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In the article “The Dangerous Loophole in Our Vaccine Legislation”, Pritchard argues the dangers of not vaccinating our children. In 2015, Protestors stopped a bill that would have ended the state’s religious exemption policy for school vaccinations, which was unfortunate (Pritchard, par. 1). In 2017, there have been 120 people diagnosed with measles, most being…

There has been a lot of changes in the society with the development in the digital sector in the past few decades. We have been introduced to different types of technological advancement and different types of devices that can be used in daily life which has reshaped our society and our values and norms. In…

Poverty in America has changed from the time of Reconstruction to the 1930s and is ever changing in American society. There was a shift in wealth from the South to the North during Reconstruction, followed by an almost destitute country around the time of the First World War. Then, even after the economic boom in…

The 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird is an adaptation of Harper Lee’s novel of the same name. Lee, as a character, mirrors Scout in a traditional bildungsroman story, enabling the examination of racism and social injustice through the viewpoint of a young girl who directly encounters these problems from her own unique vantage point….

            Dictatorship is an act of forcing your will against the will of others and this can either be official or unofficial.  In other cases, there might pressure from the military without there having direct involvement but most forms of dictatorships result after the ruling government is overthrown.  Whether directly or not, Muammar Al Gaddafi…

“The Columbine shooters were influenced by violent video games, which may have played a role in their decision to brutally murder fellow students!” Society tends to oversimplify and unfairly place blame on individuals in unfamiliar situations. Psychologists have extensively explored the impact of video games on young minds since their emergence. Despite ongoing debates and…

“Going to Africa. Hope I don’t get AIDS. Just kidding. I’m white.” (@JustineSacco) This is the 12-word tweet that 30-year-old senior communications executive, Justine Sacco, sent to her 174 Twitter followers before boarding her flight to Cape Town, Africa in December, 2013. Shortly after sending it, she boarded the plane, shut off her phone, and…

When you just finished your graduation ceremony and wave goodbye to your classmates and teachers, you are about to step into the society and start the next stage of your life. Maybe you want a friendly and hopeful work environment where people are respected and treated equally. But the reality is that this bright future…

Race appears very “natural” because it is normal to want to classify certain people into different groups to make it easier for us to understand. However, our skin color was the reason that protected us from the environment. So basically, we are all the same and we should not be put into certain categories of…

Through advertisements, gender roles have stayed prevalent and have portrayed the notion that “women” are inferior to men. An example would be the portrayal of women in media and in certain cultures where there are restraints on women. Included in this is the aspect of society where women are objectified to the point where they…