Kerry Washington

“America has always been known to force their cultural opinions on many cultures besides their own, compelling them to revolt against the continuing oppression of American“ - India Cage I almost wrote a short story about the struggle to revolt against the construction of an oil pipeline that has threatened to be built on an Native American reserve but instead of sticking to what my teacher would want at the beginning of my persuasive writing. I choose to not only write about the…

For the last few years, a lot of US citizens didn't vote. The voting rates went lower and lower every time we had an election. People who don't vote, then complain why we have a lousy president even though they didn't vote! Each vote can make a difference, which is why I agree that we should have mandatory voting. It might break our tradition and constitution and this law might get a lot of hate, but when it comes to being president, this topic this is very important! If only two-fifths of…

The “Great Experiment in Democracy” is what the United States of America is often referred to as. From its beginning the United States has been a nation governed by and for the people, becoming the first nation to have the people tell the government what it can do, not vise-versa. What is considered to be among the greatest of feats is what former President Ronald Reagan believed was so special about the orderly transfer of constitutional authority being nothing less than a miracle in the eyes…

In a presidential race, the candidate with the highest popular vote can lose to a candidate with the lower popular vote if the candidate with the lower popular vote has more electoral votes. Originally, the electoral college was created to compromise the people's vote with congress’ vote. Some people argue that the electoral college should be changed or abolished while others think that there is nothing wrong with it. The electoral college needs to be changed because one party should not be able…

Marcus Ward Lyon Jr. studied mammalogy, bacteriology, and Pathology. Lyon was born on February 5, 1875 in Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois. For this time and being he had a fairly small family with only two siblings, Henry S. Lyon and James W. Lyon. His mother , Lydia Anna Lyon, and his father a military man named Captain Marcus Ward Lyon Jr. Because of his father’s military career, Lyon’s family moved across the United States throughout his childhood. When Lyon’s family was stationed at Watertown…

Adelman was well-known in the photography industry for his photographs from the Civil Rights Movement. The USA. March on Washington DC. photograph commemorates the historic moment when Martin Luther King Jr. made his famous “I Have A Dream Speech” and declares that African Americans are free from racial segregation and discrimination. The second photographic was taken by Dennis…

presidents are extremely important why others concede them to be irrelevant. One scholar, Paul Quirk concluded a study in 2010 that explained that they expertise of a President, “Can be acquired only through substantial and recent experience in Washington,” claims that the lack of this experience “need not pose much difficulty for a president. Like any technical skill, which in a sense it is, the necessary expertise can easily be hired” (CITE). In 1990 Richard Neustadt conducted the same study…

For residents living in Washington D.C it is a question of fairness. Residents serve in the military, sit on juries, and pay federal taxes just like everyone else. But because of the capital’s status as a federal congress, they do not have voting representation in congress, they have no say in the nation’s laws. They also have limited control over their own affairs. D.C’s second-class status goes back to America’s earliest days. The founding fathers thought it would be best if they kept the…

Government is the political system by which a group of people are ruled. “If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost.” President Obama says that if one loses trust in their government, they lose everything because the government is what protects us and provides safety towards us citizens. I agree with the president’s views on the purpose of government because government provides everything…

Everybody of a country looks up to their political leaders. Thus, would you not want the leaders to embrace all types of people, instead of belittling certain ethnicities? In such cases leaders that are bigots toward a certain race should be removed from their political position. Especially, if the leader is treating a certain race completely different from the other races. Political leaders are supposed to be our example of how to be a good citizen, however if one of our leaders is a bigot…