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The Department of Justice has announced an update regarding fraudulent unemployment schemes across the nation using COVID 19 as a primary reason. Many financial aid programs for unemployment have been the targets of this issue with scammers milking the benefits that are provided from them. Action has been executed to ensure the protection of these programs and will hold accountable defendants who have been caught being involved of these schemes. The more unemployment fraud makes its way across the nation, even globally, it makes it difficult to provide assistance to people or businesses who are truly in need of the help.

The US Department of Justice has been tracking American calls for 10 years. The DEA says it used phone calls to track drug trafficking in foreign countries. They tracked both outgoing and incoming calls.

Hate crimes are a serious form of violence towards individuals with certain attributes. Such crimes have an impact on those who have been targeted and learning the different types of hate crimes can help reduce the rate of them.

This is the history of the Voting Rights Laws. The laws have slightly changed over the years but the main focus is still to give equal rights to all Americans.

This article is about the Voting Rights Act being revised and then states taking advantage of this change. Texas made recent changes to create laws that target low income Americans.

Social justice issues the profession of social workers face. Written in 2007 the article captures issues still faced today such as poverty, healthcare, child welfare are a few subjects touched on.

Judith M. Schagrin is the assistant director for Children's Services at the Baltimore County Department of Social Services. Judith expressed her thoughts and concerns on multiply issues regarding child welfare and its system. She believes that our nation's child welfare system should be a national priority and she even made suggestions to fix this ongoing issue

This site directly tackles the topic of racial profiling by the police department. It discusses the lack of knowledge and understanding which can cause uncertainty on both the parts of the police officers and persons of different ethnic backgrounds. The website tackles ways to develop a more positive relationship between police and the communities they oversee.