... of the U.S. Sentencing Commission's decision to retroactively apply the Fair Sentencing Act, which reduced prison terms for inmates convicted of crack-cocaine offenses. On a unanimous vote, "unfairly long sentences" for crack offenders, who are mostly African Americans, were reduced to be more compatible with sentences given to ... go into effect in November barring that Congress does not veto it, although that is highly unlikely. The average crack sentence will be reduced by about 37 months, which could save more than $200 million in the next five years according to the federal Bureau ...

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... American solider who was booed at a Republican debate. At the debate, which saw a turnout of 3,200 supporters, Obama began by applauding his administration for the repeal of the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy. Additionally, Obama urged Congress to repeal the Defense of ... after explaining that he was forced to hide who he really was when signing up for the military (Kerley). Hill was booed by the audience (MSNBC). "You want to be commander in chief? You can start by standing up for the men and women who wear the uniform of the United States, even when it ... "We don't believ...

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... households had $6,325, and white households average $113,149 in wealth. Furthermore, unemployment rates for blacks and Hispanics rose at a faster pace than for whites, according to a study by the Center for American Progress. At the same time, median family income was declining faster for the minority groups than for whites (The Huffington Post). "The median wealth of white households is 20 times that of ... ). "Nearly two-thirds of Hispanic household wealth in 2005 was derived from owned homes," revealed one report. Naturally, the drop in the housing market affected Latinos greatly (Cos...

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... to deal with two wars in which his country is embroiled, ensuring his country are safe from the threat of terrorism, and work toward helping the United States economy break free from the grips of recession. In many ways, Obama's transition into the White House will be unlike any other presidential changeover. First, this is the first time the country has ... will also have to address the problem of terrorism. Historically, transitions in the American government, when the government is assumed to be at its weakest, have been prime striking moments for terrorists to launch attacks. Even t...

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... and therefore were more hopeful and supportive of their nation so that they could develop doctors. With every new discovery, every nation wanted to be better than the rest. If one control developed something, another country's people would rally behind it so that their country got the praise of being the founder of the next invention. Both medical and scientific advancements ... optimism, at the turn of the twentieth century, which lead to nationalism. Without any of these items, we wouldn't be the same today. Nationalism in the twentieth century was strengthened by those three major ev...

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... want, regardless of the repercussions. This right to free speech is what protects Americans from being suppressed by the government, while also allowing the people as a whole to have a voice, a voice allowing the people to maintain their own opinions and also influence political and social actions in the United States. When one considers limiting free speech, it is assumed limitations would infringe on American ... 's basic rights and prevent citizens from maintaining their own voices. However, in certain situations, limitations of free speech are necessary for basic protection. Based on...

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... rights is unparalleled. No group in America has or has had more difficulty assimilating into the American culture. When one considers life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for blacks, we must first begin with our nation history and the enslavement of African blacks. Black Americans are often filled with rage when conjuring up visions of slavery in America. ... slavery. They did not own slaves, so why should they feel and guilt over something that happened one hundred, two hundred, or three hundred years ago? I will evaluate this question and many others as we examine the struggle...

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... a Part-Time Indian. This is important because it helps people realize what problems Native Americans go through such as, poor living conditions, the harsh expectations for someone to leave the rez, and the overall health of the Native Americans, all of these problems are important to address because it shows that Naive ... need help in the sense that they need to be guided to the right path to where the can support themselves without any interference. To begin, one of the problems expressed in the book, is the living conditions of the Native Americans, this a huge problem because majorit...

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... hoped that it would be, and many of the state constitutions that emerged in the aftermath of the conflict, especially in Pennsylvania, reflected highly democratic tendencies for the time allowing all white males, and a few free blacks to vote. But the aftermath of the Revolution turned away from these principles, as new constitutions were written that were aimed more at preserving property ... historians, mostly Gordon Wood, argued that that the Revolution had so destroyed traditional patterns of hierarchy that a new democratic order emerged in spite of the efforts of its opponents. And...

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... were abundant when the white ruling class was established. Neither Africans nor Chicanos threaten America's white class on a fundamental level, yet something differs for Asian Americans: I discovered this while reading Race, Rights, and the Asian American Experience. Obvious examples of this can be seen when looking at ... to the latter two. Every generation alive at the time was affected, and I honestly believe it created a new passion for hate against anyone of Asian descent- the text exemplifies this when it discusses how Asian Americans were placed in guarded camps during W.W.II. Ano...

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... assisting the poverty-stricken Somalis (Raghavan). Although uncontrollable, natural elements played a huge role in the country's famine, the militia multiplied the effects by taxing the general public in Somali on food and other goods. In fact, this militia denies that Somalia is even suffering from a famine, ... make a profit (Raghavan). The United Nations declared famine in two southern Somali regions last week. These two regions will most likely be joined by the rest of the southern half of Somalia within a matter of months. Approximately 3.2 million people are relying on internatio...

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... tore through demonstrators' camps in Freedom Square in Taiz with bulldozers (Sudam). A government spokesman, Abdu Ganadi, said protestors' tents were burned by people attacked by the protestors, and that tents that were burned were all empty. The weekends' protests left 20 people dead and 200 wounded according to eyewitnesses ... Al-Samaee, a leading youth activist in Taiz. "Killing innocent civilians always leads to war crime charges and that is what we are seeking for Saleh" (Jamjoom). The day before, 21 Yemeni soldiers were killed when Yemen's air force dropped bombs on the city of 20...

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... the majority). On August 28th 1963 250,000 people decided to use their right to peacefully assemble and ask for a redress of grievances by marching on Washington D.C. to demonstrate for jobs and freedom. This was a perfect example of the government trying to censor the speech of those who ... of all kinds and to do so within the spirit of the First Amendment, not by creating an exception to it." (Freedom in the United States) I agree that one should feel free to speak openly as long as it does not directly or indirectly lead to the harm ... for young adults of middle and high school age,...

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... us is translating this idea into workable policy solution that is appropriate for the Queens New York local government. In conjunction with the local representative, the bill was introduced in the house and together with his colleagues discussed the need of free child care for parents with two children by focusing specific policy strategies including strengthening the bargaining power of the ... parents in workplaces, expanding the earned income tax credit for the parents, and increasing the minimum wage and indexing it to inflation. These also includes ... parents getting free training...

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... "The Atlanta Compromise," saying that Washington's theory of accommodation is not the solution to gaining civil rights and racial equality in America, and he suggests his own solution by stressing the importance of higher education as well as political, social, and economic equality at once. Booker T. Washington, born in 1856 to a slave mother and an unknown white man, ... the South, and he even had support from many working-class Negroes. Although Dubois has a similar goal of equality and civil rights for African Americans, he has a very different approach in achieving this goal. W.E....

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... the economy, increasing economic activity and bringing the federal budget deficit closer to $1.3 trillion, according to Stanley Collender, a budget expert at Qorvis Communications (Scherer). While many people will be helped by the new extension, the "99ers" are out of luck. This group consists of those who have already collected on 99 weeks of unemployment insurance (Scherer). The 99ers are currently petitioning ... the new legislation was just recently passed, passing an executive order would create a severe conflict over separation of powers (Hoffer). 99ers have very few options left. ...

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... that enviroment, an artistic life, homer began to produce many great arts. In 1862, homer went to the front as a reporter for the magazine he was working for, during the time there, he painted a lot of famous Civil war Painintgs and one of them is Home, Sweet Home. Home, Sweet Home and The Last Goose at Yorktown were the two works about civl ... War that he presented at the 1863 Annual Exhibition of the National academy of design which marked his first apperance as a painter.Unexpectedly, both paintings became an amazing success for him, and the painting that ... received the most prai...

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... economy the envy of the world." He then continued on to promise that his administration will "help lay the foundation for you to grow and innovate" while also pledging to devote new investment in infrastructure and education and a focus on removing "barriers that make it harder ... Maybe we would have gotten off on a better foot if I had brought over a fruitcake when I first moved in. But I'm going to make up for it." The two groups got off on a bad start after the Chamber spent tens of millions of dollars fighting Obama's health-care bills, opposing key elements ... at demonstrating t...

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... made up of new social movements outside the political system who are shaping society from below. Different situations depicted in Michael Moore's "The Big One" is an example of reflexive modernization. As he goes to different places for his book tour, he visits big companies like Johnsons Control, Pillsburry, Leaf, and even Nike. As a member of the sub politics and knowing all ... people suffer. In this risk society we are in, individual risks is uncertain because it might strike anytime. One day you are working very hard for this company and the next time you know it you just have lost...

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... , I firmly support the idea that globalization is an advantageous and sound international activity that should be continued. Those who would disagree with my point of view do hold valid points. One claim is that globalization encourages mass production in factories, yielding to lower wages and foul working conditions. However, this con has nothing to do with the decision to globalize. Working ... conditions are improvable. For example, during the twentieth century the United States had to rectify many labor laws and factories in order to better the welfare and safety of the workers. Anot...

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... ex-criminals to those of free slaves during the Jim Crow era. Through the use of strong evidence and language Alexander begins to immediately demonstrate how both the government and the judicial system treat ex-criminals with the same disdain and carelessness they once showed against blacks during the Jim Crow era. One of the first means by which the U.S. government has begun ... in any drug related activity or other criminal activity on or off the premises" (146). That means that not only those a felon run the risk of losing his home for previous crimes, but his family also runs the ri...

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... , Americans began to realize that foreigners were procreating at exponential rates of white Protestants. This issue derived from the Victorian belief that sexual intercourse should only be used for reproduction and never for pleasure because it would waste their limited "energy." Roosevelt referred to this phenomenon as "race suicide," which basically implied that this idea of ... only utilizing intercourse to reproduce, rather than for simple pleasure, was limiting opportunity to increase the white protestant population, while the immigrant population was doing the opposite. In essence,...

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... it. Also, I can understand him questioning the authenticity certain books of the bible due to the time period they are written because there was no one around to make sure it was historically accurate. Singer's third premise is concise with his first, which is that it is irrational to have someone ... American do not see a problem with this because they share the same faith as Bush and that makes them all the more willing to vote for him. But even if most Americans share his beliefs we need to consider what we are to think ethically of someone who bases there life completely ... the wor...

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... taxes, and important decisions that were related to colonists' lives were made without colonial representation. First, their declaration of independence was justified by the enlightenment ideas that were spread at the time. Colonial protests and the war were based on liberalism of the Enlightenment. Writers such ... argued that people had divinely given natural rights including liberty, life, and property liberty, and property. They also believed that government existed for the good of the people, to protect these rights. Therefore, according to these ideas, people now could protest to t...

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... Concerns of overly corporate led globalization contributing to global issues are increasing. The World Trade Organization is the primary international body to help promote free trade, by drawing up the rules of international trade. The WTO has been criticized for numberous things. Madeley states that the WTO is being very opaque and nt allowing enough public participation, however being very welcoming to large ... using apparatus that were harmful to endangered sea turtles has been ruled illegal by the WTO, forcing the US to reverse their decision. Another area, amongst many, that is a c...

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