Slavery still exists, with an estimated 27 million people enslaved worldwide.
Slaves once escaped to freedom through the underground railroad. Today slavery has be abolished. African americans are free but slavery is still going on. The slave trade has moved underground. They now use their own underground railroad.
What lessons from the history of the underground railroad [...]
Using the internet, and yahoo answers as an example, is this the turning point in the history of humanity, where we as a planet will return to the state of being as we were 6000 years ago, before the invention of religion and the God hypothesis, since these arenas are where reason and logic [...]
lol this is for my Model Congress seminar in government class, I don’t actually hold any sexist views, I just think it will be hilarious to see people take something like this super seriously
lol this is for my Model Congress seminar in government class, I don’t actually hold any sexist views, I just think it [...]
Senate approves civil unions; Quinn’s signature last hurdle
The Illinois Senate Wednesday voted to give same-sex couples the right to get civil unions, sending the legislation to Gov. Pat Quinn’s desk. Quinn, who has been an outspoken supporter of civil unions, is expected to sign the plan into law. Civil unions would give gay couples many [...]
In the 1800’s it was the Democrats who opposed freedom and equality for all, and the Republicans who championed the “little guy” and equality for all.
Today we see a sharp shift, where it is the Democrats who are seen as the champions of the “little guy” and the disenfranchised, and Republicans who are seen as [...]
When non-muslims insult Islam its called freedom of speech and when muslims try to say something though not insulting or immoral or offending they are not treated the same way. When the Bishop says that introducing Sharia maybe inevtible just presenting his views while not enforcing them on anyone people tell him to leave him [...]
I’m writing a discussion for history and i can not figure out 2 facts that support why there should be unlimited speech.
the prompt my teacher game me was:
Voltaire claimed that we should always tolerate the freedom of expression of others, stating that “while I don not agree with a word you say, I will [...]
Supreme Court weighs release of California inmates
The US Supreme Court Tuesday weighed an order that would require California to reduce its prison population by tens of thousands so that the remaining inmates can receive proper medical care.
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Supreme Court Weighs Calif. Prison Overcrowding
Don Specter with the Prison Law Office argued in support of the prisoner reduction order. Carter Phillips argued for California against a prisoner release order he said would threaten public safety in the state.
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Please be honest b/c I’ve never read one beforea and I have to read one for my College American History Class :
- Africans in America (by Charles Johnson and Patricia Smith)
- The Indian Heritage of America (by Alvin Josephy)
-The Story of American Freedom (by ERic Foner)
- Founding Mothers (early American Women) by Coke Roberts…
I”m [...]