valued goods and opportunities in a society. Over the past two decades‚ there has been an increase in economic inequality in the United States. Four major reasons for this increase is the changing relationship between technological expansion and education‚ deindustrialization and restructuring‚ government policies‚ and decline of unions. Technology in the United States has advanced immensely since the 1970s. This has led to peoples jobs being replaced by technology‚ for example bank tellers have
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Education in the United States Introduction The United States of America is one of‚ if not the most powerful country on this planet. Built over two-hundred years ago‚ with a foundation of liberty and justice‚ an influential democratic government‚ and a forceful military with the world’s largest Air Force‚ the United States truly is a force to be reckoned with. However‚ The US is deprived of the greatest we have in this world; education. In the world we live in‚ education is everything‚ success is
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24 in this country are apart of a generation that has no vivid memories of the challenging times of when becoming infected with HIV led to the inevitable outcome of death. But instead live in a world were the cases of HIV increase each year due to effective medical treatment. However‚ in 2010 those aged 13 to 24 had an estimated 12‚200 incidences accounting for 26 percent of all incidences in the United States.1 Disparities are felt mostly among sexual and race/minority groups. The disparities felt
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The United states is undoubtedly one of the better counties in the world. The U.S has a high ranking status in bounteous fields such as space research‚ quality of life‚ sports and movies but in one area the U.S is lacking. The Education system in the United States has been steady if not slightly climbing in the past few decades but‚ so is the rest of the world and they are climbing the education ladder as a much more rapid pace than the U.S‚ especially in the math and science subjects. Even though
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The 20th Century United States The 20th century was a time of considerable transition for the United States. Going from the countries lowest point in history‚ to becoming the strongest nation in the world‚ left Americans and their leaders confronted with many difficult decisions. The decade of depression that had preceded World War II had produced enormous changes in US politics and the American political and economic systems. Beyond politics‚ Americans also faced challenges in their day
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nationalities for religious‚ recreational‚ and medical use. While it is currently illegal in the United States‚ marijuana is legal in European countries such as Holland and Belgium‚ and Amsterdam. Marijuana‚ in its natural form‚ is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man. It can be safely used within a supervised routine of medical care. For marijuana to be illegal in the United States when alcohol poisoning is a major cause of death in this country and nearly half a million premature
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The United States of America and Mexico compare and contrast their differences when it comes to education‚ homeless rates‚ and their overall standard of living. The U.S and Mexico compare when it comes to homeless rates seeing as the numbers are increasing each year. As for education‚ Mexico lacks standard education‚ where as the United States has a higher standard for education. The overall standard of living in both countries is probably the biggest difference the two countries have. Mexico has
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Spanish in the United States The United States is home to a large and rapidly growing population of Spanish speakers. With over 35 million speakers‚ Spanish is the second most commonly-spoken language in the United States. According to data from the US Census Bureau‚ it is spoken in about 12 per cent of all U.S. households. Hispanic citizens constitute about 16% of the U.S. population now and this figure will rise to 30% by 2050. By 2050‚ the U.S. will become the largest Spanish-speaking country
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Child Advocacy is an issue in the United States and in our society. In our society‚ we swept issues that involve abuse under the rugs. Its an important issue to look at and take notice in the united states. Many associates that are involved with child care and protection are called child advocates. Child advocates are people who are advocating for children that are involved with any kind of abuse or endangering their protection. Child advocates comes in all different sizes with the main goal to
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Rates in the United States According to the most recent report put out by the United States Department of Labor‚ in the month of February‚ 49 states saw a decrease in nonfarm employment while Louisiana was the only one where they had seen an increase in nonfarm employment. California had a decrease in jobs since January by 116‚000 with Florida in second with 49‚500 jobs lost. While Alaska seen the smallest decease in unemployment by just 100. And again Louisiana is the only state to see an increase
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