Course Outline (Tentative – subject to change):

1. Orientation/Introduction

2. Media Landscape

3. Foreign Policy

4. Minorities in the United States

5. Class in the United States

6. Racial Relations: BlackLivesMatter, Police Violence, Incarceration, War Against Drugs

7. Polarization

8. Gun Rights: Major legislation, 2nd rights amendment debates, lobbying.

9. HealthCare/ ObamaCare

Meaning of the Patient Protection and Affordable Healthcare Act

10. Policy of Homeland Security

Defending the U.S. from the inside, U.S. and terrorism, domestic terrorism, terrorism v. hate crimes.

11. Role of Religion, religious nationalism

+ other topics of interest