ugly secret has been brought to light in the United States: employers steal from their employees. Not just a few unscrupulous employers‚ or small businesses‚ or in marginal‚ declining or unprofitable industries. To the contrary‚ recent studies have shown beyond a reasonable doubt that wage theft is both wide-spread and virulent‚ and that current enforcement of wage law is utterly inadequate. While the full magnitude of wage theft in the U.S. is still unknown- no comprehensive assessment has been
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The following is a review of an article titled‚ “Cell phones: 21st Century Learning Tools?” by Johanna Sorrentino. This article was found at www.education.com and is one of many on the topic of 21st Century Leaning. In this article‚ Sorrentino asks‚ “Is it possible to think that there could be‚ in between the deafening ring tones and the obsessive text messaging‚ some redeeming educational qualities to these devices?” This question‚ which is posed in the opening paragraph‚ quickly draws me
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Industrialization in the United States during the 19th and early 20th century brought profound changes to the lives of common people‚ reshaping work‚ social relationships‚ and the dynamics between labor and the management. While it spurred economic growth and the technological advancements‚ its benefits were not evenly distributed‚ leading to significant social inequalities. The advent of the industrialization fundamentally altered the nature of work. Traditional artisanal crafts were replaced by
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Healthcare is the biggest problem in the United States. Most of insurance got more expensive and offer worst benefits and cover less than before. As we know already is 4.6 million uninsured people in the United States. Citizens are waiting for better opportunity to get health insurance. They are waiting for some changes every year. The United States is the only modern industrialized country without a sound health care system. It is the most privatized in the U.S‚ which means that in order to take
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Throughout the last century‚ poverty has been a major issue in the society of the United States. The government has tried to help those who are living in poverty through numerous acts including Franklin D. Roosevelt’s plans to get the country out of the depression or the welfare reform in 1996. Although the government has sought to ease poverty‚ mainly by creating government anti poverty programs‚ their methods are in fact ineffective. The Federal governments anti poverty programs as a majority
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substances released into the environment that can cause death or harm to people and their surroundings. These wastes are very hard to dispose of and usually contaminate the environment quickly. Air pollution is a severe problem‚ especially for the United States. Air pollution is the contamination and harm to the atmosphere by substances like smoke and fuel exhaust. According to the World Health Organization‚ one-fifth of the population is exposed to hazardous levels of pollutants. Air pollution occurs
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improper nutrition are three consequences that have developed from modernization in the United States. Smoking is the main cause of sudden cardiac deaths in the U.S.‚ just by quitting smoking‚ it can nearly eliminate the risk of a heart attack in just a year or two. Heart disease is one of the main causes of death in the United States‚ accounting for one third of all deaths. Even though‚ heart disease still remains America’s leading killer‚ since the nineteen sixties there has been a drop in deaths
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did the United States become a great world power? Despite the fact that the United States of America had thrived in the worldwide market having the biggest economy on the planet since the late 1880s‚ the United States were extremely subject to foreign exchange and never truly turned into a universal power‚ due to the small military that they had‚ until their leaders displayed a new assertive foreign policy of imperialism that started the global expansion of the general population in the United States
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Inequality is the lack of equality amongst a society. An inequity is a lack of fairness and justice. The terms are often used interchangeably not only among John Rawls‚ but also in society. Equality and Equity in the United States of America is a current big topic. Are minorities in America experiencing a lack of equality‚ equity‚ or both? Does everyone truly have basic freedoms‚ or some more than others? An in class discussion really brought me into deep thought. We were discussing how some laws
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Abortion in the United States Valora Hawkins‚ Tracy Avila‚ Timothy Easter‚ and Veronica Holifield BCOM/275 June 18‚ 2012 Les Colegrove Abortion is one of the most controversial topics to date in the United States. Because of the complexity and issues involved‚ there are those individuals who are for abortion‚ and those who are against. There is neutrality that extends between the two‚ with those who are one the fence depending on circumstantial situations. In this paper our group of four
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