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In the years following 1993, gun violence has decreased. Surveys show that many Americans don't know that gun violence has actually dropped. Because of media on these crimes it makes people think that its getting worse.

Denmark after one year removed the fat tax and would be phasing out the soft drink tax in one year. The tax was damaging to local economy and didn't deliver any concrete benefits. Again one single food or bev can be held responsible. between 1999-2011 soda decreased by 32% and fat rates still rose.

This informative blog supports pro-choice in the abortion debate. The blog writer was a previous pro-life advocate who believes that pro-life is just misinformed. She goes on to explain why banning abortion doesn't decrease abortion rates, how birth control can solve the problem, and explains the body's natural birth control.

Arizona's economy took a hit when many illegal immigrants left for Mexico, but benefits also materialized, including jobs and higher wages for some low-skilled workers. The pros and cons of decrease of illegal immigrants working in Arizona.

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.

This article talks about since Italy went into lockdown, human waste and agriculture spilling has decreased by 30%. Since Italy has less boat traffic marine life has returned to its usual migration pattern.

This article is about how Climate Change has evolved and effected us. A lot has changed over the decades. Over the next decades or centuries, we as people all around the globe, need to find a solution and stop or decrease climate change.

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.

In this small article it discusses how research being done on birds show that their appendages(Arms, beaks, legs, etc.) are growing while their bodies decrease in size. They say that animals start to shapeshift and evolve in efforts of survival. In the article it discusses how much these birds have started to change with relations to climate change.

Homelessness is another social issue and its caused by lack of affordable housing and accessible jobs. Once one becomes homeless it is very difficult for them to receive help as the government lacks to have adequate funding, or any funding for that matter, to assist in decreasing the numbers of homelessness. Whether that be through more jobs, less experience/starting experience available, higher minimum wage, and more affordable living situations.

I really liked this article it explains a lot of factors that go into how people can become homeless and sometimes not be able to get out of it. I liked how they analyzed many of the subjects as well.

This website holds a research that was done to study the relationship of children and their creativity. The research explains that the declining creativity is due to children's restricted freedom.

In 1998 the individual soda intake was at its highest, averaging a surprising 56.1 gallons. Six years later in 2004, carbonated soft drinks had a 7 percent decline in individual consumption. In addition, replacing regular soda with diet soda helped decrease the intake of caloric beverages an impressive 12 percent. Health problems like obesity and being overweight result from the lack of nutrients in these beverages. The widespread issues are due to high rise consumption rates of these carbonated soft drinks. Liquid candy is statistically proven to be a prime factor for excessive weight increase. A problem for our population following the increase is the Type 2 diabetes. These health issues can lead to long term illnesses and sometimes life threatening diseases such as heart attacks, strokes and cancer.

New York City is attempting to address the record breaking obesity rates in adults and children by posting contained calories for each item and offering healthier meal options. Sixty percent of adults are contributing to these record breaking results. Along with the rest of the nation, New York Cities top killer wiping out the population named Obesity, with accomplices including cardiovascular disease, cancer and diabetes. To decrease chances of these illnesses, increase consumption of fruits and vegetables, low in fat that meet your personal DRI (daily recommendation intake).

Democratic presidential nominees Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders are both fighting for stronger paid leave laws, including paid vacation and paid maternity leave. This will be helpful in keeping women in the workforce.

I'm interested in this topic too. I feel that organizations who offer this benefit will see the return from the parent when they return to work. I've seen some new mothers return to work when they are not ready, and they end up having decreased performance, or end up looking for new work a few weeks later so they can be with their new baby more. This creates more cost for the company than paid leave would have.

In 2010, A report by the Treatment Advocacy Center discovered a seventeen percent decrease in the number of available psychiatric beds, and psychiatric facilities. The funding for mental health resources is still continuing to be cut. Back in 1955, there was more funding for the mentally ill, and more housing. Today, we are are given less than half of the funding we were then. We currently have 13 beds for 100,000 people. Where as in 1955 there were 50 beds for 100,000 people. The Mental Health Reform Act of 2016 is bringing the United States one step closer to providing more adequate help for the mentally ill. Such as, more funding for at risk populations.

President Obama is passing that there be a law that only allows two gun sales of military import. Stricter background checks to ensure that the gun is being used for non violence. His approach is to decrease gun violence.

Getting your infant vaccinated makes the probability of death significantly decrease. Minor side effects might occur, but severe side effects are very unlikely to happen.

The goal for vaccinations is for all diseases to be eradicated. As the number of parents who refuse to vaccinate their children increase, the likeliness of diseases being eradicated will decrease.

Allowing the body to create antibodies naturally from catching a disease has much more severe risks than getting a vaccine. The risk for a potentially dangerous outcome decreases when getting a vaccination rather than acquiring the disease naturally.

The minimum wage all over the United States is constantly debated wether or not it should increase or decrease. Here states Obama's view on the issue.