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asked to remove himself, and sit in the blacks-only car. Plessy refused and was arrested instantly. He was charged and had to pay a fine (Plessy v. Ferguson). That was until in 1954 the Supreme Court reversed Plessy’s case. Under the new law, segregation in public schools was illegal, and by postponement, that ruling was applied to other public facilities. In the years following, subsequent decisions struck down similar kinds of Jim Crow legislation (Plessy v.…

able to seek medical attention without fear of having to tell someone what they do for a living. These factors increase the physical safety of the workers and the clients. According to 10 Reasons to Decriminalize Sex Work: A Reference Brief, a few law enforcement agencies have stopped including condoms when prosecuting sex working crimes as a means to increase the usage and decrease the spread of sexually transmitted infections {STI} and HIV. Dr. Kate Shannon, PhD and her colleagues from the…

hours(40/week) or sometimes even more. As more and more college athletes are struggling to get by through and in some cases after college, it 's time for them to start earning some form of compensation in return for the hard work they put in for their schools. The NCAA all began on March 31, 1906. There are 1,281 colleges that make up this organization, each…

Although black youth commit their fair share of crime in Toronto, their criminality does not differentiate their musical preferences for rap compared to their more law-abiding peers (Julian,Mark,Scot,2009). The crime rate for kids are very high. kids want to be like their favorite rapper to prove them self. kids make foolish choices when it come to hip hop. Hip hop artist need to start trying to influence kids to…

offspring, or religion. Additionally, devout religious followers seeking to ban gay marriage feel that same-sex marriage is morally and ethically wrong. Sean Cahill PH.D stated, “Gay and lesbians couples have been challenging their exclusion from marriage laws since 1971. However, it is only since the early 1990’s that gay marriage has emerged as an issue of national political issue” (Cahill). In Bishop John Shelby Spong view, “when the dust settles and the pages of history are written, it will…

children from the ages of 16- 21 having proof of arrival or residency for a continuous period of time for five years and is no older than 25 at the time of application, having a “good moral character”, and is currently or have attended an American high school or 2-4 year university to be able to apply for an application, protecting them from deportation but this bill was later scrapped to create a more limited bill. The newer bill received double the support for sponsors compared to the scrapped…

College athletes are considered by many other students to be very fortunate. With college tuition increasing year after year students are finding themselves strapped with an overwhelming amount of loan debt. Student athletes who receive the benefit of having their tuition covered by the university are considered, by some, to be employees. It’s important to identify what an actual employee is and what that employee does. An employee works for an employer based on an initial contract where the…

their sex, race, ethnicity, age, and disability face, but they also face unique hindrances because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. These include a higher risk of being homeless when they are young, harassment and discrimination at school and on the job, and until recently denied the economic benefits of marriage. When it comes…

“Simply put, welfare reform worked because we all worked together”, President Bill Clinton beamed, after signing the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. After the passing of the PRWORA, dependence on welfare had been nearly cut in half, and unemployment rates were down. But, was workfare really all it was made out to be? Not exactly. Although the aid of workfare sounds effective in theory, it has proven to be unsuccessful and often subjects its recipients…

Meranze, Michael, Randall McGowen, and David Garland. America 's Death Penalty : Between Past And Present. New York: NYU Press, 2011. eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost). Web. 4 Apr. 2016. UCLA History Professor Michael Meranze, University of Oregon History Professor Randall McGowen, and Professor of Sociology and Law at New York University David Garland explore America’s obsession with the death penalty, from political and religious moral point of views, throughout time. Many groups against…