In Venezuela, the economy is not as wealthy as other places. In fact, many parents flee Venezuela in search...
Is it worth giving Americans $1,000?
, , , Call to Action, Community, Coronavirus, Debt, Homelessness, Housing, Media, Minimum Wage, No Poverty (Economy), Pitching, Politics, Showcase, Spring 2020, 1
The US is debating on giving people $1,000 to help them support their family and to get bills and...
Aging population in society
, , , Career & Job Readiness, Fall 2019, No Poverty (Economy), Partnerships for the Goals, Showcase, 1
According to Pat Conroy, “Every industry is going to be affected (by the aging population). This creates tremendous opportunities...
A problem no one is solving
, , , Clean Water and Sanitation, Environment, Fall 2019, Life Below Water, No Poverty (Economy), Partnerships for the Goals, Responsible Consumption and Production, Showcase, Sustainable Cities and Communities, 3
It seems like we are all aware that plastic consumption is at all time highs. Even if you specifically...
China’s Big Secret
, , , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Crime, Dystopia, Fall 2019, Good Health and Well-Being, History, Immigration, Incarceration, No Poverty (Economy), Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Police, Politics, Prison, Privacy, Protest, Quality Education, Reduced Inequalities, Refugees, Religion, Rights, Showcase, Slavery, Terrorism, Violence, War, 1
For a while now, I’ve always noticed that countries with totalitarian Governments like the Soviet Union and North Korea,...
Let’s start by saying you need money your entire life and especially for emergencies. A good way to start...
The Bilderberg Meeting: The Most Important Event You’ve Never Heard Of…
, , , Environment & World, Fall 2019, No Poverty (Economy), Partnerships for the Goals, Politics, Showcase, This I Believe, 1
What if I were to tell you that once a year approximately 130 of the world’s most powerful politicians,...
Will You Vote Now?
, , , American Dream, Call to Action, Constitution, Fall 2019, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Media, No Poverty (Economy), Partnerships for the Goals, Quality Education, Raise Your Voice, Rights, Showcase, Surveys, Technology, This is America, Voting, Youth Activism, 0
A huge debate within the last couple of years is how can we get everyone to use their privilege...
What’s the deal with Airplane Safety?
, , , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Community, Fall 2019, Media, No Poverty (Economy), Showcase, Violence, 3
A fear of flying is not unusual, in fact it’s so common, there’s a name for it. It’s called...
Poverty and the Blight
, , , Clean Water and Sanitation, Fall 2019, No Poverty (Economy), Responsible Consumption and Production, Showcase, 0
Poverty is a major problem around the world. The issues of hunger and poverty are struggles that almost every...
How does Literacy affect people’s lives?
, , , Call to Action, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Fall 2019, No Poverty (Economy), Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Responsible Consumption and Production, Showcase, 0
The book Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich takes you into the everyday life of lower income families and...
Why are the Impoverished Judged?
, , , American Creed, Clean Water and Sanitation, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Fall 2019, No Poverty (Economy), Responsible Consumption and Production, Showcase, Social Class, 1
Poverty can be defined as “the state of one who lacks a usual or socially acceptable amount of money...
The Conflict of Trade War
, , , Fall 2019, No Poverty (Economy), Partnerships for the Goals, Responsible Consumption and Production, Showcase, 2
Recently, 28 China entities were put in American blacklists. American companies are not allow to provide products for them...
Opposing Viewpoint: Regulation v. Deregulation of the Financial sector
, , , Debt, Fall 2019, No Poverty (Economy), Partnerships for the Goals, Showcase, 0
Pro Regulation of Financial Sectors Claim: Neutral Evidence: Cited Sources This source discusses that financial regulation is both good...
How can college become more affordable?
, , , Decent Work and Economic Growth, Fall 2019, No Poverty (Economy), Quality Education, Showcase, 0
College affordability has always been an important and highly debated issue. With student loans climbing to an extreme level...
Should the Minimum Wage Increase to $15 an hour?
, , , Argument, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Fall 2019, No Poverty (Economy), Partnerships for the Goals, Showcase, 3
In a Washington Post opinion piece, Helaine Olen argues that It’s long past time to raise the minimum wage....
Immigration Impacts American Values.
, , , Decent Work and Economic Growth, Fall 2019, No Poverty (Economy), Partnerships for the Goals, Peer Interview, Refugees, Rights, Showcase, This is America, 1
America is one of the most diverse countries in the world and you cannot say that is has one...
Is Money Over Valued?
, , , Fall 2019, No Poverty (Economy), Reduced Inequalities, Responsible Consumption and Production, Showcase, 2
What do Americans value the most? Money, of course. They still value their rights and their freedom but money...
Print Is Dying, And No One Can Heal It.
, , , Art, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Community, Fall 2019, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, No Poverty (Economy), Showcase, Summer 2019, Technology, 6
Since 1882, The Panolian Newspaper (located in Batesville, Mississippi) has been delivering news all across Panola County. It...
Family and Fentanyl: How the ongoing opioid crisis is affecting the Deep South
, , , Art, Drugs, Fall 2019, Family, Good Health and Well-Being, No Poverty (Economy), Showcase, Summer 2019, This is America, Writing & Communication, 2
Factory work, Friday night lights and fentanyl: all three have become daily life in this Mississippi town. It’s...
Reflection: POP Project
, , , No Poverty (Economy), Showcase, Social Class, Social Media, Spring 2019, 0
Hi! My name is Ashley and I am a student at BSGE. I worked with Lina and Lidia on...
This February, I was given to project by my technology teacher to digitally advocate for something I wanted to...
Our Progress and Results
, , , Homelessness, No Poverty (Economy), Raise Your Voice, Showcase, Spring 2019, Sustainable Cities and Communities, 0
My group’s overall goal in this project for homelessness is to spread awareness through our blogs, social media, petition,...
My questions on “Changes” by Tupac Shakur
, , , No Poverty (Economy), Poetry, Race Relations, Showcase, Spring 2019, 2
My main question for this poem is Do you believe that it’s possible to change poverty and racism? .The...
As the weeks have progressed I created an informative video based on the myths vs realities about poverty. The...
fracking is very harmful to the animals and we should try very hard to change that. in this video,...
NYC and Poverty
, , , Homelessness, No Poverty (Economy), Showcase, Spring 2019, Sustainable Cities and Communities, 0
My blog takes a look at poverty in New York City, especially in the least popular boroughs, and the...
From “Rags To Riches”
, , , Homelessness, No Poverty (Economy), Responsible Consumption and Production, Showcase, Spring 2019, Sustainable Cities and Communities, 0
Everyday thousands of NYC citizens plunge into homelessness. There are many reasons people become homeless and yet there aren’t...
My name is Zacharia and I want to take action against poverty in the United States. I am not...
Poverty In New York City
, , , Call to Action, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Community, Homelessness, No Poverty (Economy), Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Showcase, Social Class, Spring 2019, Sustainable Cities and Communities, This I Believe, 0
This video was created by me and I discussed poverty rates in New York City. The rates are increasing...
Social and Economic Inequality
, , , Career & Job Readiness, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, No Poverty (Economy), Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Quality Education, Showcase, Spring 2019, 3
In our society today and especially all over the world; there has been a deeply concerning problem with the...
Deportation
, , , American Dream, Argument, Civic Engagement & Social Justice, Community, Fall 2018, Immigration, Incarceration, Latino Power, Media, No Poverty (Economy), Politics, Protest, Race Relations, Reduced Inequalities, Refugees, Religion, Rights, Showcase, Social Class, Spring 2019, 2
I have chosen to write about deportation because it has been an ongoing issue for a long time and it’s...
How Immigration Helps the Economy
, , , Fall 2018, Immigration, No Poverty (Economy), Partnerships for the Goals, Politics, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, Spring 2019, 0
Introduction I’ve chosen to study how immigration affects the United States economy. This issue is important because right now...
Oakland Let’s Talk About Health DIsparities
, , , Fall 2018, No Poverty (Economy), Showcase, Social Class, Spring 2019, 8
Oakland Let’s Talk About Health DIsparities Did you know that, “An African-American born in West Oakland can expect...
Oaklands rent has gone up too high over the years and has become less affordable and is getting people...
Undercover Modern Day Slavery
, , , Call to Action, Fall 2018, Good Health and Well-Being, No Poverty (Economy), Showcase, Spring 2017, 4
Christy Vong 9th grade humanities Ms.Portugal 12/21/18 Undercover Modern Day Sex Slavery Do you know what sex trafficking...
“I think some people commit violent crimes because it’s something that will give an effect compared to someone just...
Income Inequality
, , , Civic Engagement & Social Justice, No Poverty (Economy), Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Quality Education, 1
As our generation begin to enter society fully as adults, we face a large number of societal problems, some...
Proposition 2 was presented in this years ballot to legalize the use of medical marijuana in the state of...
How Power Was Obtained
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Fall 2018, No Poverty (Economy), Showcase, War, 0
Sam Carrier Mrs.Reed American Lit 1st Hour 29 October 2018 The United States is an extraordinarily influential country as...
Immigration in the United States
, , , Fall 2018, Immigration, No Poverty (Economy), Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, 0
My parents are immigrants in the United States so I decided to learn more about immigration in the U.S....
The political topic that I have decided to explore is the minimum wage and the controversy involved with it....
Is minimum wage too minimum?
, , , American Dream, Minimum Wage, No Poverty (Economy), Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, 2
“Should the federal minimum wage be increased?”There are good arguments for both the pros and cons side of this...
Germantown
, , , No Poverty (Economy), Poetry, Showcase, Where I'm From, 0
I’m from Germantown where you get killed just for looking at somebody Where you sell drugs for your hustle…...
How inequality influences the economy
, , , No Poverty (Economy), Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Showcase, 0
Economist Alan B. Krueger (2012) writes that “the rise in inequality in the United States over the last three...
Everyone should be EQUAL: The message of “This Is America”
, , , Argument, Black Lives Matter, Community, Crime, No Poverty (Economy), Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Prison, Pro Gun Control, Showcase, Spring 2018, The Fifth Column, This is America, Violence, 7
I believe the video “This Is America,” by Childish Gambino represents how America is today in 2018. This...
Foster Care System (Can I get feedback on my thesis statement)
, , , Community, Family, Goals, Good Health and Well-Being, Happiness, No Poverty (Economy), Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, Spring 2018, 1
Dear Youth Voices Community, Hello, my name is Christy-Lynn Lagula. I am 16 years old and I am an...
How can gun violence be avoided?
, , , Black Lives Matter, Crime, Decision Making, March for Our Lives, No Poverty (Economy), Prison, Pro Gun Control, Showcase, Spring 2018, 6
The question i have is why is gun violence still playing a big role in the number of deaths...
The Gender Pay Gap: Fact or Fiction?—The Misleading Truth
, , , Gender, Gender Equity (Women), No Poverty (Economy), Showcase, Spring 2018, 2
The gender wage gap is a controversial social issue that has constantly resurfaced throughout recent years. Even with the...
Health Care: Why it is a Problem in the United States
, , , Call to Action, Good Health and Well-Being, No Poverty (Economy), Showcase, Spring 2018, 0
Health Care. It is an industry that works on maintaining and improving the human health by providing medical services,...
Immigration
, , , Immigration, No Poverty (Economy), Reduced Inequalities, Rights, Showcase, Spring 2018, 0
The issue is based on the fact that immigrants are being blocked from entering the country by a border...
Poverty: A problem worldwide
, , , Minimum Wage, No Poverty (Economy), Powtoon, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, Spring 2018, 2
Poverty is a major issue that exists within society. It is the state of being extremely poor and lacking...
The Myanmar Refugees
, , , No Poverty (Economy), Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Refugees, Showcase, Spring 2018, 1
The issue I am discussing in my video are the Myanmar refugees. They are a group of refugees from...
The issue that is discussed in the video is poverty in education. To be exact, children...
Unequal Pay
, , , American Dream, Call to Action, Gender, Gender Equity (Women), No Poverty (Economy), Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Rights, Showcase, Spring 2018, 0
Unequal pay has been a severe conflict since forever. Many people thought that by 2018, this would not be...
Unemployment: WE NEED TO FIX THIS
, , , Community, No Poverty (Economy), Raise Your Voice, Showcase, Spring 2018, 0
I am passionate about this issue because in the future, I will be trying to get a job. I...
Crisis in The Ukraine
, , , No Poverty (Economy), Politics, Showcase, Spring 2018, Violence, Voting, War, 0
The crisis in Crimea is that Russia had annexed the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine, and illegally occupied it. I...
The Problem that is Wealth Disparity in America
, , , No Poverty (Economy), Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Showcase, Spring 2018, 0
The issue of discussion is wealth disparity in America. The passion for this issue comes from seeing the effect the problem...
Sex Trafficking in Southeast Asia
, , , Gender Equity (Women), No Poverty (Economy), Showcase, Slavery, Spring 2018, The Fifth Column, 4
My video is about sex trafficking in Southeast Asia. In these areas, young women and girls are forced to...
A lot of people may notice but not stand up and speak out about what is taking place...
Does classism play a role in human experimentation. Yes, classism plays a big roll in the experimentation of the...
The Lies of Multi Level Marketing
, , , American Dream, Biases, No Poverty (Economy), Politics, Showcase, Spring 2018, 0
In an article by Robert L. FitzPatrick, the president of the Pyramid Scheme Alert and co-author of False Profits:...
How Multi Level Marketing Has Failed in the Past
, , , American Dream, History, Incarceration, No Poverty (Economy), Rights, Showcase, Social Class, Spring 2018, 1
This article by Stacie Bosley and Kim McKeage examines the diffusion of multilevel marketing and the risk of pyramid...
The Ponzi Scheme and its Connection to Modern Day Business
, , , American Creed, American Dream, No Poverty (Economy), Showcase, Spring 2018, 0
I came across a very informative source while browsing the Gale database. This link should lead to my annotations...
What can we do
, , , American Dream, Argument, Call to Action, Community, Decision Making, Good Health and Well-Being, No Poverty (Economy), Quality Education, Showcase, Spring 2018, Student-Centered, 1
If you’ve read my last two posts you’d know a few problems, I see, with the US education system....
“Corporate Imperialism”
, , , Columbus, Community, No Poverty (Economy), Point of View, Politics, Violence, 1
My topic for my research paper has morphed from an informative essay regarding the ways in which colonialism has...
The Misconceptions of Illegal Immigration
, , , American Dream, Immigration, Latino Power, No Poverty (Economy), Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Race Relations, Reduced Inequalities, Rights, 0
In my recent research for my topic on whether or not illegal immigration benefits society, I found a few...
Reinventing Education
, , , Books or Plays, Community, Fall 2017, Good Health and Well-Being, No Poverty (Economy), Politics, Quality Education, Showcase, Social Media, Spring 2018, Stress, 1
The US education system has been obviously failing the students and lacking in its job to create self sufficient,...
Mental Health
, , , Biases, Fall 2017, Good Health and Well-Being, Happiness, No Poverty (Economy), Showcase, Spring 2018, 0
The further society advances, the further it leaves behind those who cannot keep up. Mental disabilities are arguably the...
The Cost of College
, , , Fall 2017, No Poverty (Economy), Quality Education, Showcase, Spring 2018, 0
Education is considered to be a basic right in the modern world, one that all should have access to,...
“Is Illegal Immigration an Economic Burden to America?”
, , , Fall 2017, Immigration, Latino Power, No Poverty (Economy), Partnerships for the Goals, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, Spring 2018, 3
I read a few fascinating articles on how illegal immigration into the U.S. has many benefits, which is what...
what should the goverment do about drugs?
, , , Crime, Decision Making, Drugs, Fall 2017, Good Health and Well-Being, No Poverty (Economy), Quality Education, Showcase, Violence, 7
“Drugs, an estimated 24.6 million Americans aged 12 or older—(9.4 percent of the population)— used an illicit drug in...
Gentrification and Class Privilege in Oakland
, , , Fall 2017, Gentrification, No Poverty (Economy), Showcase, 2
Sharai Ward January 12, 2018 Ms.Portugal Period 3-4 My first interviewee believes that gentrification is unfair to...
Immigration Job Problems Do immigrants really suffer because the lack of jobs they have for them? Based on...
Gentrification in Oakland
, , , Community, Fall 2017, Gentrification, Housing, No Poverty (Economy), Rights, Showcase, 2
“28 percent of the people that are kicked out of their home make $30,000 yearly” (Allen-Price). This shows that...
Effects of Gentrification in Oakland
, , , Community, Fall 2017, Gentrification, Homelessness, No Poverty (Economy), Showcase, Sustainable Cities and Communities, 2
Gentrification hurts people without privilege. It means when newcomers erase and displace the histories and homes of locals....
On January 1, 2018, marijuana became legal in California. The California law is: ¨Retail sales of recreational cannabis will...
Should the United States decriminalize Drugs?
, , , 2nextprez, Biases, Debt, Decision Making, Drugs, Fall 2017, Family, Friendship, Good Health and Well-Being, Happiness, Incarceration, No Poverty (Economy), Politics, Prison, Protest, Research Help, Science, Showcase, Violence, Voting, War, 0
The United States does not tolerate drugs at all, since Ronald Reagan started the war on drugs. If someone...
Do you want minimum wage to be raised?
, , , American Dream, Argument, Debt, Fall 2017, Minimum Wage, No Poverty (Economy), Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, 1
The minimum wage in the United States is normally $7.25 an hour. This makes it very hard for people...
The Achievement Gap
, , , American Dream, Argument, Biases, Black Lives Matter, Call to Action, Community, Debt, Decision Making, Goals, Good Health and Well-Being, Housing, Latino Power, No Poverty (Economy), Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Point of View, Politics, Quality Education, Race Relations, Showcase, The Fifth Column, 1
The achievement gap is the measurable disparity of the socioeconomic statuses and educational performance of different groups of people...
Intended Obsolescence
, , , Fall 2017, Good Health and Well-Being, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, No Poverty (Economy), Showcase, Technology, 3
How is intended obsolescence contributing to the increased laziness and lack of individual thought in today’s society? An will...
What Does It Take to Be an American?
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Immigration, No Poverty (Economy), Partnerships for the Goals, Reduced Inequalities, Showcase, 2
What makes someone American shouldn’t be a topic of conversation. “Being American” shouldn’t come in one shape or size....
What it Means to be American?
, , , American Creed, American Dream, Argument, Black Lives Matter, Books or Plays, Bullying, Call to Action, Community, Crime, Decision Making, Drugs, History, Immigration, No Poverty (Economy), Point of View, Protest, Reduced Inequalities, Rights, Slavery, This I Believe, Violence, What do I stand for?, 0
I believe what it means to be American is not to be so ignorant. We’ve been ignorant our...
Exams often do little more than measure a person’s ability to take exams. Should exams be outlawed in favor...
Is Immigration into the U.S. an Actual Problem?
, , , American Dream, Fall 2017, Immigration, Latino Power, No Poverty (Economy), Partnerships for the Goals, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Politics, Reduced Inequalities, Rights, Showcase, 2
There is a rise in immigration into the United States, and there has been in years’ past. With Trump’s...
The Legitimacy of Artistic Careers
, , , Art, Biases, Fall 2017, Goals, Happiness, No Poverty (Economy), Showcase, 3
There comes a time in life when one has to figure out what they want to do for the...
Why are Small Rural Cities More Conservative Than Big Cities?
, , , Fall 2017, Homelessness, No Poverty (Economy), Partnerships for the Goals, Showcase, Sustainable Cities and Communities, 1
Portland, Oregon: One of the most liberal cities in America. There are Black Lives Matter posters posted in apartment...
what does it mean to value something
, , , Friendship, Happiness, No Poverty (Economy), Raise Your Voice, Showcase, What do I stand for?, 0
Throughout life we are faced with the word value. What it means to value things, what it does, how...
Letter to the Leaders
, , , American Dream, Call to Action, Charlottesville, Community, No Poverty (Economy), 0
Greetings Leaders of America, My name is Jasmnika Newbern and I am currently studying race relations in America. I...
There has been a big talk about poverty in the world and even in America. According to the Huffington...
Living in the upper-middle class as a young woman in the United States, I haven’t found or seen many...
Geography and Political Opinions
, , , Biases, Community, Decision Making, History, No Poverty (Economy), Point of View, Politics, Showcase, 1
It seems that people tend to have similar beliefs as those who live in the same geographic area as...
If you look at the global car market, and the American car market some very distinct differences arise. America...
The players had every right to kneeling during the national anthem. A lot of people were offended by them...
Spare Change
, , , American Dream, Call to Action, Community, Decision Making, Drugs, Fall 2017, Homelessness, No Poverty (Economy), Quality Education, Responsible Consumption and Production, Sustainable Cities and Communities, 1
Panhandling: to stop people on the street and ask for food or money. Begging. We see this everywhere, from...
Living in Utah, I am always hearing things like “Utah is growing very fast” on the news. I have...
What are the biggest issues facing the world today?
, , , Call to Action, Climate Action, Community, Environment, No Poverty (Economy), Responsible Consumption and Production, Showcase, Sustainable Cities and Communities, 2
Though there are many issues facing the world today, there are some that are much more pressing than others....
The Lower the Social Class, the Lower the Opportunities
, , , Biases, Fall 2017, Getting Started, No Poverty (Economy), Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, Quality Education, Showcase, 5
Think of all the inspiring movies you know about a rags to riches story; Someone that came from nothing...
Did you know that a study in a jail in California showed that most young offenders resorted to crime...
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