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global business ladder the past decade. The United States remains of the largest exporting nations in the world, even though the U.S exports a lower percentage of its products than other countries such as China (Nickels, p. 65). The three major changes that are currently impacting businesses are the U.S usage of economic sanctions, bank consolidation, and climate change on tourism. One major change that is currently impacting businesses is the United State’s over usage of economic sanctions in…

only reason this law was implemented was to keep the mexicans out. In the 13 amendment it says “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.” This says that slavery is allowed only if it is a punishment for crime. What we've been doing after the abolishment of slavery is we have taken advantage. After the the Emancipation Proclamation…

rates. Women made much progress between the Progressive Era to the 1920s. Women were concerned with the rights of women on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men. During the Progressive Era, women addressed issues including labor, temperance, clubwomen, the reform movement, the peace movement, women’s suffrage, and war. Women formed organizations to address these issues. African American women played an important role…

Introduction One of the many ways by which the federal government of the United States offers transparency to taxpayers is the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Established in 1967, this Act was designed to “keep citizens in the know about their government.” (United States Department of Justice, “What is FOIA?”, n.d.) Sadly, many American citizens are unaware that they can request any information from a federal agency as long as such disclosure does not fall under the nine exempted…

Mentally Ill individuals have been dramatically increasing inside the Corrections System of the United States and have become a great problem for all prison institutions. According to a piece of writing written by Roy Walmsley titled “[The] World Prison Population List” states that the United States holds approximately 2,239,751 prisoners in penal institutions including pre-trial detainees as of late 2011 (3). That’s almost 22% of people incarcerated world-wide, which is roughly 10.2 million…

Title VII pertains to employers with fifteen or more employees, including state and local governments. It additionally pertains to employment organizations and to labor establishments, as well as to the federal government. (The American Association of University Women, 2016) Specifically, the 1964 Civil Rights Act is one of most significant portion of legislation that affects practically all employers in the United States. Originally produced to guarantee the integration…

According to the UC Berkeley Labor center, if the minimum wage had kept up with inflation, which is the general increasing of prices, it would currently be at an average of 13 dollars. If minimum wage had kept up with the productivity level, it would be 22 dollars. Minimum wage rates haven’t at all kept up with the costs of everything else such as college tuition, living costs or even groceries. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, grocery items have increased…

In the ten days following the 2016 United States presidential election, the Southern Poverty Law Center, a prominent civil rights and legal advocacy organization, recorded almost 900 incidents of hate-motivated harassment, intimidation, or violence in the United States. This “outbreak of hate” was primarily directed toward ethnic, racial and religious minorities, and perpetrators often invoked President-elect Donald Trump’s name during their assaults. These incidents were self-reported, thus it…

the Russian government was prepared to forsake its Alaskan colonies and offered to sell everything to the United States. At the time, the U.S. Civil War prevented such a sale from becoming a reality. The Americans Many of Russia's Alaskan possessions were abandoned by late 1866 and, after the Civil War was over, Secretary of State William Seward saw an opportunity for the United States. He quickly rekindled the Russian's offer to sell…

“Human Trafficking” conjure’s up a number of different images depending upon your geographic location, culture, or interest. What most people don't think about is children, children are trafficked just as often as adults are around the globe. The United States is one of the top three destinations in the world for human sex trafficking. Men, women, and children forced into the illegal sex trade each year (Tomes, 2013). Sex trafficking of a minor is defined as “the recruitment, harboring,…