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This is an article about Freedom of Press and the battles reporters are experiencing with police officers in New York. Many reporters are fighting to use their right, but many officers are still preventing them and in some cases hurting reporters to do so.

This article has given two individuals to present their arguments for and against the Healthcare Insurance Law. Karen Davenport presents her arguments supporting the health care law and the individual mandate; Michael Cannon presents his arguments particularly against the individual mandate and the claim that the mandate will lower costs of medical care.

This article talks about how marijuana has increased by teenagers and talks about passing the law would help regulate the use of marijuana. Talks about some states that already have legalization and how they dont have as many habitual abusers.

This article talks about medical marijuana an how it helps with cancer patients. It talks about how kids on the street are able to get it no matter if it is legal or not so why not make it legal.

In this article, the author explain how if legalizing marijuana or cannabis, you benefit those with medical needs. Not only that, but it will allow the government to better controls it from the youth. Also proposes that it is better than other things the youth tries out, like alcohol, and cocaine.

This article introduces the Occupy Phoenix movement as part of the Occupy Wall Street movement. The occupiers are standing up against corporate greed and politics. They consider themselves to be within the "lower ninety nine percent" of the population. They are partaking in nonviolent protest.

Parkour is a new "sport" that is taking over many colleges and is becoming very popular on the streets. Parkour consist of fast movement through the body and can include jumping off buildings jumping over street signs and much more. This article talks about whether or not this so called sport should be allowed and some states have already banned it.

An article by the Wall Street Journal on how social media can and has effected peoples abilities to get jobs.

Psychologically it is said that we have many social scripts, in other words we do not act the same exact way around our parents as we do our boss or our friends. Companies that use social media are attempting to view how you live your life outside of work, how you act out that social script. But why should that matter? Regardless if you put pictures of Saturday night drinking it does not mean that this who you are in the office, they are two completely different script and for the general population they are unrelated.

I think employers should look at social media networks, people should always present themselves in a professional look, because there behaviors affect the company, on the clock or off

There are an overwhelmingly amount of gay activists, and many support a new bill in Paris that could legalize gay marriage. Gay marriage and its legalization is not just a controversial topic in the United States.

when does punishing your child go to far? This is an article about a parent humiliating and shamming her son publicly. The first one by Jessica Samakow talks about a young man who was failing and the mother puts him out in public announcing his GPA and asking if he needs education. That is just down right embarrassing. Then when you though the mother could not go any further she did. She made her son stand on the street again but this time with his grades posted. There is punishing and then there is just abuse and humiliation that no person deserves.

SOPA and PIPA appear to have been very, very good for K Street. Companies that lobbied on the two bills spent at least $104.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2011, more than double the $49.3 million they laid out in the previous quarter, according to research by the Center for Responsive Politics.

COYOTE's position on prostitution is that it should be decriminalized rather than legalized, for all private, consenting adult commercial sex. Any public activity (such as solicitation) can be regulated as other public activities are, and thus the concern over prostitution in one's neighborhood on the street is not a factor in decriminalization.

High-tech surveillance networks are providing police and government with the ability to monitor streets, parks and businesses like never before. Police in Sandy have such a system and call it a deterrent to crime. Still, others say it's an invasion of privacy.

At least 700 people were arrested protesting against corporate greed, and social inequalities in New York. Protestors were arrested for disrupting traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge. Protesters were asked by police to stay off the roadway and on the sidewalk, some did and the ones that didn't were arrested.

This article is about families surviving on unemployment. President Obama signed a bill restoring unemployment benefits to over 2.5 million jobless Americans. The national unemployment level dropped slightly. The Wall Street Journal tells Americans that they should have 3 months salary saved up.

The Arizona HOA is now losing more rights over home owners. They can not ban political, real-estate signs, flagpoles and parking on public streets. Governor Jan Brewer signed six bills.

Spitting in public places is disgusting, many Americans agree. Although it is a bodily function and is sometimes necessary, it should be banned in ALL inside public places, and banned also in places like on a sidewalk, or in the parkinglot. Unwanted germs can spread on someones' shoe and get in to their car.

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?

This article brings up a good point, should we allow an act of terrorism to force us to give up our own rights. If someone points a gun at someone on the street their first instinct is to protect themselves, so they will do anything. They will give up their hard earned money, their possessions, even their dignity by begging for mercy.

Unchecked greed and financial insanity on Wall Street crashed our economy. Much of that insanity was legal -- bankers lobbied hard for weak regulations, and got what they paid for. But much of that craziness was outright illegal, and in recent months, a number of shocking scams have come to light that could result in huge fines for banks or even put bankers behind bars.

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.