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The Common Core standard were brought about by the Obama Administration. The purpose of Common Core is to clearly define what student should be knowing in each grade level and eliminate the unevenness of former state standards. A majority of states have adopted the standard while there are few states who have decided that their current state standards are preferable. The article also goes over the reasons why we have come to this point, and how to move forward.

Here's a great article written about the Dream Act, which allows young adults, that are immigrants, a chance to obtain a work authorization in order to stay in the United States. The reason this act was put into place was to speak out for those children who came into our countries with their parents and are considered illegal immigrants. These young adults are now dealing with the hardships of living in the U.S. illegally because they were not given a chance to decide on whether or not they wanted to live in this country.

Due to the heighted security on the border patrol, there has been numerous amounts of innocent people killed. Due to the tension, patrol officers are shooting and killing people who aren't trying to come over to the United States.

This makes me sad. Was it really necessary for that boy to be shot so many times? I understand that border patrol officers have an important job to do and they have the right to defend themselves when rocks are being thrown at them, but to shoot someone 11 times? According to the article the boy was shot 7 times in the back, more than likely while attempting to flee. I do not understand why a man who has his hands restrained behind his back would need to be tazered. These actions are not reasonable or necessary.

Hunting allows individuals bring dinner to their table, helps keep the population at a reasonable number so the environment is not over ran. Hunting also bring s in a large profit for the wild land service.

Argues for a person's right to hunt animals. Uses several examples of how hunting generates revenue to keep national forests and protect nature.

This website pretty much goes straight to the heart about where and why the cost of tuition is 2-3% higher than inflation. The other good reason I didn't realize is that univerisites are striving to be the best so they will spend more money which we end up paying for.

This article states what complications Hispanic people face right now here in Arizona with police. The law states that a cop is allowed to arrest someone, granted they follow certain steps, if they have reasonable suspicion. Many people find that it borders racism and aren't comfortable with the new law.

This article disscusses the allowed amount of dogs a household can own in particular cities. It states that is rural areas you can have as many dogs as you want like owning a business. The reason for a limit per household is to limit noise, odors, and conditions that may harm the dog.

This site goes on about which states fund abortions through medicare and for whether they fund them in case of rape or for other reasons.

This article looks at the gun control laws in other countries and the reasons why they developed those laws. IN 2012 the death of 20 children at a school in Newtown Connecticut caused an upraise in the debate on whether we should have a more strict gun control law or not. President Obama tried getting semi-automatics and military style weapons banned and having a more strict background check was defeated in the senate in 2013. Since the mass shootings in 2015 Obama is trying to rekindle the bill.

Author D B Kopel argues that gun control in countries like Great Britain, Australia, Switzerland, Japan, New Zealand, Canada, and Jamaica is not the reason for their low crime rate. In fact he states that their gun control law is the cause for more burglaries and that gun registration has been proven in these countries to be valueless in solving or preventing crimes.

In April, the Senate rejected the Toomey-Manchin gun control proposal. In the wake of its defeat many wonder why give this a chance to be passed. Trying to make every gun legal to buy wont be easy to do. Creating the right to purchase a firearm no short cuts. Make it difficult for people who do not have license to sell them on the streets.

congress voted another time to take away funds to planned parenthood. Reimbursing members and abortion included in the plan are big reasons why.

Planned Parenthood is once again being voted on whether to stay funded or to be defunded. The house of reps is expected to pass a bill that will about 450 million out of planned parenthood. The Govt. has not funded the abortion side of planned parenthood since 1976, so some Democrats criticize them.