It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

Book Review for Marshall Every nation is influenced by its geography. Mountains, deserts, and rivers all play key roles in determining if a country can trade and grow or isolated and dependent on others. Marshall claims in his book Prisoners of Geography that technology, politics, and people will come and go, but geography has always been here, shaping the interactions of states. The best examples of geography shaping countries is seen in the topography of America where the land has been a…

punishment around the United States, execution of innocent men, its negative influence on our society and the offence it has against human rights are all concerns that make the capital punishment wrong. The first established death penalty laws date as far back ats the Eighteenth Century B.C. in the Code of King Hammurabi of Babylon, which codified the death penalty for 25 different crimes. The first evidence of the death penalty…

known officially as The Islamic republic of Iran. Is one of the world’s oldest civilisation dated between 3800 to 3200 BC. Home to 78 million people Iran has the second largest population in Middle East after Egypt. Comprised of multiple ethnic and religious groups and has Farsi as its official language. As of 2015 Iran is under a distinctive political system feeding back to 1979 constitution which blends religion and democracy with a supreme leader who has sizable authority on political…

The first approach is arguing that the United States has over 11.5 million unauthorized immigrants residing in our country and the number grows at about 300,000 each year. Approach one also argues that more Border Patrol officers should be hired, stronger border against countries like Mexico and strengthen our immigration…

Our great nation has endured decades of scrutiny that has divided…

restrictions via PACs, political action committees" (Tedford), thus stealing the power of the masses and giving our power to those whose bank accounts resemble that of a country's population. Sadly, the affluent 1% of Americans hold more power than the other 99% of this nation because of the current government's pay to win democracy. Without any…

especially the rich who make millions or even billions and complain about how it 's hurting their businesses. However in reality taxes on the rich are among the lowest they have ever been. America has seen a steady tax decline on wealthy Americans since the Reagan administration while wages for the middle class have barely increased after adjusting for inflation. All while the rich claim that decreased taxes on the rich will lead to a better economy but when one looks back, the economy was doing…

Thousands of people have died in the turmoil of the Kashmir conflict and approximately affected about 7 million people in that region. About 500,000 people have been internally displaced due to terrorism and other military actions. The United States had no direct involvement in the conflict and asked both countries to resolve the dispute through bilateral means…

problems” (Kohn). This was the moment where his plan inspired millions to elect him as our next president and make history. His quote set up a platform for a debate over immigration, but his claim can be proven wrong. His solution to the growing problem is to build a wall along the Mexico-American border and deport all illegal immigrants. Others might say who cares about the immigration law when in fact, immigration affects everyone around us including our families…

over 14,000 McDonalds? Even though we live in country where food is not hard to come by there are still millions of people who worry everyday about where their next meal is coming from. Whether you realize it or not America is still starved. Many households around the nation…