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Relating to Freedom of Speech this article explains Afghanistan's choice to ban a website that hosted a video they found to be anti-Islamic. Video creater believes his work was covered by his Freedom of Speech.

This article brings up the question of whether the commonality of filming is affecting our privacy. As technology advances it becomes increasingly easier to film someone without them even noticing.

Prisoners are not allowed to donate their organs for unclear reasons. This article explains the benefits of inmates being allowed to donate.

A new Law in Arizona makes illegal to walk around without an ID to proove that the person is legal in the US. That new Law did start protestations.

The NRA is stuck between a rock and a hard place.  They are blaming violent video games for the recent shooting, but many gun manufacturers work with video game makers to promote their products.

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

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.

This article talks about president Donald Trumps plans to build the wall. It states that in 2006 Boeing started to build the wall and then about 5 years after that and have spent about $1 million dollars later they gave up. So is Trump going to be able to buys this famous wall?

This in an article about the June 2013 Supreme Court ruling about the Voting Rights Act. The ruling has allowed some Southern states make election law changes without federal approval.

Talks about the tragic death of Breonna Taylor and how they had to recreate the entire event. Dive deeper into the officers on duties as well as some of the usual things they did the night of her murder.

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.

This is not exactly an article filled with facts, but rather seven different opinions on the issues. The page starts off by saying that the Obama Administration "will subject citizens of 14 countries to intensive screening", and then lists the opinions of seven people who all differ in thoughts on the matter.

This article explains how people are scared to give up some of the freedoms for security. This was written right after the Boston bombing. With terrorism being a very talked about topic in America, many people are scared they may lose all freedoms.

This site talks more about what they are trying to avoid by setting an age limit. There is a one pill and two pill version of Plan B, the right one should be taken. They want to be able to lower the risk of younger girls taking both.

An italian tourist who came to the US to visit his fiance stayed in a rural Virginia jail for more than 10 days for no reasons. The tourist was not fluent in English and his fiance parent's had to ask help to their powerful friends in the politics. The tourist was denied the right to contact his Embassy.

Article discusses the Chinese government blocking web sites that it deems to be 'politically sensitive'. Web sites about the revolts against the government in other countries are blocked and have lead to more limits on internet searches. Other sites that are critical of government officials have also blocked and negative comments about them are deleted. The Chinese government now requires internet service providers to obtain their customers real names in an effort to cut internet anonymity.

Article talks about how Frank Schubert is against Gay marriage. How he has put a lot of effort to defeat same sex marriage.

This link has many articles connecting to abortion. From certain states making specific rules before the abortion happens to restrictions as to reasoning of why they should have one.

This article is in response to recent proposals to focus on strengthening the current mental health laws instead of focusing on gun rights. This article argues against drastic changes to the current laws.