South Carolina State Government law mandates that the Confederate flag be flown on the ground of its state capitol building. Opponents argue that the flag symbolizes a time when racial inequality was acceptable and serves no real purpose. Those in favor say that the flag...
Capital punishment is a government approved practice in which a person is given the death penalty as a punishment for a crime. Capital punishment is a legal penalty currently practiced by 30 states. The United States is the only Western country which approves the death penalty. Capital...
Companies across the United States are progressively addressing gender parity in the boardroom and leadership. In 2016, women held 20.2% of board positions in Fortune 500 companies Many insist that gender bias in the workplace exists. At the same time, there is also a growing concern...
Gender identity is the personal sense of one's gender as male, female, both, or neither. Currently, 28 US states do not explicitly include sexual orientation, and 29 US states do not explicitly include gender identity within anti-discrimination statutes. The proposed US Equality Act prohibits discrimination based...
Civil Rights Act dictates that businesses cannot deny services to people based on race, color, religion or national origin. However, the act does not address whether business owners have the right to refuse service based on their own religious beliefs; therefore, states have been able...
At present Health insurance covers, FDA approved contraceptive methods prescribed by a woman’s doctor for birth control. This generally includes diaphragms, sponges, birth control pills, vaginal rings, implanted devices, like IUDs, emergency contraception, like Plan B and other sterilization procedures. Drugs which induce abortions are...
There is a growing debate over making vaccination a necessary measure to protect children from preventable diseases. Proponents of mandatory vaccinations argue that vaccines are essential to ensure immunity against preventable diseases. Opponents believe that the government should not be able to determine which vaccines...
"A genetically modified organism is engineered by taking genes from one species and inserting into another to gain a desired trait or quality. GMO proponents state their goal is to increase nutritional benefits or productivity. Currently, GMO foods in the United States are not listed differently...
"Nasa received $19.5 billion from Congress for 2018 to focus on space travels and related projects. Those against government funding consider this an extravagant waste of billions of dollars on probes to other planets and moons when there are plenty of projects on Earth, in need...
"Nuclear energy is generated by nuclear reactions and can be used efficiently to produce electricity. In the U.S. there are 98 operating nuclear power reactors in 30 states which fulfill 20% of the country's energy requirements. Proponents claim that nuclear energy is safe and emits fewer...
"Since the past 12 years, interest on federal student loans has ranged between 3.4% to 7.90%, depending on the type of loan. Although student loan rates have fluctuated through the years, rates have been rising since 2016. Those who support increasing taxes for the rich argue...
"There is a growing debate on the use of unmanned drones and Black-ops to facilitate the assassination of suspected terrorists on foreign soil. Though strict guidelines are governing the use of such measures; there have been many instances when civilian lives were lost during such...
"Mass incarnation in the past resulted in a prison boom, and currently, most of the federal prisons are overcrowded. Prisons lack essential amenities and prisoners instead of getting rehabilitated are getting more inclined to commit grave crimes. Those in favor of early release suggest that when...
"Federal law authorizes prosecutors to attempt the death penalty only for distinct crimes — usually involving murder. A drug dealer can be sentenced to death for operating criminal enterprises that either involve large quantities of drugs or murdering someone while committing a drug crime. The United...
"Juvenile solitary confinement has been criticized heavily because of the deep psychological damage to the teenagers who must endure it. Doctors have categorized it as a form of child abuse. In January 2016, President Obama issued an executive order banning federal prisons from using solitary confinement...
"Felony disenfranchisement is the exclusion from voting of citizens otherwise eligible to vote due to a conviction of a criminal offense. The 14th amendment of the United States prevents citizens from voting who have participated in a “resistance, or other crime” but leaves states to...
"Police body cameras are small cameras, attached to an officer's body, with audio-visual recording functionalities along with internal data storage to save footage for investigation. In response to multiple high-profile shooting of unarmed minorities by police officers, President Obama pledged to fund a nationwide program to...
"America continues to be a staunch ally to Israel. The United States sends billions of dollars, about $3 billion per year and hi-tech weaponry in aid to Israel and also backs Israel diplomatically. Those in favor of this support argue that Israel is a stable democracy...
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