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The idea of legalizing Prostitution has been thought about for many years. There is a place in Nevada that is. They pay taxes they are clean and check per health code.If consenting adults want to: let them

The tax was put up for vote and richmand says no. Tax proposed was 1cent per oz. ABA lobbied spending 2.5 mill to campaign against. The same tax was proposed under a different name in LA county and got rejected with wider margin.

Website has the number of abortions per year from 1973 up to 2006. The site uses two sources for these numbers and provides links to the information from the sources. On the same page, there is a link to a pdf file with more information. This website could be used to argue why abortion should be illegal since it's biased towards that.

A clear look into what it takes to be considered a refugee, and educating on what it takes to apply for refugee status. Opens a platform of discussion into refugee reform.

I know we should be helping each other out but accepting a lot of refugees all at a time will cause a lot of potential problems. Not that I do not think humanity plays a big role in this but social and educational issues are what we should be also considering. Can we promise to afford them their living standard? Can we provide each of them with a decent job while the people in the country itself are still unemployed?

I think that is a great question. Studies show that children or youth refugees are woefully unsuccessful unless their parents are gainfully employed, educated, and many other incredulous factors. Allowing refugees into the country is a completely separate topic than building an entire social infrastructure funded by American taxpayer funds. In order for these refugees to be successful the government is spending millions of dollars per family, and tens of millions per family unit after five years of residence. I am of the opinion we need a complete overhaul of the existing system. I can simply not encourage immigrants to come to my homeland when my kinsmen are dying at astonishing rates at the hands of mental disorders, suicide, poverty, and a host of other contributors. We could be investing those funds into saving Americans, not providing for foreigners.

Yes, you have the right to an attorney, even if you cannot afford one. But do you stand a chance? This article mentions how court-appointed lawyers typically spend less than six minutes per case, thanks to the lack of funding of public defender's offices. What happened to equal justice?

Article about a class-action suit against the cities of Mt. Vernon and Burlington (both in Washington) for failing to provide meaningful representation to poor defendants facing misdemeanor charges. The lawyers handled 1,000 cases a year, way more than the cap of 400 allowed annually. In result, they were spending less than an hour per case.

The NCAA basketball is a huge success but these college students don't receive any pay. The NCAA makes $6 billion per year. The students are exposed to injuries that can end their careers but yet don't receive anything for their hard work.

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.

This article talks about how there is still a gap in equal pay between men and women. The article says that women are paid 77 cents to every dollar men are paid and that men make around eleven thousand more per year. The article explores what women could do with that gap of eleven thousand dollars.

This article gives examples of the wage gap between men and women in different cities throughout the United States. It also states that there has been an improvement in the gap since the Equal Pay Act was introduced

Why are Black women over 3 times more likely to obtain an abortion than White women? Even though African Americans are only 12.6% of the population, they received 30% of the 1.2 million abortions in 2008 (latest available statistics), killing 360,000 Black babies at a rate of nearly 1,000 per day.

This article goes over why black women are 3 times more likely to have an abortion. In addition to that, it goes over why Planned Parenthood's are strategically place in black poverty neighborhoods.

United States poverty rates have not made any significant changes despite growth in GDP per capita. Four determinants of changes in poverty rate are discussed and evaluated in this article. The four determinants are the impact of labor market opportunities, the role of changes in family structure, the role played by government antipoverty programs, and the role of immigration.

This is a great article about the changing roles of women in the military and how the military is flexing with the new roles of women

This article talks about how many times the National Security Agency violated American's rights with the unauthorized surveillance of many Americans. Some of these cases were unintentional and some were intentional. The number reported was said to only have covered a few of the NSA locations but not all.

This article shows how increased media exposure affects our bodies and the way we envision our bodies. Talks about effects of media advertising and youth, and how media can influence eating disorders.

Mass media provides a significantly influential context for people to learn about body ideals and the value placed on being attractive. Over 80% of Americans watch television daily. On average, these people watch over three hours per day. American children engage in increasing amounts of media use, a trend fueled largely by the growing availability of internet access through phones and laptops.

Cyberbullying is a huge issue in today's society due to the mass amounts of technology available to the youth, but there is no federal law against it. This website breaks down which states carry policies that protect or fight against cyberbullying and carries a link to the cyberbullying information website for more info.

This text explains the five biggest problems in health care, using the example of scheduled early deliveries and the dangers associated to the issue. Billions are spent on unnecessary care and nearly $1 billion per year is wasted on early deliveries. Payment systems encourage early deliveries because NICUs profit from these mistakes.

Conserving water is a must. We need water to do most of our living. We really don't think about water when we wash our hands, taking a shower, or even watering our lawn.

Agreed! Water is essential for everyone and we are wasting tons of it. Lots of us not even knowing! We recently had a person from our water company come to our home and tell us we were using too much water. Turns out we had a toilet constantly running. Makes you wonder how many other places are affected not even knowing.

Wow, the US used 170 gpd per capita while other counties like Australia only use 36! That is crazy. I completely agree that we should limit our water usage not just because it is wasteful, but also in my article it pointed out the benefits on our ecosystem.