Social Issues

Philadelphia has the most people in poverty across every major city. According to economy league.org, Philadelphia has a rate of 23.3% of people living in poverty. Poverty has occurred due to being fi…

Criminalizing abortion is dangerous. Abortion should be legal, safe, and easily accessible. Not doing this puts women's rights and health in jeopardy of being violated by the government and others. Wo…

Longstanding inequalities of the African Americans rooted from slavery, segregation and systematic injustice have deep historical roots in the United States. The United States of America began as a sl…

Gender shouldn't be put into black and white boxes of boys and girls when it's much more complex than genitals. In many cultures there has been a third gender for many generations and the third gender…

Shopping for clothes was something we would do a few times a year as a reward or to replace old clothes. However, social media, influencers, and the rise of fast fashion quickly changed that custom. A…

The case of teachers being paid more has been in conversation for many years. There have been many protests and organizations to bring the realization of these teachers' struggles. Some positives can …

Censoring books is brainless. It's understandable that you want to protect the people around you from things that might harm them, but censoring books is not the way to go about it. Books are the most…

Every 15 minutes someone spends deciding between choices, someone else has already chosen to take their own life. Everyone knows about suicide and the basic facts. However, does anyone take time out …

As societies advance, issues of morality begin to enter the forefront of public discourse. Like all social reforms, the animal rights movement has become broader and more extreme over time as it curre…

Many people who support not lowering the drinking age have surely not done enough research. There are data sets, even done in European countries, that prove a lower drinking age is not really a bad th…

ABSTRACT There's no debate that the social, political and economic climate over the course of the last two years has indefinitely shaped our perception and behavior in both the personal and orgazatio…

Abortions have been a hugely controversial topic for years between Science and Religion based information. Which makes abortion a controversial gateway into having two separate arguments from both sid…

The incorporation of religion in the issue of abortion has caused a great rift in the United States. Abortion has become a very controversial topic because religion has writhed its way into the scienc…

Throughout history, and continuing today, language has been manipulated into a device of hurt and ignorance. Strong words develop unsettling ideas while damaging relationships and preventing acceptanc…

Dont lose hope when the sun goes down and the stars come out. Suicide is a problem mostly in teens tat need to be stoped. Even though teen suicide is one of the leading cause of death in teenagers the…

"Only 18% of captive animals are considered endangered, proving that most zoos are not engaged in conserving rare or endangered animals." (Aleksandar Hrubenja) . The study of animals natural behaviors…

Whether your beliefs on gun control are good and bad, you tend to read and believe it more on the most common seen advertisement. It then makes it hard for you to consider facts when you have two stor…

Zoos are an unsuitable environment for wild animals and should, therefore, be abolished. Firstly, zoo animals are kept in a very confined area compared with their vast natural habitat. Secondly, breed…

Why is it that women get paid 85% of what men get paid, when both men and women are working so hard to succeed? There have been arguments upon arguments about females getting paid less than male athl…

Nearly two rangers a week die protecting the sacred wildlife from poachers all across the world. Poachers believe that their wants and needs for these resources are far more important than the lives o…

Jokes is a thing that someone says to cause amusement or laughter especially a story with a funny punchline. Jokes aren't something new it's old. Jokes have effects on the society. Jokes can make rel…

Racial inequality, the bitter, rusty flaw that has been a part of most nations' history, is a controversial practice that ruined many countries such as Sparta, Athens, and Rome. In fact, this rot is a…

Imagine you are a cheetah deprived of having the chance to hunt and run freely. You can only pace back and front in a small enclosure, watching visitors point, stare, and scream at you. How would you …

In the 1960's being a woman, as well as a journalist had it's trials. The constant misogyny, discontempt, and over all distaste society had towards working women was profound. Yet in 1960 Clare Boothe…

The Bill Of Rights and Its amendments have influenced how America has operated culturally and politically since it was founded. However, the most influential part of it is most definitely the first am…

It is no secret that there is a correlation between pop culture and violence. Insinuating pop culture directly causes violence goes hand in hand with saying it has absolutely zero effect on those who …

Imagine having a family member or friend get shot by a crime that turned deadly? In 2021, 115,551 people were shot by everyday citizens with guns. This amounts to 316 people per day. While this stat…

According to the world health organization, "Each year 4.7- 13.2 % of maternal deaths can be attributed to unsafe abortions." This alarming number will increase if abortions become illegal in the Unit…

According to world counts, 566,863 children die per second due to poverty. Many people believe that poor people are poor because they have chosen to be poor. Most rich people say that all poor people …

In all older people homes, there should be fire alarms that connect to their TV's and phones so they can notice them better when they go off. If these fire alarms are installed in older people's homes…