Washington Roebling

Racism in The United States Justice System The criminal justice system is racist. Depending upon your racist and now days’ religion you might feel the same way. African Americans, Latinos and Muslims are targeted and disciplined in a much more hostile way than white people. It is sad that the United States legal system and laws are really not designed to protect all people of race or religion. The United State legal system and laws that was created and established to treat all men and women…

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS, 2012) a subsidiary of the Department of Health and Human Services which is a federal agency of the United States of America that operate and monitor the states Medicare and Medicaid programs which was establish in 1965. According to King (2011) the intension of the Affordable Care Act is to increase accessible to insurance, increase growth of the buyer securities, emphasize prevention and health improvements, expand quality and system…

The Constitution of the United States of America established three branches of the federal government. These branches are the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches. Each branch has their own set of powers and responsibilities. While the federal government is the supreme authority, the Constitution also grants power and responsibilities to the states and local governments. These rights are granted under the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution. This paper will compare federal, state and…

Topdog Underdog Suzan-Lori Parks’ play, Topdog Underdog, includes many imagery, symbolism, and metaphors. She uses symbolism in the names she assigns for both actors. Imagery is used to show the type of lives that both characters live in. The characters’ name of Booth and Lincoln symbolizes the President Abraham Lincoln, who fought for African American rights. The final scene, where Booth kills his brother is set up as a metaphor. John Wilkes Booth is Lincoln’s assassin, and was a racist man who…

We as a society have long been taught that the government is invaluable in creating and maintaining social order. However, this idea is idealistic and, in practice, unrealistic. The role of forcing social standards often falls to the public. This is apparent in many societies, as the public maintains social order through revolution and formation of new governments to prosperous times and even the destruction of nations. One of the moments in history that most exemplifies only citizens…

My interviewee knew very little about the American colonial period, for he never took an interest to learn about it throughout his life time. In high school my interviewee learned that there were many colonials in North American who got their freedom from Britain because they were differences. He also learned about all of the battles that the American colonists fought against the British Empire, and the colonist being the first ever Americans. The American revolutionary war fascinated my…

Take a look at the people around you. What do you see? I see refugees dreaming of freedom, I see parents anxious to start a new life for their children; people of all different backgrounds, cultures, and religions, but today we’re all the same. Today we’re standing together as you pledge yourselves to a new country. We’re united as citizens of a great nation; America. What is an American? An American is being proud and free, but more importantly, being an American is being you. Although we’re a…

Antonin Scalia died at age 79 with the title of a Supreme Court Justice. Ever since his passing there has been questions about whether or not the president should elect a new Justice. Duty or not, since there is less than a year left in the standing presidential term the president should not pick someone to fill the void in the Supreme Court. With the president trying to tie up loose ends in the office, since this is his last term, trying to pick a new justice would be a bad idea. It is not…

government, while exposing the NSA hidden programs. Edward Snowden was a computer specialist. He once was part of the Central Intelligence Agency and NSA. Edward Snowden exposed many and different types of top secret documents to the media like The Washington Post and The Guardian. However, about two NSA surveillance programs were carried out by the United States government (Barrett, 2015). One of the NSA programs involved mobile data throughout the United States including numbers, amount of…

I will not be eligible to vote until 2017, but I would vote. Voting is an activity available to every citizen in America. In the political environment as a citizen we observe as an issue, laws or bills unfold. Casting a vote is the process to have your voice heard, to exhibit the concerns about what is going on in this country. Not all governments and countries allow their citizens to express their opinions; cherishing this right. During 2000 presidential election the citizen of the…