Category: Politics
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A case for U.S. infrastructure reinvestment
Many U.S. bridges are in bad shape that could create similar disaster like in I-35W collapse in August 2007 killing 13 people and injuring 145 others. The U.S. has 18,000 fracture-critical similar bridges that need immediate attention. Some notable structures that are critical include seven lanes Tappan Zee Bridge that carries 140,000 vehicles a day…
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A breakthrough to get rid of chemical weapons in Syria
War weary Americans as well as the U.S. President may have gotten the best news from Russia when President Vladimir Putin put forward a proposal to voluntarily eliminate chemical weapons from Syria. The deployment of chemical weapons on its people on August 21, 2013 suspected to be by the Syrian regime sent shock waves throughout…
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Greece and Euro Zone
Greece and Euro Zone debt have been in almost all media lately. On Monday, February 20, 2012, the Euro Zone finance ministers are getting together to decide whether to approve a second aid package to Greece which will be around 130 billion euros ($172 billion) since some austerity measures outlined by the Euro Zone have…
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The United States unemployment rate
On Friday, June 1, 2012, the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the May nonfarm payroll employment changed a little adding only 69,000 jobs compared to 130,000 to 150,000 jobs expected by the Wall Street and the unemployment rate essentially unchanged staying at 8.2 percent. Some estimate that the number of unemployed persons…
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Things you should know about Sexual Harassment
Sexual harassment is a form of discrimination, in the United States, that violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Sexual harassment occurs when one employee makes continued, unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature, to another employee, against his or her wishes.…
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Understanding the Baby-Boomers
By Samuel Phineas Upham If you relate to the following phrases, then you’re probably a baby-boomer: “Lamaze classes; baby showers; ‘parenting skills’; preschool anxiety all the way up to college; transitional phases; timeouts; chronic credit-card debt,” and the list goes on. In the article, “Reinventing Middle Age,” Daphne Merkin begins by writing a long list…
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The Cold War and Vietnam War
The Cold War was not a war in the traditional sense of the word and pretty much the Cold War was a contest between ideological, economic, and political systems between USA and Soviet Union. The Cold War was characterized by a heightened state of tension over a long duration, which was made all the more…
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Is the American Manufacturing Industry on the Verge of a Renaissance?
US factory workers are considered to be a better deal than they were about ten years ago. That’s the crux of a changing mentality towards hiring more American workers. Simply put, companies believe that there are valid reasons for hiring people at home and some of them include a reduction in the “wage gap”, lower…
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Elections and Medical Marijuana
The elections going on now is very interesting in that three states have a measure on their ballots to legalize or decriminalize marijuana and to regulate it like Alcohol. Leading the country in this effort is Colorado. In numerous other states, there is a movement towards MMJ or Medial Marijuana. This is not about people…
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The Killing of Kajieme Powell and How It Divides Americans
The mentally disturbed man was shot to death by St. Louis law-enforcement officers after walking toward them with a knife. Video of the incident has sparked debate about the police’s reaction. The police officers who shot and killed Kajieme Powell, 25, in St. Louis, Missouri, on Tuesday did so while being recorded by a man…