Current Issues Essays and Term Papers

has become a great amazement to me that many countries are suffering because of the jobs that America supplies for them. Before I began learning about global stratification, I often thought highly of America and the sense that we supplied jobs for…

war is "Hell", there are some who believe that war has positive impacts, especially when it comes to the economy. One of the most enduring myths is that wars can be economic saviors (Moffatt, 2003). So, maybe the better question would be, "Is war good…

combat in Iraq is over. That was the first task in the war now that it is somewhat over the next task is that we have to rebuild Iraq. But how are we going to rebuild Iraq? That is one of many questions that are yet to be solved. President Bush says…

problem throughout the United States for several years now. Los Angeles, perhaps the area most troubled by gang violence in the country, is once again in the news. On September 17, 1995, 3-year-old Stephanie Kuhen was with her younger brother, 2-year…

buildings that have sprung up across the country. He describes their interiors as sophisticated and spectacular, with glass atria, glazed barrel-vaults, polished steel, mirrored walls and marble floors. They often have "drawbridges" spanning the central…

discussed from very different viewpoints. Some people argue that immigration has nothing but huge costs. Expenses like ESL (English as a Second Language) costs, the increase in crime associated with foreign criminality and the insecurity after September…

Agreement of the Americas (FTAA) is a trade agreement currently in the process of being negotiated between every country in the Americas, except Cuba. It is essentially an expansion of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to encompass the…

a sudden increase of nightclub disasters, all of the trauma finally reached a climax when 97 people lost their lives in a mid-concert blaze. The West Warwick, Rhode Island nightclub's fire is now being dubbed one the deadliest fires in U.S. history.…

horrible. Date rape is also a real problem, but not everyone agrees date rape is horrible. Some people do not even believe that date rape exists. I have real statistics to show you. I want to show you the difference between stranger rape and date…

and discussed racism, sexism, homophobia and many other forms of bigotry, but one thing we have left out of the discussion is the poor. Why are the poor getting poorer while the rich are getting richer? This appears to be a fundamental problem in America…