1.1. Air Pollution in the U.S.- Mixture of solid particles and natural gases polluting the United States air. Citation:https://www.usa.gov/pollution
1.2. Nigeria State of Homelessness- Nigeria has up to 68 million people either homeless or improperly housed. Number of homeless people are increasing mainly because of the poor government. Citation:http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/12/over-68m-nigerians-homeless-says-fmbn/
1.3. Donald Trump Encouraging Racial Behavior- Trump tweeted extremely racist comment about Trump supporters in Alabama when they violently "shoved, tackled, punched & kicked" a Black man wearing a Black Lives Matter t-shirt who was protesting the GOP front runner. Donald Trump offered in their defense his opinion: “maybe he should have been roughed up.” Citation:https://www.bustle.com/articles/125607-5-disturbing-ways-donald-trump-is-encouraging-racially-charged-behavior-in-his-supporters
1.4. Democrat V.S. Republican- There are many differences between Democrats and Republicans in the Untied States. For example, Republicans tend to believe that taxes should be the same for everyone and that taxes shouldn't increase. On the other hand, Democrats believe that higher taxes should be put on people with higher incomes. Citation:http://www.diffen.com/difference/Democrat_vs_Republican
1.5. Religious Wars in the U.S.- The U.S. battle with the extent our religious laws should be to, is greater than the fight against terrorism. There has been several protests against laws potentially being put into place. Citation:http://www.seattlepi.com/local/opinion/article/Religious-wars-in-the-United-States-1143430.php
2. Local
2.1. Drought in California- The drought in California has cost the government at least 3 million dollars. San Francisco is the deepest in the drought in California. Citation:http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/01/us/politics/desperately-dry-california-tries-to-curb-private-drilling-for-water.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FReserves%20(Natural%20Resources)&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=10&pgtype=collection&_r=0
2.2. Homelessness in America- In January of 2015, 564,708 people are homeless in the U.S. 33 states are in the process of decreasing homeless people, meanwhile, 16 states are increasing the amount of homeless people. The majority of the homeless people are veterans. Citation:http://www.socialsolutions.com/blog/2016-homelessness-statistics/
2.3. Black Lives Matter Shooting in El Cajon- Shooting of Alfred Olango in El Cajon by police. Olango's sister called they police because he was acting out of control and running through traffic. Once the police got to Olango he was in the shooting stance and wouldn't take his hands out of his pockets. When he did, he was holding a vape device that looked like a barrel of a gun, so the police shot him. After that, protesters went around closing stores, schools and progressively getting more violent over the course of 3 days. Citation:http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/crime-courts-fire/sd-me-olango-video-20160930-story.html
2.4. Death Penalty- Proposition 62 would end the death penalty in California if passed on the ballot. Proposition 66 would speed up the appeals of the death penalty verdicts. Citation:http://www.voiceofsandiego.org/must-reads/san-diego-decides-grappling-with-death-on-your-ballot/
2.5. Bullying Based on Religion- In October 2016 Governor Brown signed a bill called the "Safe Place to Learn Act" which is meant to keep students from being bullied for their religion. Citation:http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/immigration/sd-me-religious-bullying-20161004-story.html
3. Global
3.1. Racism in Australia- Australia has had a very racist past. They tried to prevent Aboriginal culture by taking all the land. Sydney's Olympics in 2000 brought back some of the racist past. From 2009 to 2010 Indians feared of attacks. Citation:http://www.globalissues.org/article/165/racism#RacisminAustralia
3.2. Religion affecting terrorism- Religion doesn't affect racism. The influences on terrorism is the society and culture. Citation:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/31/religion-terrorism_n_944143.html
3.3. Territorial Issues with the South China Sea- In the South China sea there are about 11 billion barrels in the sea. There is also an estimated 190 trillion cubic feet of natural gases in the sea. Citation:http://www.cfr.org/global/global-conflict-tracker/p32137#!/conflict/territorial-disputes-in-the-south-china-sea
3.4. 2016 Homeless Statistics- At least 564,708 people were reported throughout of all the U.S. About 206,286 were people in families, 358,422 were individuals, and ¼ of them were children. Citation:http://www.socialsolutions.com/blog/2016-homelessness-statistics/
3.5. Iraq Troops Enter Mosul- Iraq's army with the help of many other nations are hoping to kick ISIS out of Mosul.Nobody knows if ISIS is going to put up a big fight or after they are killed or kicked out if there are going to be booby-traps to follow. Citation:http://www.csmonitor.com/World/2016/1101/What-will-Iraqi-troops-find-as-they-enter-Mosul
