Every day three children in the U.S. are murdered by a parent or caretaker. 18,000 are permanently disabled, and 565,000 are seriously injured every year. Child abuse kills more children in America than accidental falls, choking on food, suffocation or fires in the home (OCCAPC, sec. 1). The term "...

Health And Human Services The Department of Health and Human Services is the United States government's principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and providing essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves. The Department includes more tha...

Abortions in foreign countries has been controversial since 1995, when Republicans began using foreign aid legislation as leverage to gain restriction on overseas abortions. "The Mexico City Policy" know for its name after former President Regan's conference in that city was establis...

There are many bills that are passed though the House of Representatives everyday. There are many government agencies and interests groups that are behind the bills that either support them or are against them. The bill I have chosen is the Arctic Costal Plain Domestic Energy Security Act of 2001....

How would you like if someone were trying to take away something that was valuable to you? These things might not seem important to others, but are important to you in every way. You have some people who agree with you and others who disagree. Both sides have some really good arguments that were ...

BIOTERRORISM "Disease has long been the deadliest enemy of mankind," says George Bush, "...we have fought the causes and consequences of disease throughout history and must continue to do so with every available means (qtd. in "Defending against bioterrorism" n. pg...

One of the biggest concerns in the Native American community today is the overwhelming presence of alcoholism. I was first informed of this by an old friend that I served with in the Marine Corps. He had grown up on a reservation, and had subsequently seen the horrors of this alcohol a...