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criminal justice system. The country of Norway has many similarities and differences when comparing their correctional systems to that of the United States. The correctional systems that are implemented int he United States and Norway are similar an different when it comes to the comparison of their juvenile and adult systems within each country. The. United States of Americas correctional sys em is known for one thing the fact that they have one of the highest incarceration rates in the world…

Congress. The amendment was about making English official language of the United States. The subject never made it past the House of Immigration Committee. Now, it has been known that America has always been a place of immigrants. A place where people from around the world can come and embrace the “promise land,” (Ricento, n.d…

the one of the first expression of Mexican resistance to Anglo domination. Individuals who were seen as Mexican outlaws were defined by “Eric Hobsbawn’s model of the social bandit: “ideally a young, unmarried peasant who commits an act which the state regards as criminal, but which most of his peers regard as justifiable or heroic” (Glenn 174). However, it was the Anglo injustices that forced these individuals into outlawry. Laws were imposed onto Mexicans because of the racial difference…

Economic development is the progress of a country based on its social, political, and economic growth. It focuses more on improving the standards of living of the society by developing the health, education, employment, and economic policies of the country. The Philippines is still improving its economic development. A survey done by the Social Weather Stations (SWS) shows that during the last quarter of 2014 the Philippines unemployment rate reached 27% which is equivalent to 12.4 million…

were one of the first two people to start advocating everyone's civil rights. From 1955 to 1956, Martin Luther King Jr. led a boycott that ended segregated busses in Montgomery, Alabama. After this took place, Brown vs. Board of Education took place in 1954, when James T. Brown sued the Board of Education ("Civil Rights Movement - John F. Kennedy Library and Museum."). Brown thought schools should not be segregated. Then in 1957, segregation…

protesting against the economic and social inequality which had caused many Americans to suffer. According to Kern and Nam (2013), the movement was also protesting against the corruption and the greed that had engulfed leadership roles in the United States. The movement can be said to be driven by the major goal of pushing for an accountable government to the citizens which was also free from the corporate influence. Through the movement, the long-overdue issues that had remained…

War Two Affected America. Millions of Americans came together during a time of crisis to rid the earth of tyranny in a time of need. America joined the allied forces to oppose the axis powers (Germany, Italy, Japan) during world war two. The United States came into the war right after the Japanese forces bombed Pearl Harbor, killing nearly 2,400 people and wounding a thousand more. The men were out at war but we still needed factories running to supply weapons and ammunition so the women had…

anyway they can. In early December, the Injustice Boycott led by activist Shaun King begins to attempt to remove these seeds of racism left by the rise of the United States.…

schools and colleges around the United States have created gay-straight alliances (GSAs). Schools must allow these groups if they have other “non-curricular” clubs or groups ("Bullying and LGBT Youth"). Federal civil rights laws do not cover harassment based on sexual orientation. Often, bullying towards LGBT youth targets their non-conformity to gender norms. The U.S. Constitution guarantees all people, including LGBT people equal protection of the laws. State constitutions contain similar…

Tuesday morning, September 11, 2001 at 8:45 a.m. two planes crashed into the world trade center. Shortly after, another plane crashed into the Pentagon. A fourth plane was found crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. The tragic news of this flashed over every media outlet in America. We were under attack. “It was a real wakeup call,” says everyone who experienced 9/11 (Source). From the aftermath of medical consequences to the fear of counterterrorism and the new wars, the effects of 9/11 left…