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This article discusses how enethough women are closing in on the income gap between men and women there is still a 25% difference. There are more women in college and receiving degrees now than men yet there is not a change in amount of pay. It is also more likely for women to live in poverty than men.

In this online blog, one may find that there is a gender gap in the workplace. The passage includes how the gender professions are different, why they are different, obstacles for working women.

(AP) WASHINGTON - As the income gap between rich and poor widens, a majority of Americans say the growing divide is bad for the country and believe that wealthy people are paying too little in taxes, according to a new survey.

I liked this article because it shows how if everyone payed the same tax rate increase it would add up to a much larger amount then if we just put the higher tax on the 2 percent of the higher income indivuals. It also shows how much the "rich" pay into taxes and how little much of the mid class pay at all. It was very informational.

Pay rates are broken down in various ways, such as; degree, sex, ethnicity, etc. Reviews the compared earnings by industry as well as country. Examines wage gap theories and research.

When faced with statistics about organ donation and transplants, the gap between donation and need is staggering. Lives are lost every day due to lack of donors, yet every day healthy organs are wasted by not being donated to help save the life of someone else. Although the majority of people accept organ transplantation as a necessary medical intervention, few are lining up to become donors. It's up to us to make a difference.

This article was a perfect example of equally divided opinions of this topic. The doctors say it is damaging causing depression and anxiety later on in life. The doctors are also saying that it will teach your child to react to situations in their lives with the same anger and resentment. On the other hand there are parents that live and breath everyday with their children. There has to be a middle ground for discipline. A great deal of interviewed mothers felt it was a necessary discipline tool while there were maybe a handful that felt it could be damaging. There is one question I am looking to have answered. Why is there such a gap between what doctors say and what parents practice?

We need Planned Parenthood. ObamaCare's expansion of coverage options provides free sexual and reproductive health services, but millions fall in the Medicaid gap in states that didn't expand Medicaid, and millions more have yet to get coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace.