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This page shows statistics and rankings of each state in regards to mental healthcare access. The data is split into different categories based on which demographics were affected and how they were affected.

This article details how insurance coverage affects various outcomes for people with mental health issues. One of the interesting things about this article is how it shows that medicaid is more effective for those suffering from mental illness than private insurance.

As this title indicates, this article details various barriers to mental healthcare access in America. Among these barriers are financial challenges, lack of healthcare professionals, and social stigma surrounding mental illness.

I too enjoyed this article. As I'm aspiring to be a psychiatrist, issues such as these are very important to me, especially considering that I have suffered from mental illness as well. There are indeed many stigmas that surround mental illness, and we as a society are just barely beginning to understand the sensitive nature of these illnesses, as well as how to effectively treat them.

Thank you for sharing this article! I believe it's important to understand why it's so hard for so many people to get treatment for mental illness. It's not as easy as go to the gym or just don't think about it. It's important to get rid of the stigma and economic barriers that surround mental illness and treatment.

This article goes into the relationship between access to mental healthcare and suicide. This article is important because it is crucial to be mindful of what is at stake when we're talking about why it's important to have wide access to mental healthcare.

Its freightening how unaware we are as a people to mental health conditions. A condition that America has called its epidemic is obesity, but the root cause of so many conditions is actual mental health. Mental health is more than just people who struggle with a psycological problem.

It should be noted that at the end of the article it was concluded that the correlations between these to things do not nesssasirly entail causation.

This article provides several proposed solutions on how to improve the mental health care system in America. While proposing solutions, it also is identifying issues with the current system suck as the emphasis on punishment over treatment in the prison system.

Some schools in areas of low funding have worse results in student turn out than ones in highly funded areas due to how schools get their funding. Budget cuts from the government could impact the future of education more than it already is.

Funding in high poverty areas were hit hard by budget cuts in recent years, getting less and less money, leading to things like teacher layoffs, reduced services and more. If the government followed the Every Student Succeeds Act, high poverty schools could get more funding towards their students futures.

The poor schools in the United States; places like Illinois, Missouri, New York and Alabama, are not receiving enough funding to accommodate for their students needs. Things like high-quality teachers and educational equipment are even some educational courses cant be provided because of this.

The schools that get the least amount of funding should receive more support in helping students and their situations. Nothing will change if support isn't provided for low funded schools.

A massive part of school district funding is local property taxes, which is why the high property value areas have better funded schools. If we want to thrive as a country we need to have quality education and funding for schools everywhere not just the wealthy districts but the colored and poverty districts, too. Quality education should be for everyone.

By looking at local property taxes, you can see that the education of the wealthier students if funded better than the poorer students. This has not gone unnoticed, even to the point of law suits, and yet still schools underfund the more vulnerable students and leave them unprepared for the future.

This article covers the connection between healthcare costs and poverty. It also talks about those who visit the hospitals the most are the ones who cannot afford it.

This site goes over the many scientists studying climate change and its impact around the globe. The site also highlights the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and their efforts to predict the effects of climate change.

Using NASA as a source for climate change is great. This is a great web source for being able to quickly see what scientists are saying in active research.

I found this article to be very informative on the effects of climate change. I was not aware that hurricanes would become worse and growing seasons increase.

This article gives a enhanced look into poverty in America, with many statistics. It also covers the connection between poverty and other social issues such as health, food, and crime.

Very good article

Teacher pay has become a big issue in America because there continues to be more students and a shortage of teachers. Teacher pay varies in every state, but as a whole it is shown not meet the cost of living.

Climate change and water and food insecurity are connected when natural disasters take place. As climate changes there is an increase in hunger globally. Around the world droughts and unexpected rain hits which makes food and water a constant issue.

A 17-year-old gay male student has been suspended from a public high school in Texas for wearing fingernail polish. The polish would have been perfectly acceptable if the student were female. Some argue that the very idea that very short skirts or pants are distracting is inherently sexist

This article talks about how the media censors information from the public on a daily basis. They will cut videos and conversations to fit their political agenda.

The attorney general speaks on the behalf of upholding the second amendment in times of civil unrest when innocent people are being attacked and buildings burned. Without the second amendment American people would not be able to protect themselves.

Sex trafficking is thought of as only happening in other countries although it is extremely prominent in the us. Not even the media is willing to speak on it and it's becoming a growing concern for our country.

Water sources Futures contracts are financial derivatives that reflect a contract between two parties that commit to exchange a water use right on a specific date, at an agreed price. That is, you do not buy water today, but the right to use it in the future.