all good! In 2013, international manufacturers produced over 5 million vehicles, making up about 45% of all vehicles made in the United States. The fact that this industry would bring huge revenue back, it is very attractive and competitive at the same time, and North America market is a big cake for everyone. American companies will have to work hard to solve the labor price and the auto body parts, materials to win the competition; especially with the fact material price keeps increasing.…
Dr. Augustine Kposowa is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of California, Riverside. Professor Kposowa grew up in Sierra Leone, West Africa, where English was the language taught at schools, from basic education to higher education levels. Kposowa received his Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy at the Saint Paul’s College in Liberia in 1977, he then got his Master of Arts in Sociology from the University of Cincinnati in 1986 and lastly he obtained his Doctor of Philosophy…
Minimum Age Drinking Act. (APIS) I believe the national drinking age should stay the same because the brain doesn’t fully develop by age 18, 18 year olds still hang out with enough minors, and if you’re going to drink for an appropriate reason, most states allow underage drinking anyways. Lowing the drinking age would be a huge mistake. If Alcohol is already bad for the brain at any age, it’s definitely worse on a developing brain. The brain does not develop at age 18. The brain becomes fully…
Security Homeland security (HLS) is an expansive enterprise that includes many agencies and departments at all levels of government. As such, it has been defined in many different but similar ways. For example, in their book Understanding Homeland Security, Noftsinger, Newbold, and Wheeler (2007) define homeland security as “a concerted national effort to prevent terrorist attacks within the United States, reduce America’s vulnerability to terrorism, minimize the damage, and recover from…
crossed from birds to swine to humans . Conservative estimates from United States Department of Health and Human services estimated the worldwide death toll to be 30-50 million with the death toll in Unites States being 675,000 as a consequence of the pandemic. In comparison the World War I (1914-1918) death toll was 8.5 million worldwide with 116.5 thousand being…
The Feud of the Patriot and the People: A Comparison and Discussion of Zinn’s and Schweikart - Allen’s Histories of the United States When traditionally defined, the terms “patriot” and “people” have oftentimes been considered complementary constructs. The term “patriot” is defined as an emotional, positive attachment to a homeland. It alludes to memories of nationalistic revolution, of the Revolutionary War and Glorious Revolution, where the oppressed and exploited “people” rise up in mutiny…
In the closing years of the 19th century, the United States started to move into a direction which more directly supported and improved upon advents of the Second Industrial Revolution of the mid-1800s. With the American population rising as well as the improvements on technology such as machine tools, steam transport and improved water power in manufacturing, the economic advancements and standards of living began to develop at a significant rate. This also brought about a shift from an…
Everybody wants to achieve one thing in their life before they die. That one thing is their dream. The greatest example of this is the American dream. Millions upon millions of people flocked to the United States because they saw the U.S. as a place to achieve their dreams. All kinds of things make up a dream such as your job, family, education, experiences, lifestyles, and homes and everybody will have different things in their dreams. Basically, like the well known saying “If you can Dream it,…
learning, and learning must offer an escape from poverty.” Yet over 50 years later, wide disparities still exist in the United States’ education system among various economic and racial groups. Though many policies have since been instituted to address these differences since, few have worked to achieve progress in this area. In this paper we will explore the current state of the United States’…
Institutional Racism Over the last century, America has taken legislative action to prevent acts of racism and discrimination from penetrating society. Laws such as the 1964 civil rights act were established to provide equal treatment to all, regardless of race, gender or ethnic background. In 1954 the Supreme court ruled on the case, “Brown V Board of Education” stating “We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal ' has no place. Separate…