According to data from the 2010 Census‚ there were nine million individuals in the United States that identified themselves a multiracial (Jones & Bulluck 2012). This was an increase of 2.2 million from the 200 Census. The increase in the number of self-reported multiracial individuals in the U.S. was due partly to the fact that the Census for the first time in 2000 gave the option to choose more than one box when indicating racial identity and in part to the US society’s increased tolerance
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valued goods and opportunities in a society. Over the past two decades‚ there has been an increase in economic inequality in the United States. Four major reasons for this increase is the changing relationship between technological expansion and education‚ deindustrialization and restructuring‚ government policies‚ and decline of unions. Technology in the United States has advanced immensely since the 1970s. This has led to peoples jobs being replaced by technology‚ for example bank tellers have
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The United States Constitution is the single most important document in American history for a variety of reasons. Not only does it provide the framework for our government to operate‚ but it also states the rights and liberties each citizen has. The Constitution strikes a unique balance between power at the national level and at the state level‚ not allowing for the national government to become so strong that it tramples the rights of states or individuals. In a world where we see so much instability
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Abortion is a very serious and important topic in the United States. In over 40 states late-term abortion is illegal. Some where in the world a woman dies every seven minutes due to an unsafe abortion. That is over 2 billion women per year. Abortion‚ especially late-term is wrong‚ and dangerous‚ and should be illegal everywhere. "Physicians For Life reports that RU486‚ also known as the abortion pill and mifepristone‚ has shown a significant amount of deaths as a result of bleeding and infection
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been proven to be misconceptions. Not only has bilingualism positively affected history‚ it also affects the United States and the People’s Republic of China‚
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The state of prison healthcare in the United States tends to be a complicated issue‚ largely due to it being a hot topic when discussed with the public. Many inmates are in need of some form of healthcare‚ whether it be medication‚ counseling‚ or mental treatments. However‚ due to the current environment that these prisoners are in‚ they may not be receiving the care that they need and deserve. This travesty needs to be addressed and remedied posthaste because while prison inmates may be incarcerated
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Not only that but killing and wounding thousands of American soldiers on American soil. This in turn enraged the American population and led the United States’ entry into World War 2. Many Americans‚ already being somewhat xenophobic‚ began to further distrust and become weary of their ethnically Japanese next door neighbors. Many United States citizens become paranoid about the loyalties of Japanese Americans‚ fearing the assistance that might be given to the Japanese empire. Many felt that
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terroristic violence is increasing at an extremely fast rate. For the United States‚ the threat of domestic and international terrorism weighs on the minds of the federal government and private citizens. The 2014 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review even went as far as to note that terrorism is one of the six strategic challenges that are likely to affect the United States throughout the next five years (DHS‚ 2014). However‚ the United States has been on high alert since the attacks on New York and the Pentagon
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Reimbursement methods in health care refer to the capability of an individual to acquire compensation for out-of-pocket medical expenses paid by them from their insurance companies. In addition‚ reimbursement involves more than just what an individual gets paid since it is a long and frequently convoluted process (Quinn‚ 2015). The Value-based care (VBC) reimbursement models that replace the traditional fee-for-service (FFS) model‚ greatly affect the healthcare industry by increasing the costs and
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lose many of their people? Why would the United States enter a war that is overseas again? Why would the United States want to get involved with everything that is happening overseas? What did the United States stand to gain? There are many questions that we can ask why the United States got involved in WWII‚ but the more important question to ask is‚ if the United States did not join the war at all‚ what would the world be today? In the 1930s‚ the United States Government enacted a series of laws designed
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