With immigration in the news, I interviewed my mother about my grandmother's immigration story from the Dominican Republic.
Why the minimum wage should not rise.
Education is important to everyone. Most people, however, can't afford to go to a good school or college purely because they lack the funds to att...
Women's inequality is something that has become a large issue for many people in America. Dear Madam or Mr. President, There are many disadvanta...
Standardized Testing should be greatly changed or ended completely.
Our health care today is becoming too expensive to afford for American citizens.
"In America, just over 16 million children live in households where they have to skip meals or eat less to make ends meet."
Do you ever see people begging for money and food, with their family or animals on the street? I do all the time. My goal is to make Shelters easie...
Music programs in high schools should be given the same amount of money given to "important" sports.
Read about the solutions we can take to reduce the poverty rate in America.
Ever since public funding was cut from colleges, the cost of college has risen up to $40,000. If we add technology into schools by having online bo...
I believe that in the US we should have free healthcare. I believe that this would help many people.
School lunches
Money is a gatekeeper of opportunity and that’s why it is crucial to invest money towards people. It is time for every American to earn a living wa...
A big problem in the U.S is airport security. It needs to be increased and the process streamlined. I think that airport security could be increase...
Our country's infrastructure is in ruins.
The rising cost of tuition in Oregon has increased over the past years and has become an issue for some high school graduates going into college. W...
The public schooling in America needs to change because it is not effective and has many flaws, such as homework for a lot of students and also no...
Getting everyone an education is the first step to reducing the poverty levels in the United States.
Why we should raise the minimum wage?
Poverty is a problem in the world today. So many people die from starvation in the world.
The amount of standardized testing in our public schools has gotten out of hand. Get rid of standardized testing.
I want to increase the income for single parent families who are struggling to take care of there kids because of their small incomes. This is very...
The government is doing a fine job at making sure the rich people are getting richer, but what are they doing for those who do not have a lot of mo...
There are lots of people that get into this country illegally. These people are not always a threat, but they can be. Some people who come int...
Teens don't get enough sleep, and it is proven. Starting school later in the morning is a small change that will make a big difference.
Are teens really just lazy, or is there too much to do?
The U.S must focus on our own problems before we get ourselves involved in other countries issues.
Combat in the Middle East has taken so many lives and cost so much money that it is imperative that it is stopped.
Here I will write about College Expenses to our next president.
I believe that impoverished people should have the same job opportunity as wealthier people.
With homelessness on the rise in some of our country’s most populated cities, organizations in the U.S. argue that the government needs to step in ...
I’m a 17-year-old high school senior that is looking at colleges and potential job careers. Looking down the road, I cannot stress how important jo...
There are too many homeless people in the United States.
People should not have to pay thousands of dollars every month just so they can stay healthy.
Common core has been applied but it doesn't always take into account what the children need.
In this Letter a very important concern for School Budgets are addressed.
The wage cuts upon teachers.
This letter is to the future president about the growing concerns in this country that need to be addressed if we are going to restore it to its or...
The next US President needs to enhance America’s schooling system by assuring a good, high quality, efficient, balanced education for everyone; gra...
There are way more problems America should be paying more attention to. We need to take these issues seriously, while we still have time.
We need to close the Wage Gap!
In North Dakota, coal and oil are important parts of our lives. We need them for the time being.
Dear Future President, Wages are a very big problem. The federal minimum wage hasn’t changed for over 10 years! The federal minimum wage is just $...
Our Nation needs to gang up on the obstacle of unemployment!
Homeless people around my community is increasing and over crowding the streets.
High school graduates have huge debts because they can't afford to completely pay off their college fees. This is the only type of consumer debt th...
Schools in America are extremely underfunded and it is causing problems in America's future
Schools start too early in the morning, causing students to lose sleep. Sleep deprivation is common among high school students and can lead to many...
The United States of America is no longer a model economy for other nations, we need to make steps to ensure our people have jobs and well paying j...
People are being affected by poverty everyday, and if we don't prevent it, more and more people will suffer.
The minimum wage has been rising. What it is doing to our country isn't as great as it seems.
As a 13 year old male, the Affordable Care Act is important in our lives and my future, if we don't keep it, we may not be able to pay for ourselves.
How I Feel About Immigration
A formal letter to the Future President on the issues of School Meals.
According to the article: "We need to keep school safe for now on to protect our children.
Poverty occurs throughout the whole world. No one should have to go through "Poverty".
How schools have been breaking the First Amendment of the Constitution for decades without anyone knowing it by teaching evolution to their students.
Taxes are scewed to benefit the wealthy
National debt is an issue that our government is facing right now. If we don't try to fix it, then we will always be in debt.
Create a policy requiring public school systems in all 50 states to recycle. School systems set the example for our students and create students wh...
This essay combines the issues that are current, and why they need to be payed more attention to. By contributing more money to the environment, th...
The current federal minimum wage is currently $7.25 an hour. Thousands of workers work 40 hours a week and still live in poverty. It is almost impo...
World Hunger affects millions of people. With a little help from us, we can put an end to our dilemma.
The Common Core has been in place for three years, but it is not making our students any smarter.
Over the past century, technology has advanced dramatically, medical breakthroughs are extending human life beyond what was previously thought impo...
Everyone everywhere deserves a chance to be successful.
We need our communities restored and provided with more money because their falling apart.
Improving the United States Justice System.
The only way to fix our country's financial troubles is to teach our youth about money.
Letter to the next leader of our country
We need more options for vegetarian and vegans.
With everything that has been said in my letter all I ask is that you take into consideration how we feel about the situations going on in our coun...
There is a lot of homeless people in the world. Can the next president help the homeless?
Students pay too much for college. Education should be accessible to everyone.
For many years, our economy has been digging itself deeper and deeper into a mountain of debt. With our lives submerged far under this mountain, it...
The Majority of cars right now run on gas. In the future we are going to run out of gas especially since the number of cars is constantly growing. ...
Standardized testing should be eliminated because it wastes students time, creates unnecessary stress, and is not useful for students' futures.
providing healthcare for everyone in the united states.
Schools all across the U.S.A give students way too much homework and pressure them to succeed. Eventually students just do homework to get it over ...
Please read our desperate desire for a better environment.
Doctors and heath is too expensive.
The U.S. government is in debt to foreign countries. College students and graduates suffer from debt in the U.S.
The one thing that money cannot buy.
Getting an average of 6 hours of sleep during the night does not provide enough energy to endure the school day.
Our children need education to survive, children need to know what to do in the real world when they become adults
A young 17 year old Hispanic writes to the future President to increase budgets for more school programs.
Try to find homes for all the homeless so they can stay safe and healthy. The president needs to help stop homelessness and talk to businesses to a...
Poverty needs to addressed as it affects not only adults but children as well.
This letter to the future president of the United States of America states one simple issue. This issue is the poverty that is around the community...
Arts education is important to schooling today, and we need to try and keep it alive in school.
The United States needs to stop fighting in the biggest mistake we've made yet, the War in the Middle East.
Parents in a situation like poverty cannot just be careless of their kids.
College athletes should be paid for what they bring to their universities. For all of the blood, sweat, and tears that they shed for the school, th...
So many jobs go unfilled because Americans are not qualified for them. At a time when there is a seismic shift in our economy, people need ways to...
We have both an obesity problem and a starvation problem. People in the bronx, people in every state, and around the world, don’t have money to put...
Schools need to put in the effort to try and install an education that will be a benefit to student's futures.
The greatest problem facing our country is poverty.
What good is our education if we can't even concentrate during it?
Poverty