Presidents of the United States

November 8, 2016 will be a day that will mark a transition in America’s political history, since the country will be voting for it’s 45th president. The two candidates who have a chance to win the presidency are Hillary Clinton who represents the Democratic Party and Donald Trump, who represents the Republican Party. At this point, the country is choosing between two candidates that do not have the trust and the characteristics to be the leader of the nation. According to journalists and the…

thought, and we are just mindless people who believe anything we are told. In the first stanza we only have one line, “why do they always send the poor?” This is repeated nine more times during the song. Records show that “military recruits in the United States come from areas in which household income is lower than the national median” (military.com). The military seems to attract poor members of society because they offer…

the true life account written by Woodward and Bernstein, two reporters for the Washington Post, of how they made public the ‘complex web of political scandals between 1972 and 1974’ surrounding President Nixon. (Watergate.info, 1995) When the story finally broke it resulted in the resignation of the president himself and universal reverence for Woodward and Bernstein. They were viewed as investigative crusaders after the truth, critics of the powerful, and watchdogs of the public interest and…

was ignited by all the politicians who ran their campaigned based on “law and order” and felt that certain groups of people, such as African Americans, anti-war participants and more, were public enemy number one. The actions and rhetoric used by President Nixon, Reagan, and Clinton played a very integral part in how we ended up with the phenomenon that plagues our country today, mass incarceration. From the “War on Drugs”, mandatory minimum…

When a horrific tragedy is reported on the news, Americans may feel remorseful, but only temporarily. The thought is quickly pushed out of the mind as they are consumed with other, less important things. Rather than donating to charity, volunteering, or giving aid to the homeless, humanity looks on. This is not a recent development; Americans have been apathetic to tragedies since before World War II. Elie Wiesel, a man who became a human’s rights activist after residing in Buchenwald and…

security and policies at public schools and universities. It has also brought such tragedies into the public spotlight. President Obama gave a thirteen minute televised speech shortly after the shooting. He spoke about how the lives of the victims and their families are forever changed. He restated that our thoughts and prayers are not enough for the people affected. President Obama briefly spoke on the fact that we are not the only country with people who suffer…

House of George W. Bush, Ronald Kessler shows the better side of George W. Bush that most of the people couldn’t see. He shows how kind-hearted and determined George Bush was as a president. Ronald Kessler was once a journalist and is now a best-selling author (Ronald 1). He is known for writing books based on presidents, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Secret Service, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (Ronald 1). His nonfiction books include The Life Insurance Game, The Bureau:…

During the 20th century (1929), the United States was hit with a huge Stock Market crash and this basically started events that would drag the US into a large depression. President Herbert Hoover was the unlucky president to have been in power when the crash took launch . Hoover believed the cause of this depression was international, and he solely believed that restoring the gold standard would drag the US out of depression by restoring international trade. He initiated many domestic works…

win." -Bernie Sanders Typically, a president is someone who takes on a big role in the United States, he or she is someone represents we as a people. In some cases, a president is someone who has the highest position in and organization or business; he or she is the head of the government in some countries. They may often characterize a president as a high executive officer of a modern republic most known as the Chief Executive. In addition a good president has to support and manage with…

380,000 fewer votes than Hillary Clinton. Most people who came out to vote on election day wanted Hillary Clinton to be the president, but still Trump ended up winning. How is this possible? What kind of system is this in which the person who gets more votes actually ends up losing? This scenario is only possible through the Electoral College. In Electoral College, each state gets number of electorates based on the number of senators and representatives (Wilcox). A presidential candidate just…