The US for a long time has had the largest gap and inequality between rich and poor compared to all the other industrialized nations. For example in 2003‚ the top 1% received more money than the bottom 40% with the gap widest in 70 years. Furthermore‚ in the last 20 years while the share of income going to the top 1% has increased‚ it has decreased for the poorest 40%. Inter Press Service also summarizes an updated report by the US Census Bureau that 1 in 7 people in the US are in poverty. In 2009
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How much has the role of women changed in the last 30 years? Since the introduction of the pill on the NHS and the equal pay act we have seen massive changes in how women are viewed in society. In this essay I will be looking at how these have changed societies views and how they have affected women. I want to research this topic as I believe that there has been great leaps forward in how women are able to live and how this is now affecting the rest of the world. I will be analysing some of the
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An Analysis of the 9/11 Terrorist Attack On September 11‚ 2001‚ 19 Al Qaeda terrorists hijacked four United States commercial airliners travelling from the east coast to California. The hijackers forcibly took control of four planes. Two planes were purposefully crashed into the World Trade Center (WTC) in New York City. The third aircraft was flown into the Pentagon building in Washington DC. The fourth plane landed in a Pennsylvania field. All of the people on board the aircrafts were killed
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More than 106‚000 die yearly due to drugs. The War on Drugs started in the 1970s. It’s the government’s work to fight drug misuse and trafficking. Prez Nixon made this term popular. This has changed a lot over the past 50 years due to social and pull factors. This looks at how the War on Drugs began‚ its effects and if it works. Drugs go back to the 20th century. In the US‚ rules have been introduced for narcotics. The first drugs were herbs‚ plants‚ roots‚ vines‚ and fungi. Anyone could grow these
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Since the beginning of the 21st century‚ western countries have suffered a number of terror attacks by Islamic extremists. For example‚ the World Trade Center attack in America on September 11‚ 2001 called 9.11 and the Paris terror attacks on November 13‚ 2015 called 11.13 are the two biggest terror attacks which can be thought of. 9.11 is the most famous terror attack in the world carried out by Islamic extremist group al-Queda. They did suicide attacks on several important buildings in United States
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In the past 20 years that skateboarding has been around‚ it has changed in a great manner than when it started. Skateboarding has influenced people worldwide‚ from continent to continent. And over the years it has been able to be influence people of all different types of race that has cause people to connect and come together and play a sport they love. “Skateboarding was a way for surfers to keep active when waves were flat so a group of surfers in California invented the skateboard” (Brooke‚
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The Constitution has many amendments that do not apply to today’s society. This document is known as a living document‚ named that because it was meant to be able to change every thirty or so years to keep along with the times. Many people think that the Constitution should never be changed because of its importance to the history of our country‚ but‚ Thomas Jefferson thought otherwise in 3 letters that he wrote to Maddison addressing the matter. From September of 1787 to today‚ America along with
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9/11…A Turning Point There have been many turning points in American history; however none have had the same effects as September 11‚ 2001‚ and many people relate the day to the country’s loss of innocence. As a result of 9/11 many civil liberties were taken away‚ security was heightened‚ and there have been numerous effects on Americans. Although the attack happened on American soil‚ it can really be characterized as an attack on civilization itself‚ because people from more than 80 nationalities
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Back in the beginning stages of the War on Terrorism‚ President Bush enacted the Patriot Act. This allowed the government to spy on citizens‚ monitoring their activities in order to discern whether or not someone is a terrorist. It brought about changes in law enforcement that allowed agencies to search phones‚ financial records‚ etc. The National Defense Authorization Act greatly expands the power and scope of the federal government to fight the War on Terror‚ including codifying into law the indefinite
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How Has Photography Changed the World? ‘A picture can say a thousand words’ might seem a bit of a cliché‚ but it shouldn’t. Photography has truly revolutionised our world and it continues to do so. We’ve not only changed our own behaviours and thoughts as a result but also witnessed technological revolution with the help of photography. Let’s examine how the change has occurred. It has changer our understanding of the past Photography has provided humans with another form of recording past events
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