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    U.S. Policy makers dominate the “War on Drugs” for them to arrest ordinary citizenship for their illegal drug substance usage. In the year of 1971, Richard Nixon, the former U.S. President, declared the war on drugs against America society who refused to comply with the law by using it. The purpose is to make waves of arrests of the general population. The budget to fund the federal war is in the trillions of dollars, which covers expenses of weaponry and enforcements so they can maintain…

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    have been pursued to make a difference is the Affordable Care Act, Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act, and Taxes on Alcohol and Tobacco. The Affordable Care Act still has bumps in the plan, but unarguably the uninsured rate is at its lowest since the 1960’s. It provided women with the proper health care, such as free birth-control options and mammograms. The Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act was brought up by Michelle Obama to offer healthy foods to children and ensure they are receiving the correct amount…

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    Peer pressure, it affects everyone no matter whether you’re male or female, we’re all victims of this evil wrath at some point during our life’s, its most common while you’re still in school. Vulnerably, innocent and pure children are subjected to various unhealthy demands from theirs peers to fit into the “cool” statues group. Social media is an enormous factor in the youth of this day and age. It suffocates their ability to be unique and have their own opinion of their surroundings like a…

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    the obese entity characterized by three symptoms: hyperphagia which means eating an excessive amount of food, emotional distress and depression. Furthermore, in 1994 the term binge eating disorder appearance…

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    state-wide conflict has consumed the minds of all New Jerseyans: Pork Roll or Taylor Ham? Although many believe that Taylor Ham is the proper term for the divine meaty goodness, I oppose. Pork Roll is the correct term for New Jersey’s home meat because the food itself is not ham; it is literally rolls of pork. Created in 1856 by John Taylor, Pork Roll has been a New Jersey boardwalk, diner, and kitchen staple for more than a century, yet there is continued…

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    (Sinclair 1906). The Jungle, written by Upton Sinclair, was intended to show the plight of immigrant workers in the meatpacking industry of Chicago. Sinclair wanted to show how capitalism had failed and that socialism was the only way to solve the problems of the American worker. However, the American public centered their concerns on the awful conditions that meat was processed and how unsanitary, contaminated, and rotten meat was making their way to American stores. Sinclair was a true…

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    continue the laissez-faire tactics) and make private ventures public (Foner 706). The foundations of a peoples society should be in their own hands. Through an economy that regulates and keeps the system in check. The people want public ownership of their food production, the steel and mining sectors, “[…] railroads and banking systems, government aid to the unemployed, and laws establishing shorter working hours and a minimum wage” (Foner 729). These causes may be achieved by the Socialist…

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    Roosevelt enacted the Sherman Anti Trust Act, which protected citizens from corporations by prohibiting monopolies. He made an economy open to everyone and did not let the social and economic elite control the business world. Roosevelt helped create the Interstate Commerce Commission which would have the power to set railroad rates, inspect railroads, and to stop the favors that influenced politicians by railroads companies. He advocated for the passing of the Elkins Act, which banned railroad…

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    Kant on Food, Physical Satisfaction or Humanity Choice? Yuhang Guo 121684092@qq.com Munster University In western philosophy history, Kant’s topic on food was not enormous and indeed not a central issue in Kant scholarship, but it has its attention within the "duties to oneself". However, this has been traditionally overlooked and this lack of comprehension have been redressed, but again and again the disdain for food that had accompanied western thought from the outset won out. It was…

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    The question that is posed today is, does racism exist still? When it comes to race there is no definite way to really say that it does exist. America, has grown into a society that disguise their hate for others behind a smile. Every so often, Americans will forget the hardship that many endured to obtain their civil right and they will let their hate seep from their lip out of anger “damn nigger.” How can ones anger allow you to belittle another? Self-exposure of fear is the reason why the…

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