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- 11261: Censorship and the First Amendment: The American Citizen's Right to Free Speech
- ... local, state, and even federal level. Others are members of boards or committees, organized to review books, films, or other forms of communication on behalf of a community. Occasionally the censors are teachers, librarians, or school administrators, who determine that a book or a classroom item may not be suitable for the students. Often censors are parents, members of religious groups, or just citizens who are concerned about the presence of ...
- 11262: Affirmative Action in Seattle
- ... makes up for past losses. The diversity of problems and necessary reimbursements are too much for an American society to try to take on at a time that the deficit is at an all time high. One more addition to the fire is just too much. Since the passage of 1994 additions to the Civil Liberties Act, all that the American society has been concerned with is the discrimination. The problem ...
- 11263: The Mexican U.S. Connection
- ... been passed. Mexican Workers Confederation (CTM) representative Juan S. Millan said that though in the short term the NAFTA will not create solutions for all Mexican problems, in the long term, the country can have high expectations of the benefits that the NAFTA will bring. Roberto Castellanos, a Revolutionary Confederation of Workers and Peasants representative, was not quite as optimistic saying that though he believes that the NAFTA will benefit the ...
- 11264: The Graying of America
- ... 1995, Social Security together with Medicare(federally founded health program aimed at helping the elderly, founded in 1965) was the largest, accounting for about 34 percent. In 2005 this figure is predicted to be as high as 39 percent. This is caused by the "graying" of America and the increased number of elderly who will collect benefits for a longer portion of their lives, coupled with a reduction of the number ...
- 11265: The Evolution of the First Amendment
- ... rallies, picketing, leaflets, etc. The First Amendment also protects "symbolic speech" that is nonverbal expression whose main purpose is to communicate ideas.(McWhirter,18) In the 1969 case of Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District , the Supreme Court recognized the right of the students to protest the Vietnam War by wearing black armbands. In 1989 and again in 1990, the Court upheld the right of an individual to burn ...
- 11266: North American Free Trade Agreement: NAFTA
- ... sovereignty may also be a stumbling block, since some economic policy decisions are taken out of the governing bodies' hands. Another factor is the extent of trade creation versus trade diversion. The difference is if high cost domestic producers are replaced by low cost producers within the trade area then trade creation occurs. If trade diversion occurs, it would have a major impact on consumer prices. This practice is evident in ...
- 11267: Saddam Hussein
- ... This leads people of the world to believe that this is a man who will stop at nothing to achieve what he wants. He was willing to risk his whole nation for a more money. High financial priorities? Survey says yes . The basis on which Hussein is in power is controversial. He was not elected to his position, he took it. There was a military coup in 1968 that led him ...
- 11268: Gun Control: Overview
- ... people think twice before killing or committing if they had to use a knife or a bat? Some people think so. I agree. Researchers have proven also that area's of the country that have high gun control, have lower crime rates. If no one has a gun, you need not protect yourself with one, true? Toledo used to be the highest gun populated gun city in America, they passed a ...
- 11269: Government Funding for the Arts
- ... 64% a $10 increase and 56% a $15 increase. * 90% of the people feel that the arts should be a regular part of a child's education. * 54% of the people would cut spending on school sports programs before the arts programs (Philp 5). Another survey shows that 73% of the population would favor arts support even during a recession (O'Steen 229). In 1965, when the National Endowment for the ...
- 11270: Child Labour
- ... shines shoes for a living, who is at home tending younger children or who is helping in a family farm and business working such long hours that it is impossible to play or even attend school. If anything, this emphasizes that much of the attention that has been focused on child labour has dealt with the problems that can arise. Here we find that "...the potential for gross exploitation and loss ...
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