Society has become outdated; we live in an age where traditional values are continuously challenged. Tradition around families has been slowly deteriorating over the past decades. So, what is the issue when legalising same-sex marriage? The issue is the government. The public although divided on the topic, have a majority of supporting votes. Currently in Australia the legal definition of marriage is “the union of a man and a woman to the exclusions of all other, voluntarily entered into for…
of communism was changing to democracy, new leaders with new ideas came to power. The last president of Soviet Union was Mikhail Gorbachev. As a member of new and modern generation, his agenda was to make some reforms to communism party. These ideas were to modernize the communist party and the way the government works. The policy of reconstruction of government was called “Perestroika.” The key points of this process were to bring the country to a new level of foreign relationships and let…
In the 1960s, the emotions of citizens were quite ambivalent, ranging from joyous celebration to savagery. Feeling deprived of their civil rights, many Americans began protesting for the equal treatment of black citizens, the impediment of the war in vietnam, and the equality for women. Alongside the protests emerged the sexual revolution which included . To describe this decade emerged new types of music such as folk, different types of rock music, r&b music, and country music. The feminine…
United States and the current evolving reform. The preface begins with a brief introduction on how the United States Government has passed an Affordable Care Act (ACA) and a somewhat shady “Health Care Reform Bill.” The ACA is not favored by most of the American people, but the Obama Administration is pushing for the bill to pass so it can ensure their political dominance. Apart from the political aspect of this bill, it is inevitable that some major reform is underway. Many concerns remain,…
impressed that East Berlin gave in so quickly and the fall of the Berlin Wall happened overnight. They wanted the East to regain themselves back and continue spreading communism to the rest of Germany. With China’s economy ready to fail, they decide to “Reform and Open Up”, according to Deng Xiaoping, a Chinese leader in the People’s Republic of China. After five years, the starving were given food and citizens were able to travel freely around the world. This positive outcome sparked for a…
even touched a black person before. This argument represents the American National Identity. There was no clear idea of what the identity of the Nation was. In this time period, America was beyond split over Slavery and antislavery. Many Political parties…
James Knox Polk is regarded as the first dark horse president and was considered the last of the Jacksonian president to sit in the White House. He is regarded by many as the last strong president until the Civil War. James K Polk was born on November 2, 1795 in rural North Carolina where his family had moved from Pennsylvania. He was the oldest of ten children and his father always groomed him to take over the family farm but he proved too sickly and weak to handle the strenuous work. In 1806,…
spoke about this bill during a Criminal Justice Reform discussion. President Clinton said, “…Because I signed a bill that made the problem worse and I want to admit it… The good news is, we had the biggest drop in crime in history, the bad news is we had a lot people who were locked up, who were minor actors, for way too long” (msnbc.com). President Clinton went on to speak about smarting sentencing still being key for a successful Criminal Justice Reform movement, however, the reality is urban…
Current Climate Foreign aid has been a major aspect of international relations since the end of World War II, when allied countries gave money to Europe in order to rebuild after war ravaged the continent. The concept of aid has expanded since then to help those who are living in abject poverty, to assist in the development of infrastructure, and to help those living under the threat of perpetual war. The West has put an emphasis on providing foreign aid to those in need whether it is through…
The Pot Calling the Kettle Corrupt Many of the social ills in Central America are inadvertently caused by corporate and government crimes of the United States. Regardless, Human beings deserve the right to flee poor economic systems, and support from their peers while transitioning. The people of The United States need to hold elected officials accountable for their crimes; we must push for rights of all the innocent peoples often tastelessly referred to as “illegal immigrants.” Envision the…