For many centuries‚ women have had to fight for their rights. In today’s society‚ women are still discriminated against in the workplace. Generations of women have sacrificed for woman today to have the opportunity to be able to have a voice on what they want to do in life. In the workforce‚ women make up 47% of the United States workforce (“Women’s Bureau (WB) - Quick Facts on Women in the Labor Force in 2010"). This is almost half but yet they are paid less than men. Men are often bound to receive
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“Blue Against White” Jeannette C. Armstrong This intense‚ short story contains flashbacks of a woman named Lena’s childhood. She was constantly embarrassed of her culture and family. She yearned for assimilation and could not handle the pressure of being different all her life. Lena finally decides to leave the reserve and pursue her life journey in the city‚ where she would also be schooled. Not only does Lena find out that the city is not the greatest destination‚ she realizes that again‚ she
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die” it has sentenced him to die. And the agreement means he must “do what [Athens] say[s] (Plato‚ 52).” The city has said explicitly that he should die and he has agreed to do what they say. Fleeing might me known to happen by the city but it goes against what they say. Therefore Socrates‚ in keeping the agreement‚ must do what they say and let the death sentence be carried
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President Bush on Thursday signed into law a bill that would make it a separate crime to kill or harm an unborn child during an assault on the mother. "As of today‚ the law of our nation will acknowledge the plain fact that crimes of violence against a pregnant woman often have two victims‚" Bush said before the signing of the measure. "The death of an innocent unborn child has too often been treated as a detail in one crime but not a crime in itself‚" the president said. The Unborn Victims
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Against abortion * Every child is a precious and unique gift from God. We have no right to destroy this * Defenceless baby needs special protection since it cannot stand up for its own rights * The embryo is human from conception with its own DNA. Left alone‚ it will develop into a person * Children with physical or learning disabilities can lead full and rewarding lives. Aborting people because of disability is like telling disabled people that they are worthless * Abortion is
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Throughout man’s history‚ homosexuality has often been looked down upon and homosexuals have been discriminated‚ disowned‚ and even killed because of their preferences. A majority of this prejudice is commonly defended by religion‚ as many religions pronounce homosexuality a sin. Constantly faced with adversity‚ the homosexual community find the strength in the belief that one day homosexuality will be just as equal as heterosexuality. This may be happening in the American culture as the population
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first article “Voters Are Ready to Punish Pro-Gun Politicians. There’s Just One Problem” by George Zornick talks about where the candidates stand on the topic of guns during the races. It is believed that the gun control issue would be a big factor during the race. Voters want to know where it is that the both candidates‚ Kelly Ayotte and Marco Rubio‚ stand on. It mentions how 76 percent of the voters in Florida believe that Rubio actually “supports banning people on the terror lists from buying
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Presentism is the metaphysical view that “only presently existing things exist”1. While this view is coherent with Newton’s theory of spacetime‚ it faces some challenges when combined with the Theory of Special relativity (STR). In this essay‚ I will first articulate more specifically the thesis of presentism and show the main arguments of the opposite position known as eternalism. I will then outline the special theory and its consequences for the metaphysics of presentism. I will consider some
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Freepress.org is a website that spawned from a newpaper beggining in 1970. It started on the Ohio State University campus to protest the Vietnam War‚ and has spoken out against political and social issues ever since. In one of its articles‚ it states‚ “Hence voting lesser evil sends the wrong message; it’s sending a message of compromise. In effect‚ a defensive vote says ““I will settle for a good America‚ not the best America
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Whether or not the “stand your ground” laws should be kept has been a topic of debate for many years. “Stand your ground” is a given right for people to protect themselves in prevention of injury or death if they feel threatened. The “stand your ground” laws have been said to create a safer environment. If this is so‚ then why is there an increase in violence‚ and why do people feel even more threatened than before? The “stand your ground” laws should be challenged because the laws hard the community
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