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This article shows views on tipping from both sides: patrons and servers. It includes the expected percentages of tip, as well as suggestions when it comes to bad service (as opposed to leaving no tip).

The amount of children being put on harsh drugs has drastically increased over the years. Many believe that children have become the new target for the drug companies.

This article talks about how Norwegian prisons treat their inmates. They are confined similar to American facilities but they are allowed much more liberties. Norway has the lowest repeat offender rate in all of the EU. Which also reduces the amount of money spent on the correctional system in their country.

This article describes an annual dollar amount racism costs America. The Kellog foundation has funded research to find out each way racism costs America. The billions racism costs each year is only the items they can prove that dealt with racial inequality.

What is Obamacare? It requires you to have health insurance or pay a tax. People have to purchase insurance or if not you get fined a certain amount of money. The U.S has to be insured and then others are charged more.

Air pollution is increasing the amount of casualties. Particle matter is gaining access into our lungs and bloodstreams.

The article explains the disproporationate amount of deaths in African American individuals in the United States in comparison to their counterpart. As well as the psychological effects on their communities. It explains that most agencies don't even have a policy to enforce against police brutality.

This article targets those who deny the existence of climate change, despite the fact that Texas is experiencing a hurricane. It explains the conditions needed in order for a hurricane to occur and relates them back to a rise in temperature over the years, which supports the realty that is climate change. The article discusses a fair amount of politics, suggesting a unity between parties in order to acknowledge and prepare for what nature has in store, as NASA had predicted a hurricane in Houston some time ago.

This article is current and it really challenges the idea of climate change. It is scary to think that these hurricanes are going to get worse. It provides great points to how climate change is getting worse, and how it will continue to increase the amount of hurricanes.

This article is very interesting. I can't help but think about how bad the other two hurricanes heading towards the U.S. and neighboring countries are going to be.

Universal healthcare has been a rising problem within the United States considering the virus we are dealing with now. The major problem is that citizens have to pay outrageous amounts of money, in order to pay for healthcare. The article helps inform why we have our current system and what is stopping us from reaching universal healthcare for everyone.

The article talks about how climate change is affecting the biodiversity all over the planet. It also explains that the oceans carbon dioxide is increasing due to the amount of carbon dioxide in the air. Their is also an increase of the ocean that is uninhabitable to marine life.

This is a good article because it talks about how climate change is causing so many issues in our ecosystem and the oceans.

Gun violence in America is discriminated towards people of color, gender differences, and so much more. The amount of damage a gun can cause in the wrong hands is strictly based off the person internal thoughts. The social injustice that comes with people having guns is bad

This article discusses the underlying issues of climate change. With a new report showing that the temperatures are looking to raise if the world does not come together to come up with a new plan to decrease the amounts of carbon dioxide being produced into the air. The article reports that all efforts to stop the rise is needed by everyone otherwise, the world is going to see worse droughts, fires, heat waves, etc.

The website offers links to various sources of information on the collection and distribution of surveilled data from government agencies in an attempt to inform its readers and covers the paranoia tinted tone of those who find government surveillance in todays society to be too close to "Big Brother" methods and presents an argument for their point of view through the methods of MIT professor Gary Marx. The argument is presented in a series of questions on the ethical stance of what the government surveils, what the surveillance consists of as well as the consequences of any action taken as a result of surveillance and the reality that American citizens never consented to the constant surveillance of their personal lives. The position of inclination towards complacency is concisely summed with a strong amount of surveillance being presented by the double edged statement of "If you haven't done anything wrong, you have nothing to fear.".

Although soda can cause ill effects to a person, a ban for drinking a limited amount of soda is unheard of, until now. The article talks about how government should not have this much choice in a person's life. There are much bigger issues to concentrate on.

This article, published in 2015, details the issues Phoenix faces with the large amounts of homeless in our state. It highlights some outreach programs we have available that try their best to assist those they can, but shows that there are still so many suffering. This is an issue that touches me because for many months of the year, our weather is unbearable and these folks are forced to endure it if we don't have resources to help them transition to a better life.

This website provides statistical data about the amount of people living in poverty in the US. It also provides information of how many aides we have assisting those in need.

This website is a fact sheet that provides statistics of the amount of homeless veterans in the US as of 2015.

This issue really angers me. We send our troops off to war or to serve our country, so that we can ultimately turn our backs on them when they acclimate to civilian life. The ramifications of what they endure is life-altering and they need assistance adjusting to normalcy. Mental illness is very prevalent afterwards and if anyone deserves compassion, it is our troops.

This section lists campaign contributions by Politicial Action Committees (PACs) and donations to PACs, broken down by sector, industry and unique PAC. Only groups that made contributions during the current or last two election cycles are listed here. As more money is pumped into our political system many question the integrity of our election process. This article shows the staggering amounts donated during the previous electionary cycle.

Should kids be required to get vaccinations? This website talks about how there are now fewer kids getting vaccines because of a number of reasons. some of the reasons are that the parents are simply opting out because of fears or paranoia or just laziness. The article says that the reasons that parents use for kids to skip shots vary, some are related to religion. 

Hi all, I am a parent of three. All of my kids are current on all vaccines recommended by their PCP. I am a true believer. That being said I do think something could be changed for the vaccine requirements. I have spoken to many people about this in my area. I'm actually scared for the un-vaccinated kids so it always sparks curious conversations for me. The common denominator I found with everyone I have spoken to about not vaccinating their kids is, they don't want to vaccinate all at once, they want to spread it out. I feel it's a greater risk to wait or not get a child vaccinated period, but I'm wondering for those who are just not educated on the facts of vaccines or those who are afraid of all of them at once maybe they can have a different vaccine protocol. While it won't be what the CDC recommends initially, I feel that it would still be better than not vaccinating period.

I agree with my colleagues above, the ignorance about vaccines is becoming widespread. We are in an age of refined medical practices and innovation based on factual evidence and research. Parents in doubt should consider two words. (Herd Immunity) for those unfamiliar with its meaning I'll leave you with its definition - the resistance to the spread of a contagious disease within a population that results if a sufficiently high proportion of individuals are immune to the disease, especially through vaccination. "the level of vaccination needed to achieve herd immunity varies by disease but ranges from 83 to 94 percent" We all have a stake in this.

This article helps identify immigrations rules, and regulations. It gives details on what are accepted forms of legal immigration to the USA. From marriages, children under the age of 21, and employment. Also states that not one single country can exceed seven percent of the total amount of people immigrating to the United States in a single year. Gives brief laws on how to gain citizenship.