Tran- Saharan slavery although after asking my father and sibling questions which consisted of: What can you tell me about Oman and slavery? Would it be […]
All around the world the water demand is going up. By 2030 the US director of National Intelligence is claiming that the water demand will go up by 40 percent. These complications are raising serious nation threat and concern to the world. Already 780 million people are living without safe water, by 2030 47 percent […]
According to the CDC, more than 88,000 people die annually from alcohol related deaths in the United States. Many of these deaths are from college students or those that may have started drinking heavily in college. Alcohol abuse on college campuses is extremely prevalent and can be very detrimental to the overall health to the […]
Alcohol addiction is characterized as the inability to regulate drinking. When under this addiction, it is observed that they have a high reliance on alcohol when dealing with physical and emotional aspects of life. This dependence on alcohol has become increasingly deadly and affects many aspects of people’s lives. According to the 2015 NSDUH, 15.1 […]
When we think about the challenges we face in recovery, the most obvious one is probably staying sober and resisting the temptation to use again. There are some additional, unseen challenges that we might not be aware of if we haven’t experienced them firsthand. These difficulties can be so overwhelming and disheartening that they deplete […]
We all have accidents, get sick, or even accidentally end up pregnant every once and a while. But, the real question is are we able to afford the costs that comes with these things? Providing free healthcare for lower class Americans would help make their lives much easier. Everyone should be entitled to free basic […]
Ironweed, a plant that holds its own, is used as a metaphor for the protagonist Francis Phelan who persists while others perish in the movie “Ironweed” that was based on the novel Ironweed by William Kennedy. The name of the plant derives from the thickness of the stem, or Francis’ resilience, in this case. Unfortunately, […]
Numerous individuals don’t’ know what abortion is, who can receive abortions, and why people would indeed select to induce them. Abortion according to the dictionary it is the termination of pregnancy and expulsion of an embryo or of a fetus that is incapable of survival. This essentially implies, inducing birth to kill the fetus, or […]
According to Rosalind Hursthouse, an action is right from a virtue ethical perspective if and only if it is what the virtuous agent would do in the same circumstances. Now, if we take into consideration the case of pregnancy, is abortion the right act or wrong one? When considering if one should abort or keep […]
One of the most controversial pieces of legislation ever passed in the State of New York made national headlines this week. Through the passage of what is called the Reproductive Health Act or RHA for short, New York legislators passed and the governor signed a bill that strips away the most vital of protections for […]
The most controversial topic of the past and even more so today is the right to abort or the right to life. The most important between the two is the right to life and to thrive. However, one of the first arguments that rise to such a controversial subject is that of what defines life? […]
A city within a city the US Department of Housing and Urban Development says more than 2 million people live in public housing throughout the United States. Homelessness and poverty have had a constant increase throughout the years. With the minimum wage remaining low and the cost of living increasing, rents escalating as well as […]
Feminism is an umbrella term for many theories, but the central idea is that feminist theory emphasizes equality between the gender binary, and how the experiences of women are reflected in society. In the early days, feminism focused on defining sex and gender, and the differences between them. Many conventional ideas regarding societal gender norms […]
The issue of homelessness has over time formed a basis of national discussions. Infact, it has been regarded as highly controversial since the periods that the Napoleonic War took place (Literature review: UK veterans and homelessness. 2017). Currently, the media has been awash with reports of veterans that find themselves in dire situations of having […]
Although there are many reasons why people become homeless, this paper will only include several reason and leading cause which happening in the United States. Homeless poverty is best known as the states of being poor. When people lack income to meet all of their needs they are forced to choose between housing, utilities, transportation, […]
Imagine your younger days as a teenager around Christmas time. You are warm, gathered around a fire with your family, about to open that huge present you’ve been asking for. Now imagine being a teenager around Christmas time, cold, alone and with no place to stay. According to Jewel in her short story “Street Life […]
Homelessness affects every major city in the United States to some degree. As one of the most visible social issues facing urban areas today, there have been numerous studies on homelessness in the United States that help reveal the scope of the issue. As a part of the 2010 census, the Substance Abuse and Mental […]
Homelessness is a difficult issue to resolve and it requires involvement from a number of service providers working together to meet the needs of those individuals and families, creating success plans that will lead to the eventual goal of ending homelessness. The purpose of the homeless shelters and services program is to help those individuals […]
