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A deadly mall shooting on Saturday was a grim reminder that gun violence in America continues unabated.--3 people were found dead including the suspected shooter. Three weeks into 2014 and there was already eight school shootings.

Yes, it happens here too. Girls as young as 9 are forced into becoming prostitutes in America. This is the vivid story of how a young girl was manipulated, and now how she is a team member of a group Polaris Project; helpings young girls like she once was get out of a bad situation.

The Pope spoke to American bishops recently about the topic of religious freedom in America. It was described as "eroding" and the bishops are allegedly feeling the heat of openness to gay marriages among other things. The only "religion" I noticed the Pope mentioning concern for, however, was Christianity.

this article discusses the intro to food waste and says that people should care more about food waste because of the food prices inflating. Also it talks about how the government should issue some goals to reduce food waste in America.

America has plenty of food in the country to feed all of its people. The amount of food that gets wasted each year is taking away from families in need that could use that food to survive.

This Website "Feeding America" fights hunger by advocating food prevention. This site goes over tragic facts and stories of people that didn't have anything to eat. they also give links in ways that you can help.

This is a good article on why America should have a military draft. It talks about how if we had a military draft you wouldn't just see poor people joining to fight wars as a means of income. Everyone would have to fight, rich, or poor. It also reduce the amount of wars if all families rich and poor had the chance of loosing their children. Then we might rethink these wars. It gives a number of other good reasons our country should have a draft too.

The writer of this article believes America has a gun problem based on these statistics. They are starting to issue background checks when purchasing firearms to hopefully stop people who have bad intentions. It also talks about how much money guns are costing u.s. taxpayers based on the medical bills, etc. that follow guns when they are purchased by the wrong people.

An Article discussing the states that have the most freedom in the United States. Also states which state has the lesser of freedom in the United States.

The famous reality TV show 'Sister Wives' is using their show to not only educate America about their religious lifestyle, but to help fight to let it be legal once again. Polygamy was outlawed in the 1890s, but it is still practiced today by many Mormon families. The religious practice has to be carefully done in secret for the fear of being convicted. The author states that Mormons just want to freely practice their faith and be left alone about it without legal consequences.

I watched the first season of Sister Wives on Netflix, and, without voicing my personal opinions on the subject, I was really surprised that people are still practicing polygamy.

very few wars in America have been cause by religious views. Atheists believe the cause of most wars is religion.

I am not an antheist but wonder if most of our wars are not caused by religious differences.

This is one of the current debating issues in America today. This article covers rifles and the possible out-law of hand guns. There are also different regulations as each individual state as opposed to federal laws.

Summaries of books that have been banned at some point, somewhere in the USA and how they affected the cultural landscape of America

This article talks about the people across America who are upset with The Arizona Immigration law. Everyone came from a different country. We are all Immigrants.

Lena and lets call the other women Katya were looking forward to come to the united states and start college adn become fluent engish speakers. THey were shocked when the two men who picked them up changed the plans and made them beome strippers and sex slaves for them for an entire year. Luckily they confinded with an owner at where they stripped, they helped them escape and got the FBI and ICE involved.

"It's Personal," published in October of 2010, thinks that limited government can ensure the safety of personal freedoms in America and solve many of our economic problems. Author Pat Toomey describes taxes and health care initiatives, amongst others, as being directly linked to the loss of freedoms to establish a free enterprise system that works.

This article speaks of a post 9/11 America that walks a fine line of social profiling in the name of stopping terrorist acts. It speaks of both the injustice of many Japanese-Americans during WWII in the past and the challenges of keeping America safe from terrorism in the present without making the same mistakes of racial inequality.

Should racial profiling be illegal and the alternatives that could be affective like ID cards

In this article, a man named Mark Aguilera is expressing his views on the law that was passed here in Arizona about making immigrant carry identification to show that they are legal to be in America. He makes a good point in comparing it to when Jewish people had to wear a yellow star of David so that they could be identified as Jews. he also states that if this continues the it will soon be out of control and made into a America law.

Several states are considering passing laws like a bill that was recently passed in Tennessee outlawing parts of Islamic Shariah law. Shariah law is an Islamic way of settling disputes while taking religious tenets into account. Supporters of the bill feel that allowing the practice of Shariah law within the United States will denigrate the Judeo-Christian foundation of the U.S., however protesters argue that creating such laws will erode the very foundation of American democracy and freedom of religion.

In an attempt to preserve all that they believe is great about a free and just America, Arizona has opened US culture to two words that previously were the exclusive province of Nazi Germany and the communist bloc: "Papers, please."

I defiantly disagree with both of these laws. I don't think it is right that a cop can pull someone over just to make sure they are legal. I also think in order to be allowed to handle a gun people should go through safety classes.

I think there should be a little more added to both these laws. If you want to search someone regardless of race, gender, religion or whatever you should need probable cause. Also I think if you are going to handle any type of weapon you should have some background with weapons handling; maybe off free weapons safety classes at public ranges?

The site is a ministry run by society of St. Andrew which operate programs to salvage any food. The website also goes over facts and statistics of food waste.