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Social media has also gotten popular with law enforcement. Law enforcement sees social media as a fighting tool in crime. Hendricks (2014) stated that in 2013 about 772 police departments had an active social media account. Social media allows officials to look at suspects or victims information they are sharing to the public such as pictures or videos that could help them solve a case. Media such as Facebook and Twitter has helped with giving out information quickly for a Amber Alert.…

the federal government have in education? (2) Another valid question to ponder is what would be the benefits and consequences of more (or less) federal government involvement in education? But what does the public really want? As shown by the Gallup charts below, the opinions are somewhat split though votes for a less involved federal government do take the…

here are 10.1 million underage drinkers in the United States 39% of current 8th graders, 58% of 10th graders, 72% of 12th graders, and 85% of college students have tried alcohol" (Should the Drinking Age Be Lowered from 21). In 2007 there was a Gallup poll that found that 77% off Americans did not want the minimum legal drinking age lowered to age 18 ("Drinking Age ProCon.org."). "According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, more than 25,000 lives have been saved since…

Did you ever think that, in addition to enhancing your appearance, make-up could have ugly consequences? The make-up you choose could affect various aspects of life. Cruelty-free cosmetics is make-up that is not tested on animals. The use of animals for experiments is traceable to an Arabic doctor in the second century, who first carried out surgical procedures on animals before employing them on man (Franco, 2013). Initially, the experiments were intended for the understanding of the anatomy…

and became a great momentum to support the new president and his visions. According to Clarke Thurston (2005), Kennedy got only 49.7 percent of popular vote when he won the 1960 election, but he received an approval rating of 72 percent in a Gallup national poll taken soon after his inauguration in…

Should Gay Marriage be Legalized? Over the past few years the issue of same-sex or gay marriages have been debated by many people and has quickly become one of the most controversial issues that there are today. The question has been asked any times now, “should gay marriage be legalized”? The majority of Americans now days are all for legalizing gay marriage, with most of them saying that “everyone should have their rights and be able to do what they want”, or that we are “discriminating”…

We are finding different and new ways of defining one’s heritage. The racial options of the 2000 Census were modified to accommodate those who want to express their multiracial heritage. For the first time, respondents could identify themselves as members of more than one racial category. Also, a separate question about ethnicity appears before race (Banks, 2005). The United States has been called the melting pot due to the diverse cultures. According to U.S. census there is an estimated 3.5…

From segregation to stop and frisks and from Jim Crow to jailing, clearly, the struggles African Americans face today do not level up to the ones faced by their ancestors. Although the days of blatant racism have ultimately reached their end, minority populations continue to face many indignities in their everyday lives. While the generations from before the Civil Rights movement feared for their lives, today minorities fear uncalled for searches and a justice system that sees them as a…

The Individual Mandate: Necessary Intervention or Unethical Overreach? Introduction: The individual mandate (requirement that all people have health insurance or pay a penalty) is a key provision of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) and has been the subject of considerable debate. I will be continuing this trend and analyze the individual mandate with the five step Gostin framework. This framework seeks to answer five key questions: First, is there a significant risk that the individual…

the .08 threshold of drunkenness for driving since 2000 (“Legislative”). To most, the topic of drunk driving is very simple: it should be illegal. However, few people ever hear the counter argument to these mostly agreeable laws. According to a Gallup poll in 2000, 72% of Americans agreed with the lowering of the legal BAC (Blood Alcohol Content) passed by congress and signed by President Clinton in 2000 (“Most”). What few people seem to recognize is that these laws have huge constitutional…