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The United States was built on land taken from Indian nations. Treaties between the US and the Indian nations over land is being overruled by the federal government. The federal government has been overruling sacred places on Native American land.

Everyday, the native American community is pushed further into the ground by the American government. Though they were in the America's first, there is little respect to their traditions. This article focuses on thirteen touchy subjects for Native Americans.

the issued shown here are very important issues people don't see native Americans go through. as a Native American myself I see these issues everyday such as a resent issue of a Native American being strutted by a border patrol agent was in a way swept under carpet. the article gives us what native Americans face even the issues where the u.s. had treaties with the native Americans and did not do anything to help resolve the issue but keep in hidden as much as they can.

For some Native American communities facing water problems, hope ... Many homes on rural Native American reservations and in Alaskan Native villages lack access to clean water or sanitation, and the 65-year-old Norton lives in one .... of the Native American Rights Fund, a nonprofit that provides legal representation

Substance abuse has always been woven into American culture. But now the abuse of substances is now curving American history.

Substance abuse has always been woven into American culture. But now the abuse of substances is now curving American history.

Many Americans have come to see our individual freedoms as the wellspring from which national freedom is born, and thus individual freedoms are the most important. Without national freedom, there is no individual freedom, and national freedom only lasts as long as we have political freedom. National freedom is the end result of the first two freedoms, because we who value our individual and political freedom will not allow our country to be destroyed by outside forces-or by those Americans who don't believe in the full triad of freedoms.

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.

This website explains the statics of sexual assault and violence against native American women on the reservations such as the Alaska reservations. It explains how the tribal laws and the state laws play into wither a person caught for this crime may or may not prosecuted under the law. This website explains how the tribal representatives and congress needs to work together make sure these crimes don't go unpunished even if the person committed the crime does not live on the reservation or married to a woman on the reservation.

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.

In Southwest Arizona, where the United States and Mexico borders meet on reservation land owned by Native American tribes, many Native American people feel caught in the crossfire between the Border Patrol and the Mexican cartels. This is an area with one of the fewest amounts of Border Control protection, allowing a much higher rate of infiltration by drug smugglers and leaving the Native American people caught in the middle of the problem.

American Anti-Vivisection Society states the different testing that occur on animals. It stats that some of the testing has dwindled, because of the technology we have now.

Post 9/11 the government says that the American people's privacy is not more important than security for the time being. The idea of American citizens giving up some of their privacy for now on is discussed as well.

This is a protest that needs to be address. The Native Americans are protesting against an corporation that is trying to steal their water supply without any regard of the Indians that depend on it. During the protest, non-violent protesters were attacked by dogs and pepper sprayed without waning.

The author makes a good comparison between American and Asian education systems and suggestions faults in each one. He proposes that a truly successful education is one balanced in intellectual development and social-emotional development. Until this is achieved, our education system will struggle to compete with other nations.

The author makes a good comparison between American and Asian education systems and suggestions faults in each one. He proposes that a truly successful education is one balanced in intellectual development and social-emotional development. Until this is achieved, our education system will struggle to compete with other nations.

This article talks about how people have a different mind set of what makes them happy. A survey conduct shows that people care less about money and more about having thier personal freedom.

The nation of 42 million freelancers are rewriting the definition of success -- and it has nothing to do with gold watches, but everything to do with time.

This article talks about the governments spying on millions Americans. It also talks about how long this has been going on and lawsuits going on to fight against the lawsuit.

This article shows us how the NSA was spying information of millions of ordinary Americans. It had been possible with the assistance of major telecommunications carriers.

This article shows us how the NSA was spying information of millions of ordinary Americans. It had been possible with the assistance of major telecommunications carriers.

This article talks about the personal privacy of American citizens and how the government is using surveillance tactics through social media and other internet sources. The article mentions trying to find out how many people the government has surveyed and how they will not release a definite number. But the article does mention that it is for our protection and the purpose is to find foreigners. The article lists many different sights and products we use that are currently being surveyed.

Big pharma companies have taken advantage of everyday Americans in need of their daily support during the chaotic times we live in. Many of the drugs used each day to help patients fighting Covid-19 have drastically gone up in price since the first case appeared in america. With these prices changes many Americans may not be able to get the proper help needed to get better, and as such may extend the time needed for us to fight off the virus as a whole.

It is crazy to think that companies would prioritize profits over the help of the people. I understand the demand; however, it shouldn't be the only reason for the increase in price.

When I read this article I thought to myself wow this is insane but to actually think about it, why? why is it so important to profit from something everyone in this world needs

A poll done by the Knight-Gallup foundation is reviewed in this article by MTSU in which the author, Ken Paulson, gives his thoughts on the polarizing effects of how American Media has changed from being simply separated by partisanship to a new era of inflamed division. Paulson cites the poll by Knight-Gallup to show that public opinion coincides with his own views in that our media is too heavily biased and is to blame for political division. The article has a strong close bringing readers to be introspective as to why the news articles in which they might place blame are continuously fired up by views and demand.

One of the major social issues in our world, and especially in The United States, is accessible and affordable healthcare. Americans are not able to afford healthcare, and those that manage to pay for it state that more things need to be included.

I think that is an important and relevant topic in America many of its own citizens can't afford basic care and health needs. It is something that we need to look more diligently on. America can not progress when its citizens are suffering. Great Article!

It's sad that people can't afford healthcare it should be more accessible to everyone. If everyone could afford healthcare then we wouldn't have so many deaths.

This article is reporting on why Americans are not getting medical care. Oftentimes, health care is too expensive. The medical care system does not help with cost

This article compares what Americans spend on health care to other high-income nations such as Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Compared to these countries, Americans spend nearly twice as much on health care. The article goes over the causes of this such as obesity and expensive technology as well as affects such as higher rate of death from preventable causes and less doctor visits than average.