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The FBI's information request document describes its project as an "open source and social media alert, mapping and analysis application." The social media monitoring feature would be part of a broader electronic surveillance and analytical system the FBI is developing, which includes extensive geo-location and mapping features.

This website gives quick facts about state laws concerning gay marriage. It also gives US maps mapping out where each state stands on gay marriage

VOMC provides a clickable map that will give you information on the persecution of Christians per country or region you pick. Each country has a small essay devoted to it describing roughly the last decade or so of persecution.

This is so powerful. Voice of the Martyrs is an amazing organization. What I find to be so sad, is how in today's world, so many people are up in arms about how they think they have been mistreated or overlooked, yet when Christians are out there suffering horrendous things, they all look the other way and pretend not to notice. I mean, other people's problems are important, but I feel society turns a blind eye towards Christians.

The article shows the exact locations of sanctuary cities on a map. The increasing number of them can be a public safety issue.

A New York newspaper recently published the information of gun permit holders.  Now they have hired armed security to protect their staff.

This article highlights the effect legalizing marijuana has had on Colorado's economy. It also visits the federal versus state legalization issue. And lastly, touches on which states already have legalized marijuana, and which states will be voting on it in the near future.

As the article says, "we think of slavery as a practice of the past" but with a current slave count of over 30 million slaves, it is most definitely not a thing of the past, but rather a very real, current problem.

Includes a map showing which states require seat belt usage. Some states saw a decline in rear seat belt usage even as front seat usage increased.

This article is examining if there is any relation between financial freedom and racism. They used something called the world values survey to measure people tolerance of others than compute the information against their personal finances.

This article describes the increasing amount of privacy infiltration in the US. It also gives several reports of privacy issues nationally.

This article discusses many issues that citizens of Uzbekistan face and how they are forced into labor. One story in the article talks about a woman who was forced to pick cotton or the government would take away her children's health benefits.There are videos and maps to give you a better perspective on the situations going on.

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.

The CDC website gives a map of the United States and shows the rates of teen pregnancy for each state. This could be used to show the lack of sex education in certain states and how it affects teen preganancy rates over time. As technology and social media advanced, teen pregnancy rates went down

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.