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America Without A Minimum Wage: Why The Federal Minimum Wage Should Be Abolished, Zachary Cary May 2023

America Without A Minimum Wage: Why The Federal Minimum Wage Should Be Abolished, Zachary Cary

Helm's School of Government Conference - American Revival: Citizenship & Virtue

Minimum wage policy may be the greatest economic policy issue where the common man has a strong opinion. Nearly every person has a view of how minimum wage policy should be enacted, whether it be in raising the federal minimum wage, changing the scope of authority in the federal government, or another policy. However, in discussing any kind of policy, the key details of the policy must be discussed in the framework of both how it would be affected and how it would impact its stakeholders. In this policy analysis, the Iron Triangle of Public Policy – the key executive …


Political Compromise In America: Why Are Americans So Politically Divided And What Can Be Done To Prevent A Fractured Nation, Zachary Cary May 2023

Political Compromise In America: Why Are Americans So Politically Divided And What Can Be Done To Prevent A Fractured Nation, Zachary Cary

Helm's School of Government Conference - American Revival: Citizenship & Virtue

Ask anyone who is politically active what they believe to be the biggest problem in politics today. More often than not, Americans tend to blame the failing parts of society on the stubbornness of the opposing political party. This generally opens up the floor to asking questions about whether individuals are willing to listen to members of the opposing party discuss their points of view, and unfortunately, many will choose not to listen at all, having already decided that they are wrong and there is no possibility of coming to a middle ground between the two points of view. People …


Giglio Feds: The Void Of Ethical Leadership Within Federal Law Enforcement, Christopher J. Boosey May 2023

Giglio Feds: The Void Of Ethical Leadership Within Federal Law Enforcement, Christopher J. Boosey

Helm's School of Government Conference - American Revival: Citizenship & Virtue

No abstract provided.


Crossfire In The Crosshairs: Why Prosecutions Are Necessary In The Interests Of The Republic, Christopher J. Boosey May 2023

Crossfire In The Crosshairs: Why Prosecutions Are Necessary In The Interests Of The Republic, Christopher J. Boosey

Helm's School of Government Conference - American Revival: Citizenship & Virtue

No abstract provided.


The Fight Against Abduction And Child Exploitation, Elizabeth Wilson May 2023

The Fight Against Abduction And Child Exploitation, Elizabeth Wilson

Helm's School of Government Conference - American Revival: Citizenship & Virtue

In the last century, abductions of missing children have gained public attention nationally. Communities have rallied together to search for abducted children. In the midst of tragedy, parents of missing children have founded programs to search for their abducted child, petitioned for legislation to be passed, and implemented new technological advancements in the search for their child. Over the past century, methods have evolved as technology advanced. Some methods were replaced with more efficient technological advancements.


Critically Analyzing American Constitutionalism, Daniel Harris Apr 2022

Critically Analyzing American Constitutionalism, Daniel Harris

Helm's School of Government Conference - American Revival: Citizenship & Virtue

It is a survey of negative consequences caused by the structure of the U.S. Constitutionalism and its ideological underpinnings.


Great Men Are Almost Always Bad Men: The Cultural Revolution Of The Techno-Totalitarians, Gregory S. Mckenzie Apr 2022

Great Men Are Almost Always Bad Men: The Cultural Revolution Of The Techno-Totalitarians, Gregory S. Mckenzie

Helm's School of Government Conference - American Revival: Citizenship & Virtue

No abstract provided.


Reformation Within The Nation: Adapting The Nordic Rehabilitation And Reintegration Model To Positively Recondition The United States Criminal Justice System, Jessica Cornell Apr 2022

Reformation Within The Nation: Adapting The Nordic Rehabilitation And Reintegration Model To Positively Recondition The United States Criminal Justice System, Jessica Cornell

Helm's School of Government Conference - American Revival: Citizenship & Virtue

An analytical and statistical based comparison of criminal sentencing, incarceration, rehabilitation and reintegration in the United States of America to those of the five countries which follows those of the Nordic Criminal Justice System.


Victim To Abuser, Elizabeth Wilson Apr 2022

Victim To Abuser, Elizabeth Wilson

Helm's School of Government Conference - American Revival: Citizenship & Virtue

This paper evaluates the ideology that children who are abused and molested may one day become the abuser.


Abortion And Child Sexual Exploitation: Abortion As A Tool Of Traffickers And Abusers, Gabrielle Tornow Apr 2022

Abortion And Child Sexual Exploitation: Abortion As A Tool Of Traffickers And Abusers, Gabrielle Tornow

Helm's School of Government Conference - American Revival: Citizenship & Virtue

An examination of how child sexual abusers use abortion as a tool to exert control over their victims and cover up the evidence of their crimes


Cancel Culture, Beginning, Development, And Consequences., Daniela Garcia May 2021

Cancel Culture, Beginning, Development, And Consequences., Daniela Garcia

Helm's School of Government Conference - American Revival: Citizenship & Virtue

The phenomenon of cancel culture as a movement has become more influential as the American culture awareness grows regarding the owing respect and honor to one another. Cancel culture in today’s American society plays an important role, that is why it is important to see the origin of it, and its development from the sixties to now. Generally, cancel culture has been characterized for their perseverance on justice but with results in hate, resentment, and vengeance in American society. Thus, one would say that the origin and development of the movement cancel culture, despite its intentions of social justice, has …


The Long Road Towards Racial Reconciliation, Lia Cueto Jerez May 2021

The Long Road Towards Racial Reconciliation, Lia Cueto Jerez

Helm's School of Government Conference - American Revival: Citizenship & Virtue

The issue of race in the United States has been long contested among different social and political spheres. Over the course of the 20th and 21st century, Americans have been eyewitnesses to the long and evolving fight for racial justice and equality. Most recently, the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020 has proven to contest people’s attitudes over the issue. As political polarization grows, mistrust within communities of color deepens, further hindering participation in bipartisan work to overcome these differences.