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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.

This is an article all about breaking down the statistics surrounding Arizona's growing income gap between the middle class and the elite. Like most of America, our middle class has remained just about stagnant, while from 2017 to 2019, the top 20% of income earners in Arizona has risen 1.9%, which is .5% more than the national average.

This article talks about how New York City's public middle schools and high schools are now required to take sex ed classes. This article talks about this new mandate and its implications and the effects that it might have. The article also provides reasons on why it was decided that sex ed should be a required class and its benefits. 

Sex ed should be a choice for kids to take in accordance to their parents, for myself when I was younger we had to have a signed paper from our parents giving us permission to take part in the sex ed class and for those parents who said no and wanted to teach there kid themselves went to another room. I see both sides to this article and its a very well informative piece.

I think a semester of sex ed would be great. When I was in school it was just a 55 minute lecture with a couple of videos. I understand why some people may be upset with this, however, those people must understand that not every child has an involved parent who are capable or willing to educate their children. I think safe sex is integral for our children to learn. I believe it could help lower the stats of sexually transmitted disease and teen pregnancies.

Private citizens don't need ammo two or three years in the future.They need it at prices the poor and middle class citizen, who needs self-protection the most, can afford. We don't need single women being raped and murdered because they couldn't afford, or couldn't buy, ammunition for their personal firearm.

Drug trafficking is a trade of drugs such as cocaine and heroine to different countries. Most heroin confiscation happened in Middle East and Southwest Asia with the findings of 73.7 metric tons. Another commonly trafficked drug is called cocaine. This drug has been known to be used by about 17 million people within a 2 year period.

This document identifies the struggles of women in the middle east and north Africa as well as the struggles they go through everyday. You'd think we'd be more worried about this as a country seeing how "equal rights" driven we are.

It is sad to see that in some countries women still do not have rights, or that their rights are very limited.

This is very interesting to be honest I had no idea that women were not being given equal rights in other places.

The article goes over some examples of protests that happened around the world. Also states some current restrictions in other countries.

This article involves an individual that lost his father to gun violence. He has vowed to fight against gun violence. There are examples of different highly publicized massacres involving guns. The debate is between our government and groups such as the NRA attempting to work together, to find a solution toward the gun violence.

Bullying is something many people remember about school. Some consider it a part of growing up, but there can be serious health consequences, even into adulthood, according to a recent study done at Duke University. Airone Jones Sanders, a 9th grader at Southeast Raleigh High School, compares her middle school years to being in jail.

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.

While facing life-threatening dangers and fleeing war should we be accepting refugees? These people are desperate to find safety yet will our issue with stereotyping be why we refuse them?

This article breaks down the executive order signed by President Trump on banning refugees from middle eastern countries. It also talks about what we haven't found out about the order itself like if airports are complying with the order.

Immigration is a very sensitive topic in the current political climate. There are many benefits to this executive order, and many consequences. National Security is something that out-scopes us all in my opinion, but staying as close to the information power curve as possible with sound sources is a great place to start. I would however question the validity of the NYT (New York Times), only on the grounds of ill reporting. Following the presidential election, the NYT issued an apology for misreporting the polls during the election. I am of the opinion that when dealing with such an emotionally fueled topic, Primary Sources are the only sources that yield direct information. Perhaps you could have sited an administration member or even an analytical specialist assessing the direct executive order. In the end however, I am not the instructor. Great topic!

Both sides of the gun control debate say they want gun education and avoidance programs taught in public schools from kindergarten through middle school or even high school. Legislation however is having a hard time agreeing on just what should be taught about gun safety.

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.

Perry Chiaramonte reports a study taken by the Center for Studies on New Religions, and quotes Robert Nicholson and Ryan Mauro on the subject of Christian persecution. Being a Christian is the most dangerous thing you can do in many nations, and Christianity is the religion of the powerless.

I must say, I am not at all surprised that this study shows Christians as being the "most persecuted group in the world." All throughout history Christians have been persecuted in one way or another, especially during the Middle Ages. It is sad, however, to see how far from that era the world had come, yet seemingly is now back-sliding to that.

Within this article I learn about what effects poverty might bring to children. I learn that living in a poverty, it can have effects within the family, and educational outcomes.Children who grown up in poverty don't have many opportunities such as those who grown up in middle class or upper class. Poverty has many effects on a child's life and how they will live as an adult.

I have never researched poverty in children,but I can imagine what kind of effects it has on them as a grown up. When those children are born into that life,the cycle is really hard to get out of.

Poverty is a rough thing on children for sure, agree wit you and good post.

Cecilia Attias calls out the inaction of the global leaders to prevent the horrific massacres occurring in hostile Islamic states. In the name of protecting innocent life, this genocidal persecution must be stopped before ISIS has accomplished it's publicized goal to kill all Christians.

This article talks about unequal school funding in the United States. It talks about the effects of unequal school funding and how each state is funded differently.

Schools 100% need more funding than they receive. They are the foundation of childhood and for a child not to be able to learn to their full potential because they aren't able to have all the resources they need is heartbreaking.

The topic of school funding is vast and varies from state to state; however, we can agree that underfunding of schools is a huge problem. The article shows the difference of school funding between each state and the how it impacts students. It also highlights the difference of school funding between the U.S and other countries.