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The DOJ announced it will not prosecute marijuana crimes when state laws have declared them legal. Gives a brief overview of states which have laws legalizing marijuana use. Also gives brief overview of how states regulate the drug.

This article gives an overview of what animal rights includes. It also shows several outside resources for further research into the topic.

This article gives an overview of what animal rights includes. It also shows several outside resources for further research into the topic.

Colleges are taking advantage of the fact that more and more students are wanting to attend and get a degree. So many people are willing to pay full price, that soaring prices are the least of their worries. The broadened list of programs, amenities, and higher staff salaries are allowed by this demand and ,therefore, greatly accepted by schools. Clark, K. (2016) An overview of the basic reasons behind the rising cost of college tuition. Available at: https://www.thebalance.com/rising-cost-college-education-795383 (Accessed: 12 September 2016). In-text citations: (Clark, 2016)

This article gives an overview of wrongful convictions. It gives a history, current status and projected scope for the future.

Wrongful convictions are so unfortunate and probably grossly under-reported. It is a situation that definitely needs more light shed onto it.

Wrongful convictions are never a good thing. So many of them happen all of the time and we are unaware of it. It is definitely something that is preventable but not always completely preventable. There is still always a possibility for it to occur.

The Human Rights Campaign advocates on behalf of LGBT Americans, mobilizes grassroots actions in diverse communities, invests strategically to elect fair-minded individuals to office and educates the public about LGBT issues.

This website discusses the rights of an individual to a free education. It also describes the law in which a person with learning disabilities in entitled to.

Disabled children of the U.S have a right to public education without a cost to their family. Every school has to try to meet the needs of every child with disabilities by providing special education. This is a law that says that every child who has a disability has to be taught in a "least restrictive environment". Meaning disabled kids go to the school in their district and also go to school with children who have no disabilities. This law also states that a disabled child should be put into a class that they would have been put into if they were not disabled if possible.

An overview on Gun Violence Prevention and Reduction Act of 2013. Also summarizes how the law is being looked at in the judicial branch and its progress to becoming a law or not.

Includes all what can and cannot be done in the 50 U.S. states concerning breastfeeding in public. By informing accurate dates and bills, it becomes very easy to diminish what is legal and what is not.

Pediatricians and health officials promote the many health benefits of breastfeeding infants the first year of life. Breastfeeding legal rights include public breastfeeding and breastfeeding in the workplace. Lists state laws individually.

Breastfeeding moms are protected by the law to breast feed in public as discussed in this article. You can find all the laws in the US and the responsibility of an employer to provide breastfeeding accommodations to a breast feeding mother.

This article gives an overview of the person rights with mental illness. Also shows a full-text transcript of the MI.

This website gives an overview of what is human trafficking is and who are most variable to this.The website give information on the types of organizations and task force the FBI is working with to stop this crime. This website also gives your a step by step procedure of how the FBI investigates human trafficking claims.

This website provides information on human trafficking and what the FBI is doing to help. It also gives great information on statistics of human trafficking over the years.

It is very interesting to see that citizen complaints are one of the top reasons human traffickers get caught. The page is a great overview if you are unaware of the process. I support all steps towards hunting and catching these criminals.

This article provides an overview of how much the light rail is costing the CIty of Phoenix. It also goes over where the money that is being invested into the light rail could be displaced to.

This article discusses how Director Greg McKay is stepping down from The Department of Child Safety. The article goes into an overview of the work that McKay has done to improve the child welfare system in Arizona.

This website goes in depth on the issue of racial profiling. It even has links to court cases, press releases, and much more.

This website give an overview of what racial profiling is and the history of it. It also explains how it has a negative outlook for law enforcement and the communities they serve. It explains who can be racially profiled and how they are targeted.

I do like the links this website has. Its very informative and gives good resources. This issue is a important on that ker2165548 is right, no one wants to deal with.

An overview of the types of choices available for education

This particular website gives a lot of information about why school uniforms have been used. It also uses facts of what people argue in why they support or not support the uniforms in school.

This article shows the beginning of the gay marriage protest and the different views. It explains the court experiences and how they affected the country.

Overview of how health affairs tie directly into Social Justice being one of the core values. Displays the importance of Justice in our public health systems and how social injustice in healthcare affects our economy as a whole.

There are several types of eating disorders, such as anorexia and bulimia nervosa, and binge eating. Anorexia nervosa is pretty self explained but for the ones who don't know it is characterized by starvation and massive weight loss. Bulimia nervosa is characterized as eating a lot of food in a short period of time then getting rid of the food or calories by making yourself throw up, laxatives, or anything that helps to release the food. Binge eating is known as eating uncontrollably passing your hunger limits after being full.