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Joy Harjo is a Native American poet whose work is highly motivated by respect for the world around her, and the desire for her people to receive that respect as well. She grew up during the Civil Rights Movement and was even an activist as a student.

Lots of people are suffering from a lack of health insurance. Hard to find good doctors that are able to help your needs. Health insurance is exspenisve and people cant afford it.

Child obesity is a serious issue that I believe isn't being addressed. Obesity is lower in high income houses but in lower income houses it increases. Obesity affects 1 in 5 children.

Age discrimination in the workplace is a real issue that needsto be addressed. Just because someone is older doesn't mean they work just as good as someone younger.

The education system suffers from many social issues, but the one that stands out to me most is that real life experiences/lessons aren't taught in the standard educational system. Children/young adults are not taught enough about the world around them thus not preparing them for life outside of school.

I completely agree with this I feel like we are not taught too many real-life situations school is supposed to prepare us for the future and how can we do that if we don't know many basic life skills great article!

Homelessness is another social issue and its caused by lack of affordable housing and accessible jobs. Once one becomes homeless it is very difficult for them to receive help as the government lacks to have adequate funding, or any funding for that matter, to assist in decreasing the numbers of homelessness. Whether that be through more jobs, less experience/starting experience available, higher minimum wage, and more affordable living situations.

I really liked this article it explains a lot of factors that go into how people can become homeless and sometimes not be able to get out of it. I liked how they analyzed many of the subjects as well.

Age is a huge factor when it comes to getting a job in the United States. Although there are laws in place to prevent it, age discrimination still occurs and is a known issue. Those over 50 years old struggle to find a job that would accept them into the workforce as they are seen 'unworkable'. Its studied that those who stay busier at that age have better and improved health and with those that do not develop disabilities earlier on.

In this article, it shows us how wildfires and it's smoke effect the environment and the people around the incident. These fires pollute the air. These fires can cause serious health issues.

Wildfires have seriously hurt our ecosystem and everyone/everything's health in the process. Lots of the fire could be prevented had people not be goofing around with flammables too.

Wildfires are so damaging! I've witnessed the problems its caused up in the northern part of Arizona by Pine and Strawberry, so thankful for the firefighters who risk their lives to stop them.

Homelessness is a problem places all over the world face and continue to face as it grows almost every year. There is no single root cause to homelessness, just multiple factors that can lead to one becoming homeless. The article discusses different causes as well as people who would be affected by it.

Homelessness is sadly a big issue across the world and it's a shame that it has so many causes that affect everyone affected differently. For some, it can even come down to bad luck and that is just crazy to think about.

While the number of COVID 19 case continues to rise, Healthcare workers are succumbing to overwhelming pressure on their shoulders. Many hospitals, clinics, and labs are short-staffed with restricted resources at hand to properly treat patients who have the virus. Often times, this leads to non COVID 19 related issues to be pushed aside due to the conditions and priorities these facilities have enforced. They are experiencing stress, frustration, depression, loneliness, and many other concerns that could impact their performance on the front lines.

Im so grateful for these healthcare worker, I could not begin to imagine the stress they had to go though this past year.

It's amazing the obstacles these health care workers had to face because of the pandemic.

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.

Our lack of funding towards school finding, treating it as an afterthought, is costing our children of a proper education, limiting their potentials. This article will provide the benefits of spending more funding towards our school systems and the ways schools can reform their budget to achieve the best possible results to help schools.

CDC's guide to vaccinations in the workplace, promoting a safe and healthy working environment. Providing tips within a workplace in a community that helps promote positive vaccine outlook to ultimately reduce the spreading of COVID-19.

Yales article on how to do your part in aiding the preservation of biodiversity. 6 easy ways to do you part in helping your planet.

University article on the effects that social media can have on body image and eating disorders. positives being linking some to supportive, body inclusive groups, negatives promoting unattainable body types that may create unhealthy behaviors.

The article describes how Individuals struggling with poverty are at risk and in danger of starvation and sanitation. Poverty has a negative impact on society, children, and violence.

In this entry, it explains the public poverty and more importantly the child poverty. It explains but also adds how they effect the other.

Poverty is a serious issue across the world. Starvation and illness can surge through low income and create a serious health risk for many.

This article describes the various ways that POC are treated differently. This can cause doctors to provide the wrong treatment or no treatment for the minority who don't have access to healthcare.

The fact that we continue to face and see discrimination when it comes to health care is appalling. When dealing with health, health care providers should not be biased on who to help due to their skin color or certain characteristics.

There is no reason why there should still be discrimination in health care, they're saving your life regardless of your color.

Opioids are a very serious pain killer that is killing tons of people. Most opioids contain heroin, morphine, codeine, fentanyl, methadone, tramadol, and other similar substances

I also agree, opioids have cost many people their lives off of addiction. Addiction has become a problem with abuse of the drug.

I totally agree, addiction with opioids is so serious!

We have no freedom of choice in America; it's an illusion

I would have to agree with you here. The government has too much sovereignty over us and we can choose the liberty for ourselves. As Americans we live under the oath of 'freedom' but do we really have it? I don't think so either.

The opioid crisis is bigger than what most people realize. Hundreds of people die daily due to overdosing on opioids, millions affected each year. It all started in the early 90's when everyone said painkillers aren't addictive. Years later everyone finally realized that opioids are indeed very addictive. Opioids need to be prescribed carefully in order to help slowly resolve the issue.

In this article, it shows how this pandemic started. It also informs the readers of what we currently know about the opioid overdose and what we are doing about it.