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“Think strategically about your future working life”. That is Behren’s and Rosen summation of a few highly respected economist and analyst advise about the offshoring and globalization of the American jobs that has decimated the middle working class of this country. Well and good and worth considering if one is in high school or about to decide what major to embark on. However, for those who have already lost their jobs, homes and families due to offshoring or about to lose their job, wait a…

The Electoral College continues to be a controversial subject among both professionals and laymen. The mechanics of what the electoral college has become has lead to a system that disenfranchises millions of American voters around the country. This has been obvious to many people through United States history and as such many alternatives have been proposed. Three of the most popular alternatives are Direct Popular Vote, Proportional Electoral Voting, and Majority Preference Voting. Looking at…

gambling he could have prolonged his career and made it to the Hall of Fame. Home Run leader, Barry Bonds, took steroids to cheat and gain an advantage over his opponents, but he is still on the Hall of Fame ballot: “For Barry Bonds, this was his third year on the National Baseball Hall of Fame ballot” (Bloom). Many players in he MLB get suspensions and bans for a certain amount of time. These players could get banned for many of reasons like drugs, alcohol, mistreatment, etc. They get punished…

president-elect of the United States of America. However, of the 231 million people eligible to vote in the United States, only 48.1% of Americans are are pleased with this outcome. States, as well as thousands of Americans across the country are demanding ballot recounts in hopes of redirecting the outcome and the fate of the country. Many are dumbfounded, wondering how a businessman from Queens, New York with no political background whatsoever managed to pull this off. Donald Trump was able to…

In his book, The Souls of Black Folk, W.E.B. Du Bois outlines his experience as an African American in the post war years. Du Bois chronicles his subsequent realization of the general issues facing the African American community during reconstruction. Using personal anecdotes and historical references, Du Bois attempts to paint a portrait of the struggles faced by African Americans. Du Bois is able to pinpoint key issues in the culture that inhibit democracy to fully reach the lives of the…

Bonaparte and the Legislative Assembly. Bonaparte had demands for a second presidential term and money from the conservative majority that lead to the build up to the coup. To fully enact his will, Bonaparte abolished and then restored the secret ballot which lead the bourgeois to believe they had gained their end. After this, Bonaparte had completed half of his preparation work to become emperor of France. He had perfected the parliamentary power to overthrow it, and reduced the executive…

candidate’s election and in return the candidate would vote in the businesses favor instead of the people 's. For most of America’s earliest political history each party would print ballots in their own color which made the voters’ choice apparent to all. It wasn’t until progressives pushed for reform that the secret ballot was introduced providing more privacy and safety to voters. Looking at the way politics were run it’s hard to say America was truly living up to its’ ideal of…

Dkendrick Black Gov 2306 December 8th 2015 Voting Trends and Voting I.D. Laws In Texas And How They Affect Us What is voting? Voting is the means by which such expression is made, as a ballot, ticket, etc. We all have the right to vote for many things like political offices work/school things. Voting laws are essential in keeping that there is no fraud or illegal things go on during the voting process. Are voting id laws racist and discriminatory against minorities well the supreme…

Controversy has been raised recently over whether the deciding factor of who is to win the United States presidency should be the votes of electoral college or popular vote. The United States Constitution, population of the states, and election fraud give valid reasons as to why Electoral votes are counted in the elections instead of popular vote. Popular vote is based off of the opinions of each individual person in the United States. The Electoral College is made up of Electors from each state…

While this vote total is not enough for him to actually be inducted, the fact that he is on the ballot in the first place seems hypocritical compared to Rose’s massive ban. Bond’s career statistics, which were heavily influenced by steroids, overshadow those who achieved just as great things without the illegal help, such as Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron…