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"A journalistic look at the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland and the fight for gun control--as told by the student reporters for the school's newspaper and TV station"--Publisher's website.

Presents a collection of twelve essays exploring the topic of student rights, including rights pertaining to clothing, the Pledge of Allegiance, bodily searches, corporal punishment, and transgender bathrooms. Features full-color photographs and graphs, an appendix of facts, organizations to contact, and a bibliography.

Sex discrimination (also known as gender discrimination) involves treating employees unequally and/or unfavorably because of their gender. Although men as well as women may encounter sex discrimination, it affects women far more often than men. Sex Discrimination examines what this discrimination entails, how it is manifested, how widespread it is, how it affects real people, and efforts to address this discrimination.

On June 26, 2015, the United States Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in all U.S. states, ruling that the Constitution guarantees marriage rights to all citizens regardless of their sexual preference. The historic decision was hailed as a major victory by LGBT-rights advocates, but opponents condemned it as an assault on traditional values. This timely, essential volume traces the history of the landmark Supreme Court case, including the arguments for and against same-sex marriage that still rage today.

". . . details the history of [Brown v. Board of Education] as well as its impact on the quickly changing America of the 1950s and 1960s"--OCLC.

"The road to civil rights in the United States went down many paths, but one of the most important ones involved schools. For years, African Americans were forced to study in separate, inferior schools, sentencing many of them to a life of poverty without hope of upward mobility. This volume allows readers to examine how that outlook changed in the middle of the twentieth century. Readers will learn why the old system went unchallenged for so long and how the schools in the United States finally opened their doors to all"--Provided by publisher.

Provides a thorough overview of the major pros and cons of legalizing marijuana. Readable text, interesting sidebars, and illuminating infographics invite readers to jump in and join the debate.

A high-priced personal injury attorney represents eight families whose children died of leukemia after large corporations let toxic waste leak into the water supply in the Boston area. He puts his career, reputation and all that he owns on the line for the rights of his clients.

Explores the known and unknown aspects of cyberspace and examines how it can be governed; and discusses file sharing, copyright laws, Internet pornography, freedom of speech, spam, cyberterrorism, shared personal information online, and more.

The Right to Protest delves into the ideas behind the fundamental American right of speaking out against the government. The title takes a closer look at the evolution of this right and how US citizens have exercised it through the years.