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The history of U.S. social welfare policy is one of creating, expanding, and reforming the country’s welfare programs to meet new needs as well as changing attitudes toward assistance as…

Public services that were once operated directly by the public — such as utilities, transportation, and other essential systems — are now run through a process known as privatization. For…

The term ‘political correctness is used to describe many things these days. It’s used to describe people who are overly sensitive or hypersensitive about anything that could be construed as…

In today’s world, the value of military spending is under question. Every year, the Pentagon spends enormous amounts on maintaining its defense and security forces. The question remains: Are these…

The environmental movement continues to grow. In the last few decades, there has been a dramatic increase in awareness and concern about the state of the planet and its effect…

Voting in the United States is an interesting process. It’s not very difficult for the average person, but there are a lot of small things that can help or hurt…

Youth engagement in politics is the process of involving young people in discussions, debates and voting. In many ways, this is an age-old practice — from Socrates’s “Socratic cafes” to…

Law enforcement in the United States is one of the country’s most prominent public policy debates. The issue tends to rise to the forefront during a national crisis, or when…

Depending on where you live, a county government may seem like an alien concept. In more than two-thirds of U.S. states, counties act as the primary governmental unit for local…

Political scandals in the United States are major events that involve allegations of wrongdoing on the part of public officials and/or parties. The nature of scandalous events varies widely, from…