240 results found, view free essays on page:
-
U S Census Bureau Unintended Pregnancies
1,507 words
On June 7, 1965, the U. S. Supreme Court, in
Griswold v. Connecticut, struck down state laws
that had made the use of birth control by married
couples illegal. The court's landmark decision -
coming five years after oral contraceptives became
available to American women and 49 years after
Margaret Sanger opened the first birth control
clinic in the U. S. - legalized the use of birth
control and paved the way for the nearly unanimous
acceptance of contraception that now exists in
this country. Th...
Free research essays on topics related to: married couples, unintended pregnancy, teenage pregnancy, unintended pregnancies, u s census bureau
-
Special Interest Groups John Mccain
1,089 words
... nother $ 100, 000 every fourth year, and $ 25,
000 in the years between. Benefits of this club
include attending national and regional meetings
with Republican leaders and an invitation to the
party's annual ball (Manhood 82). Basically, those
who contribute large sums of money to the
political parties are given a chance to lobby for
their own interests. Unfortunately, those
interests rarely serve to benefit the average
taxpayer... With another campaign season on the
horizon, the issue of sp...
Free research essays on topics related to: large corporations, class citizens, special interest groups, john mccain, political parties
-
Low Income Families Public School System
1,376 words
The debate over whether or not the United States
government should grant tuition vouchers to the
parents of children who attend private schools has
gone on for many years, and has included many
powerful arguments on both sides of the issue.
Those who support the private school vouchers
believe that they are beneficial to everyone
because they promote productivity in both public
and private schools alike, and they also give
low-income families the chance to give their
children a quality private s...
Free research essays on topics related to: separation of church and state, public schools, private schools, public school system, low income families
-
The National Geographic Society
901 words
Its right here, was the old guards response when I
asked him where I could find the National
Geographic Society. Immediately upon entering the
gates of the Shura Council Compound, I found a
plaque on one of the two buildings indicating it
to be the National Geographic Society. I entered
the Society and began to analyze all of its
aspects to determine whether or not the museum is
achieving its purpose of improving the study of
geography in Egypt. The National Geographic
Society is not fully achie...
Free research essays on topics related to: museum, national geographic society, visitors, geography, items
-
Analysis Of The 2004 Democratic Primaries
1,261 words
The primaries are a set of elections in our
country that determine the two candidates for the
presidential election. Each state holds its own
elections for the registered voters, and the
candidates from each party are selected. Some
states have different primary elections whether
they are open or closed. These two terms apply to
what kind of voter participation is allowed.
Closed primaries allow registered party voters to
participate in that partys election whereas the
open ones allow any regist...
Free research essays on topics related to: candidates, kerry, voters, john kerry, target
-
Friends And Family Advantages And Disadvantages
1,703 words
It is known that different factors should be taken
into consideration while start a new business
project. Your success will depend on your fortune,
hard work. But you will not reach any success
without business knowledge. Starting up a new
business, one should make an environmental
analysis. It includes political, legal, economic,
socio-cultural and technological aspects. It is a
type of external business environment. Usually for
short it is called PEST. All components of the
analysis interplay ...
Free research essays on topics related to: amounts of money, cash inflows, advantages and disadvantages, cash flow, friends and family
-
Case Study Of Ontario Government Employment
2,440 words
Case Study of Ontario Government Employment
Nowadays many governments and trade unions in
different countries draw attention to the problems
of sexual minorities. Among them are Ontario
government and the Ontario Public service
Employees Union (OPSEU). Since 1969 many changes
have been taken in the state of lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality rights
across Canada. Many provinces and territories
including Quebec and Ontario in Canada added
sexual orientation to their Human Righ...
Free research essays on topics related to: human rights, rights commission, social justice, sexual orientation, gender identity
-
Helen Hunt Jackson Indian Tribes
2,278 words
... of this board included encouraging the Indians
to independently strive for their rights, ensuring
that the Indians had access to lawyers,
ascertaining that the money allocated for the
benefit of Indians was used for that purpose only.
Several smaller organizations were affiliated to
the Board and generated funds for the board by
arranging events and memberships. By 1924, Indians
made up the bulk of the auxiliary organizations
and these organizations had close to 11, 000
members. However, the...
Free research essays on topics related to: southern california, indian tribes, helen hunt jackson, american indians, indian affairs
-
Send Their Children Private Schools
623 words
In his development of the conflict theory Karl
Marx concluded that in order to explain human
history one must study the conflicts between
groups in society. The basic names for these two
groups are the bourgeoisie, which is comprised of
the group in power and the proletariat, the
oppressed people. Recently the United States
Senate rejected a bill establishing a school
voucher program. From a functionalist s point of
view the good and the bad weigh equally. The
manifest functions are numerous. Fi...
Free research essays on topics related to: private schools, vouchers, send their children, public schools, funding
-
People With Aids Spread Of Aids
1,245 words
How has AIDS affected our Society? Today more
Americans are infected with STDs than at any other
time in history. The most serious of these
diseases is AIDS. Since the first cases were
identified in the United States in 1981, AIDS has
touched the lives of millions of American
families. This deadly disease is unlike any other
in modern history. Changes in social behavior can
be directly linked to AIDS. Its overall effect on
society has been dramatic. It is unknown whether
AIDS and HIV existed and...
Free research essays on topics related to: people with aids, spread of aids, break the law, hiv infected, needle exchange
-
Savage Inequalities Racial Tensions
1,925 words
Society is constructed into a hierarchy of social
classes; poverty is what separates the social
classes apart. The elite rich are at the top of
this hierarchy, at the center are the
middle-income families, and at the bottom are the
low-income families and homeless. Traditionally
the rich exploit the poor for more money while the
poor become even more destitute. In the United
States, the minorities are typically in the poor
low-income level. The essays, ? Savage
Inequalities, ? ? Positive Functio...
Free research essays on topics related to: savage inequalities, racial tensions, racial violence, peer groups, undeserving poor
-
Genetically Modified Foods Human Genome Project
840 words
Public Funding For Genetic
Engineering/Biotechnology Research Essay, Public
Funding For Genetic Engineering/Biotechnology
Research Science is a part of our everyday life,
from the clothes on our backs to the food that we
eat. It is science that has allowed for our
advances in production, transportation, farming
and even entertainment. Never in our history
however has science effected our lives as genetic
engineering will and undoubtedly already does. We
stand on the threshold of an era where the...
Free research essays on topics related to: ed pp, human genome project, genetic engineering, genetically modified foods, genetic disorders
-
Property Taxes York State
900 words
Although schools in New York State are considered
the best in the country to get an education in,
there are still things that need to be reformed in
these schools. Most students, at some point in
their school career don t feel completely
satisfied with their education quality and
learning experience. In New York, particularly in
my hometown high school in Jamestown, students
feel that there are too many students in the
classes, and not enough hands on work. I know from
experience that classes ca...
Free research essays on topics related to: funding, financially, property taxes, equipment, york state
-
Counter Narcotics Efforts Expanded Academic Asap
3,405 words
Since the introduction of narcotics in the United
States, American society has felt the effects of
drug use in all aspects of daily living. As drug
use heightened to new levels in the 1980 s the
Bush Administration chose to declare a war on
drugs. Never before in our history had crime been
combated with war. This war led to the
militarization of the United States tactics for
overcoming illegal drug use in the U. S. Instead
of choosing to combat drug use by putting greater
effort into reducing de...
Free research essays on topics related to: counter narcotics efforts, paramilitary forces, expanded academic asap, latin american nations, human rights violations
-
U S Bureau Welfare Reform
2,907 words
Welfare Reform Welfare Reform Welfare Reform
Introduction In August 1996, the Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation
Act (PRWORA) passed. This legislation ended the
Family Aid with Dependent Children (AFDC) and
replaced it with Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families (TANF). Unlike AFDC, TANF is not an
entitlement program. This means that states are
under no obligation to provide cash assistance to
eligible families. Instead the federal government
gives block grants to assis...
Free research essays on topics related to: welfare reform, u s bureau, welfare recipients, welfare mothers, parent households
-
U S Census Bureau Depo Provera
3,001 words
Griswold v. Connecticut On June 7, 1965, the U. S.
Supreme Court, in Griswold v. Connecticut, struck
down state laws that had made the use of birth
control by married couples illegal. The courts
landmark decision coming five years after oral
contraceptives became available to American women
and 49 years after Margaret Sanger opened the
first birth control clinic in the U. S. legalized
the use of birth control and paved the way for the
nearly unanimous acceptance of contraception that
now exists ...
Free research essays on topics related to: teenage pregnancy, u s census bureau, unintended pregnancies, depo provera, unintended pregnancy
-
George W Bush Health Care Reform
1,912 words
Due Health Care Reform 9: 15 Due to the upcoming
presidential election, the two major political
parties, and their candidates, have been focusing
on the primary problems that the nation will face.
Chief among those problems is the future of
Medicare, the national health-insurance plan.
Medicare was enacted in 1965, under the
administration of Lyndon B. Johnson, in order to
provide health insurance for retired citizens and
the disabled (Ryan). The Medicare program covers
most people aged 65 or ol...
Free research essays on topics related to: george w bush, medicare program, payroll taxes, health care reform, budget surplus
-
People With Aids Spread Of Aids
1,244 words
Today more Americans are infected with STDs than
at any other time in history. The most serious of
these diseases is AIDS. Since the first cases were
identified in the United States in 1981, AIDS has
touched the lives of millions of American
families. This deadly disease is unlike any other
in modern history. Changes in social behavior can
be directly linked to AIDS. Its overall effect on
society has been dramatic. It is unknown whether
AIDS and HIV existed and killed in the U. S. and
North Amer...
Free research essays on topics related to: spread of aids, break the law, needle exchange, hiv infected, people with aids
-
Federal Money Federal Funding
640 words
Revenue Sharing Between The States And The Revenue
Sharing Between The States And The Federal
Government Federal grants have become more common
over the last 60 years, due to the expansion and
retraction of the size of the federal government.
The federal government began expanding in the 1930
s to deal with the Depression. It used federal
agencies to directly deal with problems. As time
went on, the tasks were turned over to the states,
but the federal government still remained involved
through ...
Free research essays on topics related to: government programs, sharing, federal funding, federal government, federal money
-
Amount Of Money Thousand Dollars
790 words
Social Stakeholder Society Stakeholder Society
Social equality has long been a dream of many
Americans. It would be wonderful to live in a
society where everyone had equal or nearly equal
opportunities, but the United States will never be
the land of equal opportunity because it is just
not going to happen because we have been socially
stratified for too long to ever be equal. However,
as Ackerman and Alstott propose in The Stakeholder
Society, we may be able to offer Americans an
equal monetary...
Free research essays on topics related to: one quarter, percent tax, amount of money, thousand dollars, social equality
240 results found, view free essays on page: