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    Unemployment in America

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    Here is good news for you: according to the New York Times‚ the unemployment rate in America dropped to 7.7% which is the lowest rate in four years. But is this rate low enough? The answer is no. The labor market is far from recovery. There are around 11 million people who still need jobs. Throughout American history of unemployment‚ The United States has experienced 11 recessions since the end of the postwar period in 1948. The U.S. unemployment rate rose steadily from 5% in January 2008 to a

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    Occupied America

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    GUIDE TO Occupied America: A History of Chicanas/os By Rodolfo F. Acuña © Rodolfo F. Acuña 2013 Teacher and Student for Occupied America 8/e Table of Contents Meet the Author……………………………… Methodology………………………………… Module I: Identity …………………………… Module II: Mexico Pre-1821 Mesoamerica/Spain Module III: The American Wars…………….. Module IV. The Colonization: 19th Century Southwest Module V. Expansion‚ Immigration‚ Transformation‚ Reaction Module VI. The Great Depression: Reform ………………….. Module VII

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    The New Colossus

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    who captured the king’s “passions” and gave meaning to a lifeless thing. Then towards the end of the poem there was an inscription that contradicted itself. Just as the statue in the poem “Ozymandias” has an inscription marked into it‚ the poem “New Colossus” is an inscription to a statue itself‚ being the statue of liberty. “Ozymandias” shows how the statue’s original inscription is contradictory to what it has become‚ similar to what the “Newer Colossus” explains. The inscription in the poem

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    Gift To America

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    smart enough do not attend a normal high school. In America‚ it is required that all children have an education until they get to high school‚ where they are offered the opportunity unless they choose to drop out. We also have many job opportunities that come with our education. If you put in the effort in school you will be able to go to college and get an advanced education that will help you be successful in finding a well paying job. In America‚ children are given the opportunity to attend elementary

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    Greed In America

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    Chris has been forced to live under his dad’s rule for his entire life. This caused Chris to resent any authority‚ which includes government laws. Undesired authority can spark the idea of being a rebel or cause someone to become disobedient. In America‚ you are allowed to express opinions and complaints. It is in America’s foundation to be allowed to challenge some aspects of life. However‚ in some people’s cases‚ including Chris’‚ they take it a step further and challenge ALL aspects of life. People

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    Stupid in America

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    Diana Mendoza Due Date: February 12‚ 2015 Lab 1 Stupid in America EDUC 13001-6301 Stupid in America Are kids really stupid in America? Some people believe it is not the students who are stupid‚ they believe it’s the system that’s stupid. Schools argue it’s because of the money. They need more money to give a better education. In John Stossel’s documentary we can see that money is not the problem‚ a school in Kansas received more than what it usually does and instead of doing better in the test

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    America the Beautiful

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    America is essentially the laziest country in the world. This elucidates why there’re so many lazy people in it‚ like myself. However‚ being lazy does not necessarily mean America is a bad country; laziness makes America the unique and beautiful country we know and love. Being lazy can be awful or great‚ but when I describe how excited I am to go on vacation‚ it’s a huge deal. I’m never more anxious than the morning I wake up to go on vacation once a year. Consequently‚ I am usually at my worst when

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    Entertainment and News

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    Entertainment and News News coverage‚ whether by television‚ radio‚ the internet‚ or newspaper must be selective‚ selective not simply in which stories it reports but in how it presents them as well. The media is incapable of providing a rundown of everything that has transpired in a day. Therefore‚ editors‚ reporters‚ etc… decide what will go into the reports. Equally important‚ reporters are still human beings who‚ in spite their good intentions‚ occasionally succumb to anger‚ jealousy

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    Democracy in America

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    United States of America 14 13 12 11 10 c 5 4 3 2 1 14 13 12 11 10 p 5 4 3 2 1 (Set) (Vol. 1) (Vol. 2) (Vol. 3) (Vol. 4) Cloth ISBNs 978-0-86597-719-8 978-0-86597-720-4 978-0-86597-721-1 978-0-86597-722-8 978-0-86597-723-5 Paperback ISBNs 978-0-86597-724-2 978-0-86597-725-9 978-0-86597-726-6 978-0-86597-727-3 978-0-86597-728-0 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Tocqueville‚ Alexis de‚ 1805–1859. [De la democratie en Amerique. English & French] ´ ´ Democracy in America: historical-critical

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    Deconstructing America

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    Deconstructing America Patrick J. Buchanan is a conservative‚ political voice in the United States today. The article Deconstructing America is from his 2007 book‚ Day of Reckoning: How Hubris‚ Ideology‚ and Greed Are Tearing America Apart. I chose this article because it is one of the ones my group looked closely at in class‚ and I feel like I understand it more than other articles we read after talking it out with them. "The United States‚ the greatest republic since Rome

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