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When white drivers were only pulled over 10% of the time. And by looking at the statistics, black men and women aren’t the only people getting profiled by the police. A 2004 Gallup Poll found that 67 percent of African-Americans and 63 percent of Latinos believe they are the victims of police discrimination. Mistrust and experiences like this with the community can lead to some dangerous incidents and rises in crime even. But,…

In the online source it states, “Today decades after the war ended, the American people remain deeply divided over the conflicts meaning. A gallup poll found that 53 percent of those survived believe that the war was “ a well intentioned mistake” while 43 percent believe it was “ fundamentally wrong and immoral”(Digital history). This is a very big situation because the nation might never be reunited…

According to ‘Gallup’ between 2013/2014, there was a 41% decrease in immigration but now it is 58%. Also on ‘Gallup’, in mid-2014, 33% of the people surveyed believed that immigration was a bad thing. (7) On the other hand, one of the reasons why people are against immigrants especially illegal immigrants is that illegal…

Eight percent of teachers say common core will be a negative outcome on students. 40% of the teachers are worried about the special education students and if they will be able to keep up with it and maintain the common core standards. According to Gallup, they asked public school teachers on their emotions of common core and it stated, “65% are worried and 62% are frustrated…27% are unconfident and 20% are unenthusiastic about it (Brown, 2014). Teachers who are lacking the support do not like…

Where Do Morals Stand in The Legal System? Death is a sensitive subject but needs to be talked about when the person being killed was an option under the state. Capital punishment can seem merely against the right of the eighth amendment that protects citizens from cruel and unusual punishment but, is it okay to get away with murder? The death penalty has been a questionable law for years due to mishaps but is not enforced by the federal government. In discussions of the death penalty, a…

Michelle Adam writes in her piece Is College Worth It? “The public knows that the only thing more expensive than getting an education is not getting an education.”. While many will often question the necessity at times, most eventually understand that the need for higher education is absolute in the real world for success. There are many factors to consider when deciding if college is worth it, tuition is at record highs, enormous student loan debt can be with an individual for the majority of…

correct to execute murderers. Although this is the case, the number of individuals who approves of the death penalty outnumbers those who do not as a well-known public opinion poll company, Gallup Poll “finds 74% of Americans saying they favor the death penalty for a person convicted of murder, while 23% are not in favor” in a 2005 poll (Jones). Known as ‘one of the fathers of classical criminal theory,’ Beccaria has stated that the punishment must fit the crime and the death penalty can be…

whether gay couples have the right to marry. Americans ' views on gay marriage has shifted greatly over the past two decades. In 1996, a Gallup poll showed only 27 percent of Americans supported Gay marriage, with 68 percent opposing it. In 2015, however, a Washington Post poll found that 61 percent of Americans supported gay marriage and 35 percent opposed it. Polls have also shown that younger Americans tend to be more supportive of same-sex marriage…

It gives ten valuable reasons for why the readers of High Times believe marijuana should be legalized. The source states prohibition has failed to control the use and domestic production of marijuana, arrests for marijuana possession disproportionately affect blacks and Hispanics and reinforce the perception that law enforcement is biased and prejudiced against minorities, and a regulated, legal market in marijuana would reduce marijuana sales and use among teenagers, as well as reduce their…

In your experience do physician’s still drive much of the organization and delivery of healthcare in the U.S. as they once did? I’ve been a nurse for twenty-three years now and have seen a lot of changes in healthcare. I’ve seen the physician’s role diminished and replaced an ever growing bureaucracy. Grant it some of the bureaucrats might technically be physicians at least on paper, they are in fact mostly bean counters such as Medical Directs for insurance companies. This shift has led to…