Dianne Feinstein

maximize profits for shareholders and CEOs, not to cover patients who have fallen ill or to compensate doctors and hospitals for their services. It is an industry that is increasingly concentrated and where Americans are paying more to receive less”(Dianne Feinstein). The medical field has lost the idea of devoting their work to finding a cure and started to be for profit for the interests of CEOs. The CEOs then make millions because of the overpriced medical care people receive. In her…

According to the Second Amendment in the United States Constitution, citizens of the country have the right to keep and bear arms. However, this topic has recently become more and more controversial. Some people state that guns are dangerous, therefore a simple citizen should have no use for one unless they have ill intentions. Others believe that guns are a necessary part of society for people to protect themselves and those around them. Lately, many debates have been held concerning this topic…

Black and Latino people are four times more likely to pulled over and interrogated by police, and ten times more likely to be frisked than white people, based on a study done in New York City (11 Facts about Racial Discrimination). Racial profiling is a current and important issue facing minorities that affects their employment, is an illegal and unjust violating civil liberties, is a practice still used by the police. Racial profiling is important because it affects employment and creates wage…

(society) Illegal Immigrants Increase Crime Rates Arizona in 2000 had the highest per capita rate of illegal aliens highest per capita rate of property crimes highest rate of vehicle theft 2nd highest rate of larceny theft 5th for burglaries 9th for murders 15th for aggravated assault and robbery (Martin) 2. (economic) Illegal Immigrants Cost Billions that US Doesn’t Have There are many essentials needed for 400,000 anchor babies born “take advantage of the welfare system by giving birth…

Vaccinations in schools around the U.S has been one of the biggest controversies that has ever come up before. Religious beliefs have been one of the largest problems. It in its self has brought a big controversy because some religions are against getting vaccinations. Also people with health issues have been a great drawback in getting people vaccinated. But the importance of keeping the children safe around the country out ways the negative side. Vaccines in the U.S have benefited the U.S in…

In November of 2008, the United States signed the Strategic-Framework Agreement (SFA). The SFA provides the basis for the U.S.-Iraq bilateral relationship. It covers the range of bilateral issues including political relations and diplomacy, defense and security, trade and finance, energy, judicial and law enforcement issues, services, science, culture, education, and environment. In spite of the signing of the SFA, the relations between the United States and Iraq have failed to develop into a…

Respectively, law enforcement and prison guards have contributed more than a half million dollars to “No on 64”. California’s Republican Party is against the initiative, as well as famed U.S. Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein. Smart Approaches to Marijuana Action (SAM), a Virginia organization that’s fighting legal marijuana across the country, is a major backer of the “No on 64” movement. Opponents of the proposition have serious problems getting funding for the…

Presented as “the story of history’s greatest manhunt for the world’s most dangerous man” (Mayer), Zero Dark Thirty is the dramatization of the search for al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Centering on the work of Maya Lambert, a Central Intelligence Agency officer, the film has raised controversy due to its historical inaccuracy in depicting torture. The film justifies torture by portraying that enhanced interrogation techniques provided key…

The Dead Kennedys were one of the United States’s most influential hardcore punk bands, and were composed of Jello Biafra (Eric Reed Boucher) on vocals, East Bay Ray (Raymond Pepperell) on guitar, Klaus Flouride (Geoffrey Lyall) on bass, Ted (Bruce Slesinge) on drums, and finally 6025 (Carlos Cadona) on rhythm guitar. Not only were they influential in their style, but they caused stirs by the extreme and controversial nature of their political statements. The band formed in San Francisco in…

The immigration population coming into the United States from Central America is largely made up of adolescents. I will be using P.J. Tobia’s article, “No Country for Lost Kids,” for context of this particular immigration crisis. In this case there are two main sources of push and pull factors which lead to immigrating: fleeing from violence in their country and family reunification. The article describes the violence these children meet, with the dangers they must overcome to even make it to…