Lotteries in the United States

“Yes we can” is an anthem of hope that we can all achieve success. Will everybody become millionaires and billionaires if they put their mind to it no. achieving that involves either a great amount of luck through the lottery or , great financial knowledge, or you could be lucky enough to receive a “small” loan of one million dollars from your father like Trump. All this to say, Obama is a symbol that black people despite the odds can achieve anything really. The odds…

He was the second ever black judge, in the Supreme Court and was at first not thrilled to working as a judge. As Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States his views are typically from a conservative stand point, and usually wants a solution that limits the power of the federal government and expands the power of state and the local governments, interestingly enough he has demonstrated a strong support from a stronger executive branch within the government. His father M.C.…

For almost two centuries, the United State’s public education system has taught and prepared today’s youth for their future and their career. However, in recent years it has come under scrutiny for failing to do just that, and as a result, more parents are opting to send their children to charter schools than ever before. These schools are government funded but are not a part of the school system in which the state it resides in. Instead, they are often managed by an independent school board and…

Sage Gurney Book Review: A More Perfect Constitution When I first realized A More Perfect Constitution by Larry J. Sabato was about rewriting the United States Constitution, I thought it was the last book I would want to read. I am glad I was required to read this book for a class, because I learned so much more than I thought I would. A More Perfect Constitution is a very well thought out and researched book. The author, Larry J. Sabato, approaches the idea of rewriting the constitution…

the race was won. He then went on to vaguely review what his administration has accomplished within their first ninety days in office. After thanking many people who helped him along the way, President Trump continued by explaining that the United States has lost 70,000 factories since the addition of China to the World Trade Organization. He further emphasized this number by calling it one of “our disasters” since it took away many jobs and caused less products to be “Made in the USA”. With…

the ¨newbies¨ who were drafted, in moments of battle.Our soldiers should not have to be surrounded by people who either do not want to be there or are only there so they don’t go to jail for a federal crime by refusing to join.Moreover, James Lacey states that the joint chiefs ¨are the men responsible for protecting our country and ensuring that our armed forces are fully prepared...these men saw first-hand the ruinous effects a large draft force can have when there is no…

she didn’t know anyone there. My grandmother chose to go to the United States because Poland at the time was very poor, barely any people had jobs, and once my grandmother heard about a lottery, she wanted to take her chance to prosper. "there was a lottery, and anyone from any country could try to get a green card or an american passport and be able to live in the US." (Personal interview, 2015). On her first try, she won the lottery and a few months after, she received her green card. A few…

Conscription In the United States there have been a total of three military conscriptions. A conscription is a draft of national service, mostly military, in which citizens are mandated by the government to fulfill. The last draft call was held in the United States on December 7, 1972. Since than the United States military has been an all-volunteer military. Every U.S. citizen should be mandated to perform a mandatory minimum of two years of service regardless of gender. The United States…

John Ross became principal chief of the Cherokee Nation in 1827, following the establishment of a government modeled on that of the United States. He presided over the nation during the apex of its development in the Southeast, the tragic Trail of Tears, and the subsequent rebuilding of the nation in Indian Territory, in present-day Oklahoma. Ross was born on October 3, 1790, in Turkey Town, on the Coosa River near present-day Center, Alabama. His family moved to the base of Lookout Mountain, an…

Security regulation, applied to one group of people: Cubans. Obama’s Jan. 12 announcement ended the so-called "wet foot-dry foot" policy that had allowed Cubans without visas who reached U.S. shores (typically Florida) to gain automatic entry to the United States to ask for political asylum. Under the policy, those caught at sea, however, were sent back to Cuba. The policy was started in 1995 under President Bill Clinton in an effort to end the rafter crisis and had a major impact in shaping…