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This article discusses food insecurity in America and how the prices of food affect the population. It also talks about the problems of people who are unable to use federal aid.

I picked a smilier topic relating to the food insecurity and poverty. The article helps out in giving us statistics about what is happening in the world and exactly how certain peoples health is being affected.

Social justice issues the profession of social workers face. Written in 2007 the article captures issues still faced today such as poverty, healthcare, child welfare are a few subjects touched on.

Judith M. Schagrin is the assistant director for Children's Services at the Baltimore County Department of Social Services. Judith expressed her thoughts and concerns on multiply issues regarding child welfare and its system. She believes that our nation's child welfare system should be a national priority and she even made suggestions to fix this ongoing issue

The author, Michael Salesman, begins his article by giving an account of President Obama's State of the Union address, where President Obama was encouraging Congress to raise the Federal minimum wage. The author announces his disagreement with the President and then dissects the reasons why people are for raising the minimum wage. The author ends his article by stating that campaigns for raising the minimum wage should end because what that are advocating for goes directly against what they say they want.