World poverty is a social welfare issue that has plagued nearly every society, more specifically women in poverty. The issue of women and poverty and the Feminization of Poverty is a very disturbing issue indeed. The way our society is built and a history of oppression has lead to the inequalities...

Unfairness It's funny how we grew up saying "sticks and stones my break my bones but words will never hurt me". It's all too sad because that is not true. It is unfair that people are treated unfairly because of the way they look or how they act or the color of their skin. R...

In 1996, Californians approved Proposition 209 with a 55% to 45% vote . Proposition 209 makes it illegal to discriminate on the basis of race and gender thus making California the first state to end affirmative action in public institutions. Racial and gender inequality is an issue that plagues Ame...

In present day America we live in comfort and trust in our nations government to do the right thing for us Americans. Sometimes those decisions must endure hardships to get through to the gold at the end of the rainbow. Since decisions made in office take a long time to come into effect, it is har...

U.S. 1 E #1 Cultural cross-fertilization is the foundation on which the United States sits and has sat for hundreds of years. It is the mixing of cultures (English, African, Scots-Irish, Native American, etc.) that inevitably occurs when different groups of people live in t...