Have you ever feared the possibility of police brutality because your skin tone happens to be black? Police were once known to be the peacekeepers, but it seems that law enforcement have been abusing that exact power. In America, police brutality has been used to suppress black people for years to preserve their power over […]
Professional male African American athletes are some of the most influential people to young males today. This is because most young males take interest in sports and when watching these professional athletes they are intrigued by the 59 yard pass they threw or the extreme dunk they mastered. Furthermore, amazed by their personal lives such […]
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Get startedIn 1620, pilgrims from England boarded the Mayflower to come to America to have freedom.The freedom they wanted was the freedom of religion. One question asked by many Americans today is, “Even though we are stated as a free country, are we totally Free?” Three of the most effective tools for keeping freedom for our […]
The Internet is a big place, where you get all of your information, news, and much more. In today’s society, it’s basically become a must to have some sort of Internet source so you can keep up to date with the latest. Once you put something online, it’s free for everyone to see, it’s a […]
In the 1930s, the Great Depression that started with the stock market crash, caused people to reevaluate their definition of the “American Dream”. Steinbeck’s interpretation of the American Dream differs from the previous American Dream that focused on one’s motivation and drive to achieve materialistic goals. Using Taoism, Steinbeck redefines the materialistic and individual American […]
The American Dream is a deceivingly complex concept. For some people it is a simple as a white picket fence, two kids and a dog, and financial stability. For others, it is a long arduous journey for acceptance, by self and others. It is a journey for the attainment of power and the ability to […]
John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men follows two men’s journey of chasing the American dream. The fantasy of independence, freedom, and owning “‘a little house and a couple of acres’” (Steinbeck 14) described over and over throughout the book absorbs first Lennie and George, then Candy and Crooks. But success often comes with much sacrifice […]
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its many waters. This struggle may be a moral one; […]
There are people who have traveled at great lengths to be able to arrive in the United States of America. These people may have gone through a lot of pain and suffering and have arrived in America for a chance to start over and to live a better life than the one they had in […]
The Great Gatsby, written in the 20th century is a timeless tale. On the outside it is a story of love and loss, but really looking at it there is much more depth to this book. The symbolism and deeper meanings compacted into this book make it a literary masterpiece and one of the greatest […]
Marco Rubio explains the American Dream as such, “The American Dream is a term that is often used but also often misunderstood. It isn’t really about becoming rich or famous. It is about things much simpler and more fundamental than that”. As a country, the United States of America does tend to overthink what the […]
Rights, liberty, opportunity, and equality. When it comes to America, these are the first things that come to many people’s minds. In fact, these ideas are the American dream that draws so many to do whatever it takes to come to this country. Sadly, there is very little left of this so-called “American dream”, unless […]
The American Dream is defined as an equal opportunity for all people to achieve a purpose in life, by working hard to attain that goal. In the Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, and the Crucible by Arthur Miller. Characters in these three novels portray ideas of achieving […]
John Steinbeck’s novella, Of Mice and Men mirrors the Great Depression Era through the agribusiness of the 1930 California farm. The Depression was a day and age of hardship as the share trading system had slammed. During the 1930s, after the crumple of money markets, there was an expanded joblessness rate and chapter 11. As […]
There has been a heavy history behind minimum wage in the United States. This has been an ongoing issue from 1938 until today and has made significant changes over the years. The minimum wage topic has been hot way before 1938, but today in this 21st century it’s very apparent that the cost of living […]
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, almost half of all workers making minimum wage or less are less than 25 years old. At these ages, a large salary is not needed so why raise the minimum wage all the way to $15? Robert Reich of “Minimum Wage Should Be Increased to $15” argues that […]
Currently our economy is facing problems, the implementation of an increase wage rate would boost the U.S economy and help Americans who can’t earn a steady income. Over time this would increase labor productivity. Right now it is crucial so that American workers can be paid a sustainably rate hourly. The term minimum wage was […]
The economics behind raising the minimum wage in the United States are largely misunderstood. Increases in minimum wage prove to increase unemployment among unskilled workers, leading to a survival-of-the-fittest labor market, where only the most skilled and desirable workers retain their jobs. Those justifying raising the minimum wage need to realize there are innumerable people […]
New Mexico’s minimum wage has been set at $7.25 an hour since 2009. On January 1st 2020, they made a new law that minimum wage is now starting at $9.00 an hour. This could have many negatives and positives for companies and businesses. The new minimum wage law could make businesses go bankrupt and possibly […]
Raise the Wage Act also known as the S150 Bill was introduced in Senate on January 2019 by Vermont Senator, Bernard Sanders. Senator Sanders is the original sponsor of this bill and have been actively advocating for a sustainable and fair minimum wage for Americans. According to statistics from the US Census Bureau, there was […]
In 2018, the minimum wage for an EMT in Wisconsin is 15 dollars an hour, an average of 32,000 dollars a year. I believe as well as other EMTs, that we are underpaid for the amount of work and daily tasks we achieve and overcome in a day. EMTs are like doctors and nurses on […]
Discussion about what to do with minimum wage laws here in America has been at a higher than normal level since the Democratic Party took over as majority leader in both the House of Representatives and the Senate in the recent midterm elections, giving them control of Congress. There has also been talk on what […]
Impoverishment throughout the United States of America has affected many. According to the U.S. Census Bureau in 2017, the official poverty rate was 12.3 percent (“What is the Current Poverty Rate in The United States”.) With such an alarming and high number of poverty, what did Congress propose to the people? In order to fight […]
The cost of living is so high, especially in major cities such as New York, it is nearly unbearable to raise a family that’s earning minimum wage. A single-family have to make ends meet to survive on a minimum wage job. The living expense is just too outrageous to do it alone. The salary of […]
America is a divided country full of divisive issues, with not many issues more divisive than the minimum wage. Some Americans believe that the minimum wage should be a livable wage and must be raised. While others believe that the minimum wage should not increase since any increase in the wage causes more harm than […]
In the United States, illegal aliens have been a major controversial topic. Many citizens have their own opinions based on accepting or declining illegal alien’s stay in America. Not much information that citizens bring up about this topic is factual based, which is not backed up by real facts and data. Are illegal aliens welcome […]
Whenever you hear the word immigrant the first thing that comes to most peoples minds is someone who’s illegal but an immigrant is a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country. What do you think about immigration laws? Do you feel that there should be different laws for adults and kids? Barack […]
Immigration is typically defined as the global movement of individuals into a destination nation of which they are not inhabitants or where they do not own nationality or residency so as to live or settle there, mostly as permanent inhabitants or enfranchised residents, or to take up job as a migrant employee or provisionally as […]
Euthanasia and physician-assisted deaths have become a major topic of debate internationally. Upon analyzing an article that aids in defining how euthanasia and physician-assisted deaths play into palliative care, a better perspective can be developed on the topic. White papers are government reports that give citizens and the reader concise information on a given topic […]
From the point of view that goes against the legalization of euthanasia, they have a standpoint in which it is believed that societies that allow assisted suicide as an option for people soon resort to forcing them to ‘do the right thing’ and end their lives. This perspective maintains that by supporting this movement, physicians […]
