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    While it is crucial to acknowledge all that is right with American government‚ we must not turn a blind eye to what is wrong with it. Although government on the whole is good‚ there are many things wrong with government; things that need to be fixed. And fixing those problems is necessary if we are to revive Americans’ support for government. The better we can make government‚ the more we can expect citizens to oppose efforts to undermine this vital institution. The first‚ and one of the most serious

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    Amber 4 April 2012 The Double Edged Sword of African American Literature Throughout history‚ little by little our great country has progressed‚ from a nation that was barely getting on its own feat in the early 1800’s to legalizing the rights of every American citizen within the United States during the1960’s. But what about the African Americans? Anyone who is familiar with our American culture and History can tell you that African Americans have played a major role in our histories movements

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    Healthcare Reform and Congress’ role in the Legislative Process This is not a story of good versus evil. Nor is it a tale of right versus wrong. The decision of the morality and constitutionality of the new healthcare law is for someone else to make. This paper simply seeks to address Congress’ role in the long and confusing process of passing healthcare reform. As a group‚ we attempted to consider every major policy actor in the healthcare reform process. We identified seven major actors:

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    NAACP  Colorado Springs  Branch #4001 603 S El Paso St Colorado Springs‚ CO 80903 FREEDOM FUND GALA Executive Committee “ALL IN FOR JUSTICE AND EQUALITY” Rejuvenating Our Past Rejuvenating Our Past Reaffirming our Reaffirming OurPresent Present And & Providing Resources For Our Future Providing Resources for our Future Cheyenne Mountain Resort Colorado Springs‚ CO  Friday‚ October 14‚ 2014 6:30pm‐ 11:00pm NAACP  Colorado Springs  NAACPBranch #4001 Colorado Springs Branch 603 S El Paso St #4001

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    Topics | Issues Under Debate | Abortion  See also "Population Explosion" | * What limits are responsible? * What limits are realistic? * How to protect abortion doctors‚ pregnant women and the unborn protection of abortion clinics vs right to protest * Partial birth abortion * Scientific evidence vs definition of viability * Stem cell research * Unborn victims of violence | Affirmative Action  See also "Racial Discrimination" | * Relative equality has been achieved vs serious

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    Ben Amaro Government 2302 Leblanc November 2012 Pushing a Wet Noodle A.) As a group we decided to kill things more than to amend or keep them. I think that had a lot to do with the different roles everyone in the group had‚ and the people they were trying to please. Members were politically at different ends of the spectrum. There were only two issues that everyone wanted to keep or cut completely. As a group‚ we were all able to agree on provision C‚ mandating that insurance companies

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    Brief Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement (1954 – 1965) 1954 - Brown v. Board of Education: In the 1950’s‚ school segregation was widely accepted throughout the nation. In fact‚ law in most Southern states required it. In 1952‚ the Supreme Court heard a number of school-segregation cases‚ including Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka‚ Kansas. This case decided unanimously in 1954 that segregation was unconstitutional‚ overthrowing the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson ruling that had set the “separate

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    According to David Mayhew‚ author of Congress: The Electoral Connection‚ Congress has many different functions that it performs including: “ . . .legislating‚ overseeing the executive‚ expressing public opinion‚ and servicing constituents” (Mayhew 2004‚ 8). While all these are important to the role Congress plays‚ the most important ability is the authority to create laws. Congress derives its power to perform its functions and to create laws‚ from Article I of the Constitution. Although Article

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    he California Republic was a short-lived‚ unrecognized state that‚ for a few weeks in 1846‚ militarily controlled the area to the north of the San Francisco Bay in the present-day state of California. In June 1846‚ a number of American immigrants in Alta California rebelled against the Mexican department’s government. The immigrants had not been allowed to buy or rent land and had been threatened with expulsion from California because they had entered without official permission. Mexican officials

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    Speech Given by Malcolm X Though almost half a century has passed‚ the Civil Rights Movement remains one freshly imprinted in not only the history books of US schools but also in the minds of countless Americans. Albeit‚ American society has come quite a ways in the acceptance of the individual - regardless of sex‚ age‚ creed or ethnicity - prejudices of different sorts are still to be found throughout every one of the United States of America. The Civil Rights Movement fought

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