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Many states are fighting to lower the drinking age to 18. State officials contend that if you are old enough to fight in a war you are old enough to drink. Versions of the lower drinking age bill vary from state to state, some only including military personnel, some including all citizens aged 18 and up.

Many states are fighting to lower the drinking age to 18. State officials contend that if you are old enough to fight in a war you are old enough to drink. Versions of the lower drinking age bill vary from state to state, some only including military personnel, some including all citizens aged 18 and up.

In this report it talks about foster kids and what happens to them after they turn 18. While some states, a small handful, have programs for the kids others do not. It spoke about kids turning 18 then getting dropped off at homeless shelters. I hope in the near future there will be a change for these kids. They crime rate, young parent rate and homeless rates are just not acceptable. Please read and see how you can help in you community.

There was a group home next door to my home for years. These kids had no support even when they were in the system. They were often locked out of the home when the state workers needed to go somewhere. My family and I ended up being family for many of these children. One afternoon, Charles who lived in the group home, rang our doorbell. I came out and he was yellow and falling over. I asked him where are the workers. He let me know they had locked them out again. I put him in my car and rushed him to the hospital. I knew it was bad when the emergency room nurses took him immediately. The staff at the group home had been giving him the wrong medication and he lost most of his liver. Charles calls me mom. His children call me Grandma. A lot of the kids that were living in the home, call me mom. I refer to them as one of my kids. The best way to take care of these children is to invite them into your heart, lives and family before and after they turn 18. Demonstrate the way to success by showing them love.

Should the age of buying a handgun stay at 21 or drop to 18? Are people ready at 18 to own a hand gun?

Raising the drinking age to 21 hasn't reduced drinking it gave under age people the urge to drink a lot more then they can consume. When people are viewed as an adult in America by the age of 18 years old, and they can limited to what they can consume, it makes people want to act out.

Find out whether people think that the U.S. drinking age should be lowered to 18, instead of being set at 21.

This website talks about the drinking ages in different countries when you're traveling. This also presents how most college presidents are wanting to sign to lower drinking ages to 18. 

Proving negative reasoning as to why raising the drinking in America did not help as expected. It rather prompted people to act out and drink a lot because alcohol is not to their disposal.

Current drinking age is 21 but, many colleges are debating on lowering the age to 18 for they think it would help with on campus binge drinking. Even though ASU is staying out of the debate many other college principles are thinking of this in a positive light.

Article on a San Diego restaurant that didn't accept tipping but added a service charge of 18% instead. The switch from tipping to service charge led to improved food, thanks to happier cooks that were paid more. Business improved and the restaurant was making more money than before, when it practiced tipping.

This article shows that a whopping 85% of Americans believe that the words "under God" should stay in the Pledge of Allegiance. Survey also shows that much of the younger Americans support the removal: 14% (18-29 age group) compared to the 5% over 64.

"Journalism 'Is Not A Crime': The Critical Role of a Free Press" was basically about Secretary Kerry discussing the rights of a journalist. Jason Rezaian, a Washington Post reporter, was held captive in Iran for 18 months. Secretary Kerry discusses the main idea of press freedom.

This article describes Article XXVI and the right to vote at age 18. It also reviews the history of Article XXVI.

According to this article, about 50% of students ages from 13-18 have their mental health negatively impacted in some way. A bad impact on mental health can lead youths into unfortunate circumstances. Mental health is just as important as physical health and should be brought up more within school curriculums.

This is a website that discusses the story of a girl being sent home from school because of the color of her hair. The article also discusses other schools that have questionable rules that intervene with personal freedom.

This site displayed twelve different social justice topics. Most of them were based off of family relations, but also included topics such as homelessness. These are the top twelve issues that social workers feel hold importance in correcting.

This article explains the risks of childhood obesity. It is a growing problem around the world and it usually begins within the family. It also give tips about preventing and potential reversing the obesity.

This article speaks about the costs communities and taxpayers spend on aging out foster youths that do not receive extended care after they turn 18.

This article explains what the 2010 Citizens United ruling means. This is a personal freedoms issue because this ruling gives corporations and unions freedom to spend unlimited amounts on political ads and tools to influence the vote.

Includes a map showing which states require seat belt usage. Some states saw a decline in rear seat belt usage even as front seat usage increased.

The pathway to college is unclear to a lot of students in high school. Saying that high school classes are too boring and low to get interested in, and that the school itself doesn't promote college as much as it needs to, if at all.