Essays on Social Issues

The Process of Radicalization The term radicalization refers to the process by which one or more people develop extremist ideologies and beliefs and thereby engage themselves in terrorist acts and violent radical actions (Doosje, et al., 2016). It is the process of acquiring ideas and rejecting those in mainstream society. A...

Immigration Policies and the DREAM Act Immigration policies have been used to define the social and political stability of many countries. In the US, several immigrants are undocumented. Over 1.3 % of the US population are illegal immigrants (Pang et al., 185).The DREAM Act policy introduced in 2001 to cover those...

Al-Shabaab started as an equipped wing of the Islamic Court Union that later split to smaller divisions when it was defeated by the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia and Ethiopian army in the year 2006. The group defines itself as conducting jihad against the enemies of the Islam religion, and...

The US Border Security Philosophy The US border security philosophy was greatly impacted by the 9/11 terror attack. The federal government and other government-related organizations had to make changes on how immigration issues were handled. The first philosophy which was changed was that of funding whereby the government increased funding on...

The Emotional Address by President Obama The speech by the president Obama after the assassination of Osama Bin Laden was an emotional address focusing on the pain of those who were affected either directly or indirectly by the 9/11 attack. Bin Laden was the mastermind behind this attack and Obama took...

Multiculturalism in any country is defined as the quality if intercultural relations in that country or region. In Canada, the policy of multiculturalism was introduced in 1971 by an act of the Legislature. The goal of the multiculturalism policy was to improve the quality of intercultural relations in the country....

In my point of view, I would recommend a change in the structure of the membership. At present, the permanent membership is comprised of five states that include France, the United States, Russia, China, and the United Kingdom (Sievers 14). In the council, ten non-permanent members are nominated by the...

Whether protests should be regulated or not Whether protests should be regulated or not has remained to be a controversial subject. A section of the population believes that protests gets into the freeways and obstructs public spaces. Therefore, it makes the movement of other people who are not protesting difficult. Others...

The proliferation of crime in civilized societies creates the need for interventions by officers of the law to restore order and ensure that people respect the individual freedoms of their fellow citizens. The prison system offers one way of reducing crime by incarcerating offenders in a way that respects their...

The Natural Born Citizen Clause Natural Born Citizen Clause is a clause contained in the United States’ constitution requiring anybody aspiring to hold the office president and vice president to fulfill. This clause was intended to protect America from foreign influence (Maskell 2). This clause has been contentious since the USA...

Political participation is well-defined as nationals' activities touching political affairs which makes people rise up and fight for a certain aspect of their rights. From the time when the well-known memorial discourse of Pericles, legislators, and intellectuals have stressed the exceptional nature of social equality by stressing the role of...

The Importance of Human Rights It is evident that most governments today are working towards the fulfillment of the human right in line with the protection from legal, political and social abuses. Similarly, education programs are being set to increase the awareness among citizens on the need for realization and respect...