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Article describing the need to screen recruits for possible gang affiliation. The situation is growing dire as the article describes numerous incidents of gangs in the military.

This article surveyed 500,000 teens to determine how screen time affects their mental health. It goes over how mental health impacts children's development.

As a general rule employers are allowed to choose not not hire a candidate if in there pre-screening they screen for such toxins as nicotine. The employer has the right to choose who they hire but in most cases can not fire you for later becoming a smoker. American Civil Rights activists continue to argue that this can be and is a potential discrimination issue.

New research show that 37% of employers use a mean of social media to pre-screen there applicants prior to hire. While the use of social media gives insight into a potential hire it has also created a reason to HR professionals not to hire them based on personal information. While positions in political areas try to defend there use of candidates social media log in information people protest this as a invasion of privacy. Not only are candidates outraged but Facebook has also disagreed with the practice ethically and legally.

Many children are in foster care. There is a high volume of children who stay in foster care for a long period of time and sometimes "age out". Aging out is when the minor turns 18years of age and is still in foster care. The social justice issue is that these children have a higer chance of going to orison, human trafficking and pregnancy. We need to do something as a society to help these children achieve something in there life. There are so many children who still get abused in the foster system as well. What needs to be done to prevent this from happening? More home visits to foster homes, better screening, and maybe even just a all around better system.

According to the author more than half of employers are not using credit checks to determine the worthiness of there potential employees. People argue however that this is not an accurate assumption of what a person is capable of doing and should not be allowed to be used as a hiring tool. More state join together to ban the use of credit checks when hiring an employee.

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.

Many doctors do not take mental illness as serious as they do a physical illness. They do not follow up with their mentally ill patients as much as they do with their physically ill patients. This is not a good trend because most patients seek help for their mental health with their primary doctor. Although experts are trying to curb this by suggesting that depression screenings are done with a persons physical exam.

This article introduces many facts about how harmful smoking can be but it also provides facts that its not easy to quit. The website includes both points of views about how smoking has been banned in certain places and nowadays it is questionable of whether Americans have freedom to smoke or if smoking is slowly becoming extinct.

HOW SOCIABLE, EVEN GLAMOROUS, it all once seemed. Today, the lighting of a cigarette is commonly regarded as the epitome of antisocial behavior. Leading men and women of the silver screen once puffed away before audiences of all ages, but today the New York State Department of Health announces in full-page ads that cigarettes "don't belong in youth-rated movies, period."

This article explains how people with DS are condemned. They are creative, happy people and should be treated as such.

Mental health has a large spectrum of definitions. Down Syndrome is often misunderstood, just like most mental illnesses. April's mother shares how her experience changed her views on Down Syndrome and talks about the injustice of the "Down test."

Cyber bully is going on quite a lot. Its easier to say stuff behind a screen then in person. This causes problems because people will say mean things and it can bring you down.

It about a attorney general that wanted to show that we have a growing problem with baby born on drugs. Some groups don't what drug test on pregnant women.

Indiana's attorney general wants to bring more attention to babies born under negatives circumstances. He slightly walks back these remarks when approached with new information, as well as 3,000 signatures to stop inciting disrespect against pregnant women's civil liberties.