January the unemployment rate rose from 7.2 to 7.6 percent. Payroll employment has declined by 3.6 million since December 2007 and about one-half of this decline occurred in the past 3 months. Unemployment is the number one cause of poverty. In America people need a job for everyday living and
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Income Inequality in America Income inequality in the United States is the highest it has ever been since 1928‚ and when compared to most other developed countries the U.S. is more unequal in its monetary aspects (Desilver‚ 2014). To understand this statement it must first be addressed about what income inequality means. Income inequality is the unequal distribution of income whether it be through the number of jobs available or the wage in which a person earns for doing a certain job. This unequal
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of the survey‚ to be more specific‚ 36.6% of Americans are overweight and 26.5% are obese (Percentage of Overweight‚ Obese Americans Swells. (n.d.). The obesity rate has increased in America and unless there is a broad cultural‚ behavioral‚ and government change among Americans regarding diet and exercise in America‚ obesity rates will most likely
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Racial Profiling in America CM107-32: College Composition I Racial profiling (other than same sex relationship issues) seems to be the civil rights issue of our generation. While many brush it off‚ there are real live statistics suggesting that it is a very troubling societal issue. It doesn’t seem to be isolated in any one part of the country but some places are more notorious than others when it comes to racial profiling. There have also been high profile individuals
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A major problem that is rising in America is Child abuse. We need to work together as a community‚ to come up with a resolution. People need to report suspected abuse in the first place. On the contrary‚ someone may witness violence as it happens‚ fear of retaliation prevent them from calling the police or social worker. By the same token‚ someone may feel that it is best for the child to report abuse. However‚ may not say anything as a result of guilt and embarrassment. Nevertheless‚ these emotions
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Many things make the United States of America the country that it is today. One of the key components to that is freedom. Freedom is defined as the power or right to act‚ speak‚ or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint‚ but freedom goes far beyond this definition. Freedom has many attributes. We have national freedom‚ political freedom‚ individual freedom‚ and spiritual freedom. So‚ as you can see it is not just a value based on the country that you choose to live in‚ but the very citizens
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Approximately 40 percent of food in the U.S. goes to waste. Food and Agriculture Organization Roughly one third of the food produced in the world for human consumption every year — approximately 1.3 billion tons — gets lost or wasted. Food and Agriculture Organization Every year‚ consumers in rich countries waste almost as much food (222 million tons) as the entire net food production of sub-Saharan Africa (230 million tons). Food and Agriculture Organization Over 97% of food waste generated ends
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states Opera stated. She stated that a girl born in the United States is the luckiest. Yes‚ as women we constantly complain that there is a difference in salary between men and women etc. However‚ if we compare all the privileges that we have in America we are immensely lucky because other women in all parts of the world don’t have all the rights and privileges we do. Another thing that also caught my attention was the child labors. In all honesty‚ it’s a little sad that as Americans we know that
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It is imporant to understand that agriculture is such a broad area of education‚ and this is why in 1988 Future Farmers of America changed their name to FFA because FFA is not just for students who want to be production farmers; FFA also welcomes members who aspire to careers as‚ but not limited to‚ teachers‚ doctors‚ scientists‚ business owners‚ as described on ffa.org When
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Imagine living in a place filled with nothing‚ just pure emptiness. People in America say some regions are boring compared to others. Luckily‚ I have evidence of which regions are the best. I will carefully go through each region I hand-picked. People should be considerate about these regions because of their astonishing environments‚ unique culture‚ and various indigenous groups. The first region would be the Southeast. The Southeast contain states such as: Kentucky‚ North Carolina‚ South Carolina
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