Why Do Women Still Earn Less Than Men? By Laura Fitzpatrick Last year’s tax returns may already be signed‚ sealed and delivered‚ but April 20 is the day the average American woman will finally finish earning her 2009 salary — at least‚ the one she would have received if she were a man. That’s because U.S. women still earned only 77 cents on the male dollar in 2008‚ according to the latest census statistics. (That number drops to 68% for African-American women and 58% for Latinas.) To highlight
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(Empire matriarch)‚ Bryshere Gray‚ Jussie Smollett‚ Trai Byers‚ Tasha Smith‚ Grace Byers and Gabourey Sibide appeared in “What Will You Say?” a 1-minute political ad endorsing Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and slammed Donald Trump. Absent in the ad is “Empire” patriarch‚ Terence Howard. The ad communicates why it is important to vote for Clinton and to consider what is at stake primarily for the African-American community. They state there is only one person in the (presidential) race
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of short stories‚ The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven‚ focuses on the life of Native Americans on the Spokane Reservation‚ specifically focusing on Victor‚ the main character. In the collection of stories‚ Victor learns about the damage caused by letting anyone other than himself control his life. Victor has always wanted to become a warrior. “You know‚ my generation of Indian boys ain’t ever had no real war to fight‚” (28) says Victor. His obsession with becoming a warrior might derive
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Larger Than Real Life is an article by Pablo S. Torre‚ which is about the advantages and real world of the professional basketball players. In Newell’s Model‚ Karl Newell clearly states that each domain involves constraints that encourage some movements but at the same time restrict others. This article has many examples of this model. NBA basketball players have everything one common person dreams about but due to their extraordinary more than 7 feet height they have multiple problems as well. They
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together and pray in congregation and ask Allah ( The God ) for His blessing‚ forgiveness of all sins and ask for success in this life and hereafter that is good life. Also they ask for the true path to live in this life and get forgiveness for all sins and get destination that is heaven‚ which Muslims believe will bring success in this life and hereafter only if they lead this life on true path‚ never lie‚ never harm to others with their hand and with their tongue and believe uniformity in all human beings
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school campuses. Upon hearing this‚ many jump to the conclusion that there will be a large number of weapons on campus. This is in fact a false statement as roughly two percent of the North Carolina population has an active permit‚ and of that‚ less than one percent are college students. However‚ if the availability of guns on campus is in fact possible‚ will more school shootings occur? Well‚ the answer to that would be probably not and that is because in order to be given a permit‚ you must go
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Maria Montessori in To Educate the Human Potential. “The universe is an imposing reality and the answer to all questions.” Montessori observed firsthand children’s eagerness to understand themselves‚ their world‚ and their place in it. It was her hope that Cosmic Education would allow children to grow into responsible sons and daughters of the great human family with the understanding‚ ethics and self-knowledge needed to transform the world. The Greek word cosmic‚ means "order and harmony" in
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WHAT IF EARTH STOPS SPINNING? As we all know‚ planets spin. Our solar system was formed billions years ago from a spinning cloud of gas and dust. Nowadays‚ the Earth is turning at more than 16 hundreds kilometers an hour‚ bus it’s gradually slowing down about two seconds every one hundred thousand years. BUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THAT SLOWDOWN SPEEDS UP? If the speed of rotation were reduced by about one kilometer per hour‚ traffic air would face serious consequences. Most commercial aircrafts
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I was produced in a steam bakery – the newest‚ the biggest‚ most modern bakery in Anhui Province. I started my life as flour to which was added some yeast‚ fibra‚ fat‚ water‚ many chemicals and‚ not too surprisingly as it was China‚ kilos of …… pesticides! You might think this is wrong‚ but in China it is regarded as right. You see pesticides make the bread taste better‚ give the bread the smooth feel‚ and‚ very importantly‚ increases the size of the loaves‚ and that gives the bakery higher profits
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How accurate is it to say that the Black Power Movements of the 1960’s achieved nothing for the Black people? In some ways I agree that the Black power Movements of the 1960’s achieved nothing for the Black people because by 1968 little had changed‚ and it is therefore easy to claim that Black Power movements achieved nothing‚ and in fact had a negative impact on black Americans. However in some ways I disagree because the Black Power movements in the early 1960s coincided with the peak of success
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