- Obamacare is still in its early stages and we have yet to see what it will do the job market in the long haul. The White House has pushed back the employer mandate that requires the employers that have 50-99 employees that care working full time to provide heath care coverage to them or have to pay a $2000 penalty. This could cause small businesses that make up a lot of the new jobs to hire less employees as the mandate goes in to play.

- The ACA allows employers to provide their workers with healthcare benefits. As a part time employee to be eligible for the benefits, they must work less than 30 hours a week, and work more than 120 day in one year. How ever by lay only full time employees are to be given benefits by law. Because of this many companies choose to hire more part time workers so they do not have to provide benefits.

This website gives information on the current situation with minimum wage in the US. It gives insight on those that work in these minimum wage positions and who would benefit from a nationwide raise in the federal minimum wage. This website also give its readers information on the demographics of those in these minimum wage jobs.

This article highlights the growing cost of a college degree. The author sheds light on the issues surrounding the cost of a college degree such as inflation and the need to take out loans in order to afford a bachelors degree.

This web article talks about different examples of religious intolerance that is regularly seen in the US. It lists religions from Islam to the Native Americans. Examples such as the post 9/11 paranoia regarding those of Islamic faith, to the hate Jewish americans face with anti-Semitic groups.

This web article talks about issues regarding the second amendment of the US constitution, the right to bear arms. The author talks about how the gun debate has become a hot button topic of argument in the political elections. This makes sense with the growing rate of gun related murders in the past few years. It also references a recent lift on gun bans in Chicago, IL.

This web article goes over numerous ways that we can protect ourselves online. The site gives examples such as encryption and using the growing popular cloud services that many products now offer as a way to protect our personal information. Along with those examples, the website lists 8 additional protection examples along with links to services that can help with internet security.