Social+Decay

=**Social Decay**=

**States Debating Use of Restrooms by Gender**
North Carolina passes law restricting restroom use to birth gender (March 23, 2016). [|Click here]

**Effects of Social Media**
Is social media negatively impacting society (Oct. 2015)? [|Click here]

Facebook's first president says they knew social media was harmful, addictive (Nov. 2017). [|Click here]

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**Drug Epidemic in America**
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**Pornography's Link to Rape:**

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**Crime and Punishment**
Change in the Democrat Party since the 1990s. Under Bill Clinton, the two parties worked together on tougher punishments for crimes and passed a major crime bill putting tougher sentences on criminals. This brought crime way down through the 1990s and early 21st century. In recent years, however, the party has moved further left and believes that tougher sentences unfairly hurt African-Americans. media type="youtube" key="8Le7gz86sBo" width="560" height="315"

**Breakdown in Authority**
There has been an increase in animosity towards police in the 2010s claiming the police are racist/the justice system is rigged against blacks. However, are the police racist? The following link gives some stats. [|Click here]

**Politics of Intimidation**
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