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budget cuts to school programs are during more harm than good. The thought of taking funds from one program to place in another are depriving today youth of a great outlet.

budget cuts to school programs are during more harm than good. The thought of taking funds from one program to place in another are depriving today youth of a great outlet.

A government advisory panel said Thursday that the bulk data collection program run by the National Security Agency is illegal and should be halted. That is illegal and should be stopped.

This article is from the "Practical Homeschooling Magazine" one of the most popular homeschooling magazines today. It discusses the different ways that states deal with the question of whether homeschoolers should participate in public school programs. It also gives a list of pros and cons that homeschoolers have come up with while debating the issue of equal access.

This is a program that helps prevent children in poverty from becoming victims to human trafficking. They explain their rescue programs and how you can help prevent it as well.

Hunger and food insecurity has been a huge problem throughout the years here in the U.S. Ongoing investigations have been going on throughout the years, resulting in the "food stamp program" or the "national school lunch program". Programs like these are only a start in ending hunger and food insecurity here in the U.S.

Hunger and the food industry is a problem America has been facing for a while. I'm blessed we have emergency food programs that support the Americans who don't have enough money to buy or make food to support their families and themselves.

A government website that highlights the jobs and important duties of United States border patrol. There are many articles about security issues, job details, and all the programs being used for protecting our borders.

Since 2004, many dogs that were meant to be put to sleep have been visiting the Lansing Correctional Facility. The animals are trained by inmates serving time for a variety of different crimes including forgery, robbery, rape, and murder. As a result of the program, over 1,000 dogs have received new homes. The program is funded by donations

Prison Pet Partnership is a program at a women's prison set up to help people with disabilities. It uses animals that are rescued to help rehabilitate female inmates through vocational learning. The program teaches women inmates how to groom the homeless animals in order prepare them to be placed as service animals for disabled people. The program helps the inmates learn new skills, the animals find homes, and the disabled population.

Is the loss of civil liberties worth the convenience of technology?

Technology has and will always be a huge part of my life. Having grown up with a brother heavily into gaming, programming, and IT work I got to see first hand the in's and out's of how the web works. It all comes down to how you manage your own security. Of course, there will always be the paranoia of being monitored but that has been happening for a long time. It all comes down to being cautious with what you do alone and or over technologies.

This book captures the many facets of information gathering by digital dossiers. It reminded me of the recent unveiled programs called Tempora and Prism used by the United Kingdom and NSA. The extent of these programs capacity to siphon user data iset deeply guarded and not known in detail, however the dossiers gathered by our internet traffic on an individual basis should alarm users. I belive privacy is priceless, if I told my grandfather who passed in 2006 the extent we divulge our personal information on social media he would probably find it unbelievable. He was born in 1920 became an officer in the United States Air Force and served in WW2. The idea of privacy has changed with each generation. The way we perceive the handheld devices we all carry as young as the age of 5, may seem to our greatest generation who is currently exiting our society as a mere tracking device for big brother. This reading was very informative.

Welfare is a large discussion in the modern American climate. Many people lack a complete understanding of when and why welfare started. This clears up many misconceptions, allowing us to redirect discussion towards reform.

Should cyber-bullying have more strict punishments? Many experts say educational programs work best to teach children to respect each other, but others say stricter penalties are necessary.

Should cyber-bullying have more strict punishments? Many experts say educational programs work best to teach children to respect each other, but others say stricter penalties are necessary.

After the information on NSA programs were leaked people have taken a stance on the governments surveillance programs. The people are deciding that the programs should be limited and are making themselves heard.

This article talks about children being the poorest population in the United States and how poverty affects children and society. It also brings light to how government assistance programs can make a difference in a child's life.

You can also see a clear difference in the schools that are filled with children that live in poverty because of how underfunded they are due to schools getting most of their funding through property taxes.

Its surprising and unfortunate to read that children are the poorest population when they have no control over their situation.

Amanda B. Clinton wrote an article talking about the crisis refugees are facing with psychological health. She stated that the APA Office of International Affairs hosted a program called the International Learning Partner Program in Kosovo. 10 U.S. based psychologists who joined the program in Kosovo allowed people like Ilir, an expert in Balkan culture, who had no choice but to flee his country.According to United Nations High Commissions on Refugees every 20 minutes people leave everything behind in order to escape the terror of war and persecution. Okazaki, Haarlammert, Guler and Liu (2019), indicated that psychology has never been more important than it is today. With the strong leadership in the APA evidence on the recognition of the refugees rights has increasingly gotten a lot better.

This article talks about how Arizona has been the focus of many gun law debates because of the shooting in in 2011 that fatally killed 6 people and wounded Gabrielle Gifford.

AZ medicaid is thinking about charging 50$ a year if smoker diabetes or overweight. This would be a state-federal health care program for low income. Plan still pending approval

The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) is dedicated to promoting a better understanding about our constitutional heritage to privately own and posess firearms. The SAF maintains several educational and legal action programs designed to better inform the public about the gun control debate.

This site is based on educating and promoting programs to inform the public about gun control. There are resources that even list states Right to Bear Arms provisions.

This article, published in 2015, details the issues Phoenix faces with the large amounts of homeless in our state. It highlights some outreach programs we have available that try their best to assist those they can, but shows that there are still so many suffering. This is an issue that touches me because for many months of the year, our weather is unbearable and these folks are forced to endure it if we don't have resources to help them transition to a better life.

This sight talks about social injustices in the k12 school system. It explains that streamlining special ed services into the normal classroom is beneficial to students. Everyone should get the same help ad attention as to not single one child out.