Pros and Cons of Affirmative Action 2 The Pros and Cons of Affirmative Action in the Workplace According to the Encarta Dictionary‚ affirmative action (AA) is a policy or program aimed at countering discrimination against minorities and women‚ especially in employment and education. There are those who feel that AA has exceeded its usefulness‚ and is no longer required. Opposite that viewpoint‚ many think that AA has served its purpose well‚ but there is still a steady need and place for
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Over the past years‚ millions of dollars were cut from Florida State Mental Hospitals‚ causing deaths and severe injuries in patients and nurses‚ and the public had no idea about it. The patients sent to these hospitals are seriously ill and dangerous‚ they needed better care than what they were getting‚ but the hospitals couldn’t afford better‚ as their budgets had been cut‚ (Anton et al. “Deep”). The lack of funding caused deaths and injuries of both patients and staff. Then in 2015‚ modern muckraker
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Legal abortions protect women’s health: Legal abortion not only protects women’s lives‚ it also protects their health. For tens of thousands of women with heart disease‚ kidney disease‚ severe hypertension‚ sickle-cell anemia and severe diabetes‚ and other illnesses that can
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ink. It is becoming harder to obtain jobs because the business industry tends to judge tattoos as unprofessional. Honestly‚ it is not any different than someone expressing themselves with a hairstyle‚ or clothing choice. Some of the best employees could be looked over due to the ink on their skin. A person’s skin does not define their working abilities‚ nor does it define their education. Many people categorize tattooed people as delinquents; However‚ having a tattoo does not define a person’s work
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The Necessity of ObamaCare in the United States The United States is heavily watched around the world in terms of politics or any other action as it is one of the leading countries of the world. Recently‚ the United States caught the eye of the world in its recent debate of the health care reform. Most commonly referred to as “ObamaCare” the official name is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) or for short‚ the Affordable Care Act (ACA). President Barack Obama on March 23‚ 2010
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The policy in question is the Federal Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The Federal Medical Leave act was originally enacted over twenty years ago but has not been revised and expanded to include payment while time is taken off. FMLA is currently the closest thing the United States has to a parental leave policy‚ as it allows for some working women and me to take time off from their job while they have a child or care for their family; this leave from work however‚ is not paid. The idea for the FMLA originated
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Marijuana Angela Stackhouse 05/07/09 Marijuana The uses of marijuana amongst teenagers has increased over the years making it the most accessible drug in America as well as one the most beneficial due to its medical uses. According to the article of Marijuana Use Among Youths Is a Serious Problem‚ written by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA) (2004)‚ stated that the uses of marijuana has impacted the youth in many ways due to the unknown factors
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and coordinate united action. It is also important to develop our counterinsurgency narrative - the rhetoric and propaganda we use to influence popular political opinions - to oppose any recruiting efforts and anti-government literature created by pro-Communists. Additionally‚ I would like to exercise my portfolio power since counterinsurgent air warfare will provide asymmetric advantages to
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"The majority does not rule and every vote is not equal - those are reasons enough for scrapping the system. But there are other consequences as well. This election has been making clear how the Electoral College distorts presidential campaigns. A few swing states take on oversized importance‚ leading the candidates to focus their attention‚ money and promises on a small slice of the electorate." The 2000 election caused a lot of controversies. It took five weeks to determine the Presidency and
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Does the NSA have a good enough reason to spy on its own citizens along with the other billions of foreigners when there are laws implemented to stop that exact act? Is it necessary to create more terrorists because of the hate towards this program‚ just to possibly catch the current ones we face now? What is the real end goal? Is it to create a black mail mega-data for the government to have insurance due to the debt? Maybe the U.S.A is planning a global attack themselves‚ or it really is meant
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