energized by social ideology. At the time, the United States was already on ground in Vietnam. In Indonesia, it was led by President Sukarno and a home to one of the world’s largest Communist parties and was seen by Washington as the next domino that could fall. The United States saw communism as a threat. ‘The domino theory was a Cold War policy that suggested a communist government in one nation would quickly lead to communist takeovers in neighboring states, each…
Terrorism and its effects on the United States of America and Americans “With great power, comes great responsibility,” this quote was stated by Uncle Ben, in Spiderman, but holds true to real life situations. At the end of the 19th century, as the United Stated were entering the 20th century the global market was changing thanks to the industrial revolution and America expanding it’s exportation. Along with economic advancement, the US came to military prominence within a similar timeframe.…
non-United States citizens with 90 months or less remaining on their sentences to transfer to a private facility, to combat the issue of overcrowding, as well as to maximize the effectiveness of the contracts according to the memo itself. Private prisons receive the same amount of money no matter how many prisoners are in the prison itself. This is to prevent the potential exploitation of having an overpopulated prison for the sake of profit. Private prisons are not new to the United States.…
permanent resident, I received a voter registration card in the mail, issued by the government. In 2009, I filed my application for U.S. citizenship, which always it have been my dream to become a U.S. citizen. Throughout my whole time in the United States, I have never committed a crime or been arrested. When I went to vote, I was never questioned by any poll worker about my legal status or my eligibility to vote. I never received anything in the mail explaining what the eligibility…
Working in the corporate or government environment, employees sometimes witness things that are unethical to society or to the corporation. Many times these things are also illegal. The employee is then inadvertently put into a difficult situation. Should they speak up about the activities they witnessed or should they keep quiet for the sake of not causing problems or not losing their job? This is a very complex question to answer and each individual justifies their decisions differently…
offenders. He also advocated for an increase in “war on drug” resources, background checks on handgun purchases, as well as a ban on some automatic weapons and the passage of the Brady Bill. In addition, Clinton favored increased cooperation between state, federal, and local government programs aimed at reducing child and spousal abuse, and making public schools safer. It wasn’t under the later part of 1994 that the “100,000 Cops” initiative was added to the government’s…
According to the United States Department of Agriculture, almost ninety percent of household grocery shopping primarily comes from supermarkets and supercenters. Images on the labels of our food, such as red barns with a smiling farmer and happy animals, can lead the common consumer into believing their food comes from an ethical source. It may be pleasing to buy into the pretty picture the food industry delivers, but what our grocery bills support is the issue. The fatality rate for…
Gonzalez' tenure the justice department and the Federal Bureau were accused of improperly, and perhaps illegally, us9ing the patriot act to uncover personal information about US citizens. raised the possibility that New York Times journalists could be prosecuted for publishing classified information based on the outcome of the criminal investigation underway into leaks to the Times of data about the National Security Agency's surveillance of terrorist-related calls between the United States and…
Bloc powers and Eastern Bloc powers following WWII. The United States and…
previously known as Grambling State University Laboratory School. It was a public high school operated by the Lincoln Parish School Board in Grambling Louisiana (Lincoln Preparatory School - FAQ. 2017). However, dating back in history, from 1984, the Grambling State University lab schools had never fully compiled with court desegregation orders (Lincoln Preparatory School - FAQ. 2017). As a result, the 1966 desegregation case was revived by the Department of Justice (Lincoln Preparatory School -…