Essays on Social Issues

The Decline of Death Sentences in the United States The leveling of death sentences by American courts is not a secret. However, there has been a decline in the number of jurisdictions imposing death penalties in the recent past. Despite the decline, Texas still leads the country's executions. Texas is estimated...

Illegal Immigration and Its Challenges Illegal immigration has become a major challenge, especially in developed countries. Illegal immigration is the movement of people into a country in ways that breach the immigration laws of that country. The term can also be used to describe the situation in which individuals opt to...

In the present times, the unity of a nation plays a fundamental aspect as far as the economic development is concerned. When a nation is divided it is impossible for its citizens to focus all their efforts towards the same direction. Currently, the United States is deeply divided not only...

State-Sponsored Terrorism State-sponsored terrorism is the support given by a government to violent non-state actors involved in terror. Such organizations tend to have the privilege of doing anything without the repercussions of being held accountable in the safe haven countries facilitating their activities. History has been proven that incorporation of economic...

The intentional narrow definition of torture and Geneva protections by Executive Order 13440 permits the use of interrogation techniques that the United States Government would not use on its soldiers. The structure of it was purposefully reasoned to deny and prevent any right of action from accused individuals. Additionally, the...

Article II of the U.S constitution states that no individual other than a natural born citizen is eligible to take up the office of the president. The election of 2009 becomes the first presidential election in the history of America where questions regarding the citizenship were raised for both major...

Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court case involved the right of women to privacy. In the court’s decision, women were granted the right to seek abortion when they felt they needed it because the judges concluded that it was one of their constitutional rights to privacy. Although the decision was made...

The Use of Sage Publications as a Source The use of Sage publications by Martin as a source of the secondary source of data in the introduction part of the research is meaningful at all folds. The Sage Publications source gives the audience an acute and a brief history about terrorism and...

As early as the 1600s, the discrimination against the Transgender people was already engraved in our history. With Queen Christina of Sweden, who was often considered bisexual, dressed in men’s clothing and even went to the extent of renaming herself “Count Dohna.” (LGBT Resource Center).  The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender,...

Poverty is the most widespread epidemic in the world today. Acts of compassion help the poor in making life bearable. Such actions include foreign aid and the global cause in fighting poverty. According to Haugen, many cases of destitution are as a result of violence (2015). However, the acts of...

Poverty refers to the lack of a certain amount or scarcity of money or material possession that can make a person not to sustain their well-being. Hunger arises when a person has no enough money to cater for his or her basic needs. Therefore, we can say that hunger is...

The social construction of gender through roles and rules has been a hotly debated topic over the years due to its associated negative effects not only to women but men as well. The essence and consequences of such rules have informed many empowerments and social sensitization endeavours that have characterized...