Essays on Social Issues

Black Lives Matter movements (BLM) in America Black Lives Matter movements (BLM) in America is associated with the constant push that is a result of black activism which can also be related to the NFL protests by African American players. The activities of BLM have raised the question of where the...

Following a series of demonstrations and protests caused by the Civil Rights Movement between 1950s and 1960s, President John F. Kennedy proposed a bill in June 11, 1963, in the Report to the American People on Civil Rights. Through the report, President Kennedy proposed legislations that would allow all Americans...

After decades of segregation and discrimination on the basis of color, sex, race, religion or national origin, the            Civil Rights Act 1964 was enacted with the aim of seizing public segregation and to ban employment discrimination (Loevy, 1).  It was initially proposed by President John Kennedy and it is...

Racism and the Black Lives Matter Movement Racism has been on the rise in the past decades and talking about racism in this time and era of is not only unfortunate but absurd. With the level of technological development, and high education standards in the world, the population of the world...

The issue of media bias has been at the center stage of public talks for a long time now.  It is a custom in which media in one way or another gives out stories which are one-sided or in a prejudiced manner. Different people have different perceptions and views on...

In our current days, various kinds of depressive prosperity typically affect several residents residing in the United States of America (Gee, 2017). Many people tend to enjoy their vast wealth, joyful lives, and health; even though, there still exists some group of persons who always remain unnoticed. These people have...

Globalisation is widely referred to as the outward growth and rise in the interchange of services, raw materials, goods, people, information, and money between different parts of the world that are culturally and geographically apart (Hopkins 112). It is a term used to refer to modern trade relationships and whose...

The death penalty is a situation whereby death is given to someone having committed crime. It is also termed as capital punishment. In the past centuries capital punishment was familiar, but recently it has reduced. Due to its argumentation, it has brought many controversies thus the need to shut down....

Death Penalty: History and Introduction Death penalty is also recognized as capital punishment, which is a suction practice by the government where a law offender is put to death as a penalty due to the crime. The crimes which are punished through execution are known as capital offenses, and they are...

Shoshana Pollack (2007), Cecilia Benoit, Mikael Jansson, Michaela Smith and Jackson Flagg (2017), Jaskran Dhillon (2015), and Emily van der Meulen and Elya Maria Durisin (2008) consider feminism as one major activism that can lead to liberation of women and achievement of equality in the society.  Cecilia Benoit, Mikael Jansson,...

Good deeds often attract good rewards while bad deeds attract bad rewards. While people are always encouraged to do good, there is a group of the population that chooses to engage in bad behaviors. The law defines the punishment that awaits those who choose to engage in bad or wrong...

The Issue of Government Accountability and Corruption The issue of government accountability and the plague of corruption are issues that should make citizens lose sleep at night. In a world where transparency, integrity, and answerability are key issues that politicians and other government officials in numerous positions are very vocal about,...