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Gender equality is an issue that continues to not be fully archive worldwide. Peace Corps points this out and what it would mean to be equals.

This article discusses the gap in gender equality on a global level but primarily focused on women. Some of the issues that they highlighted is Education, Health, Economic and political empowerment for women.

This article describes gender equality in women's economic and political empowerment. Also, gender equality contributing to women's health and education.

Kathleen Maclay, the author, discusses the economic effect of climate change in the United States within the next 100 years using the information from a study published in the journal Science. The author states that climate change will make income inequality worse due to the mass migrations that will occur. The author recommends that politicians consider what is most important when making decisions about climate change and to remember that it will effect the economy of tomorrow.

Mass migration is already happeningredients in today's world due to war. Would people begin to take population migration seriously if it happened in our country today because of climate change? Imagine if Hurricane Harvey had done worse damage and the city had decided to evacuate the affected cities, more people would have to had to migrate elsewhere.

Pros and cons in the debate as to whether prostitution should be legal. Core questions, economics, health, human trafficking and morality issues discussed.

In this article, it tells what happened to middle-class families during the election. Most middle-class families rely on their jobs for their main source of income. It also talks about the percentages of families who live paycheck to paycheck.

Individuals today face many issues with welfare. An article that states what works and doesn't work for the system. People believe welfare should be regulated by the state not the federal government.

It is sad to see the welfare state of this country. Those who are on top are generally Republican and most people do not know how economics work. Those who are poor or middle class are far more likely to spend money thus stimulating the economy. If welfare is to be implemented it should be far less discriminatory.

This study covers the many personal, economic, and social freedom issues facing Americans. The states are ranked for comparison.

Poverty stems from many factors not just the lack of money. Some of these factors include political, social, and economic dynamics. Social workers' are trained so they have a firm understanding of poverty and where it derived from so they may help accordingly as needed.

This website provides facts about immigration in Arizona. The website provides facts and statistics about drugs, prison population, arrests and so on.

Fact sheet between the years as early as 2000 and as late as 2012. Information on the impact of illegal immigrants in Arizona, illegal alien population number, economic impact, and crime rate involving illegal immigrant.

In his January 2014 State of the Union address, President Obama called for a new federal minimum wage of $10.10 an hour. The year before, in the same speech, he proposed a $9 minimum wage. This article addresses the different reasons to increase and the issues with increasing the minimum wage. it discusses how it has changed over the years and states that the original minimum wage was 25 cents an hour back in 1938. There are quite a few interesting stats in this article.

I definitely that Obamas move to raise the minimum wage has caused more problems than it has done good. It's only created a sense of working less, doing less for more pay. People don't want to work hard, get an education, or persue a career goal in order to make money. It's seems more common that people just want what's easy and what gives them the most for their own selfish desires.

We all know the negative effects dropping out of high school on individuals, but have you ever thought about how the act of dropping out effects the state you live in? Those who drop out are more likely to be faced with unemployment, poor health, criminal behavior, and need for public assistance. These are all things that end up costing the state billions. This is a chronic issue in our state in particular; Arizona has been ranked one of the highest for high school dropouts for many years.

This article dives into the issue if income quality has decreased, as well as its level of importance. It points out that the government should pursue a proactive agenda to increase employment and earnings among working households. It targets the idea of focusing on increasing employment opportunities versus income equality.

As this title indicates, this article details various barriers to mental healthcare access in America. Among these barriers are financial challenges, lack of healthcare professionals, and social stigma surrounding mental illness.

I too enjoyed this article. As I'm aspiring to be a psychiatrist, issues such as these are very important to me, especially considering that I have suffered from mental illness as well. There are indeed many stigmas that surround mental illness, and we as a society are just barely beginning to understand the sensitive nature of these illnesses, as well as how to effectively treat them.

Thank you for sharing this article! I believe it's important to understand why it's so hard for so many people to get treatment for mental illness. It's not as easy as go to the gym or just don't think about it. It's important to get rid of the stigma and economic barriers that surround mental illness and treatment.

Access to Health Services is a key issue in the Health Care domain as many people face disparities due to limited access. Many issues are covered in brief or general detail with focus on each main idea. These ideas include lack of Health Coverage, poor transportation services, deficient Health Care Resources, and how they impact vulnerable populations.

Healthcare barriers are a concern in today's world, with pharma gaining ever more power within the government. Healthcare prices are skyrocketing, creating an economic barrier. I learned from this article that physicians could refuse to help patients using Medicaid just because of the lower rate. The goal of Medicaid is to ensure that low-income people can receive healthcare. Physicians should not refuse healthcare to the Medicaid population based on the rate of cost.

This article provides in depth insight on the barriers people face accessing adequate healthcare in America. It talks about how important healthcare is and how it is a human right to have equal access to it. The website provides credible evidence and sources to support all the contributing factors.

Eminent domain is a controversial issue where some think that government is overstepping its bounds and infringing on the right to own property. Many believe that are benefits to eminent domain which help communities grow economically. A darker side of eminent domain is the mass eviction of poor people for redevelopment projects.

This article points out the discrimination women face with the pay gap in the U.S. It talks about how even though women make up half of the work force they still earn less than the common man, the author then goes into the reasons this occurs and the efforts that need to be taken to close this wage gap.

Christos Makridis, the author of this article, through his research has discovered that raising the minimum wage does not improve the issue of inequality in America, but that it has a negative impact on the workers it attempts to help. The author explains this negative impact by giving examples such as employers reducing hours which causes a lack of skill development due to lack of hours, also employers will not be able to have many incentives for new employees. The author suggested ways for reducing inequality in the latter half of his article by giving business more freedom in determining the wages and that businesses would educate their employees in an effort to increase their profitability and thus raising the wages of their employees.

This article explains the racial differences in earnings in America. It also discusses how the wage gap has differed over time.

Its crazy to see how the Us has not completely advanced on moved on from the same issues that were present back in the day. Inequality is a problem that has never left the country and needs to be both discussed and solved.

Interesting to see the gap slowly close as time goes on. One can only hope one day the gap will completely disappear and we can all have a seat at the table together.