… -- both parents and peers may promote or discourage substance abuse among teens, according to a study of more than 4,500 students in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades. This is one of the first studies to report that both peer and parent influences…

… Also known as the death penalty, capital punishment is the harshest form of corporal punishment as it requires law enforcement officers to kill the offender. It has been banned in many countries, but still remains legal in the United States. (Blumstein…

… Deregulation The twentieth century will be known to future economists as the era that gave birth to a new world economic thinking which gave way to massive modern, technological innovations and changes. These massive changes have created…

… always been involved with each other, with media strongly setting the standard for what politics are important. Our perspective of the real world is based on the issues the media makes aware to us. It is not known which influences more, but there…

… into the hands of two young and ambitious lawyers. They were looking for a plaintiff with whom they could challenge the Texas State law prohibiting abortion, and Norma signed on. Little did she know that her signature would one day make her an internatio…

… billions; and, you have a great corporation: Coca-Cola. Take a product, coke; sell it around the world; make billions; and, you have a horrible country: Colombia. Everyone knows that the original Coca-Cola contained extracts of coca leaves, the…

… States has a democratic form of rule. They believe they directly elect their officials to represent them. This is no true in all cases. The Presidency is not a directly elected office. Many Americans do not realize they do not vote for the President.…

… inequality between China’s coastal and interior regions in the 1980s and early 1990s. Since the late 1970s, China’s coastal regions have experienced rapid growth rates. Compared with these coastal areas, however, inland regions do not seem to…

… have been controversies concerning presidential pardons. These controversies are causing people to think that the President has too much authority by being able to grant a pardon or clemency to a person. One of the most controversial is the pardon…

… certain powers and responsibilities. It faces several different tasks, among the most important is maintaining order and preserving constitutional rights. The conflict arises when public expectation of order collides with the right of young people…