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2020 Presidential Election
Medical Marijuana
Gun Control
Homework
Animal Testing
Death Penalty
School Uniforms
Drinking Age - Lower It?
Abortion
Illegal Immigration

1ABORTION - SHOULD ABORTION BE LEGAL?

2ACLU - IS THE ACLU GOOD FOR AMERICA?

3ALTERNATIVE ENERGY VS. FOSSIL FUELS - CAN ALTERNATIVE ENERGY EFFECTIVELY REPLACE FOSSIL FUELS?

4ANIMAL TESTING- SHOULD ANIMALS BE USED FOR SCIENTIFIC OR COMMERCIAL TESTING?

5BANNED BOOKS - SHOULD PARENTS OR OTHER ADULTS BE ABLE TO BAN BOOKS FROM SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES?

6BIG THREE AUTO BAILOUT - SHOULD THE BIG THREE CAR MANUFACTURERS BE BAILED OUT BY THE US GOVERNMENT?

7BINGE-WATCHING - IS BINGE-WATCHING GOOD FOR YOU?
HEALTH & MEDICINE

Medical Marijuana
Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide
Vaping E-Cigarettes
Vaccines for Kids
Milk - Is It Healthy?
OTC Birth Control
Abortion
Vegetarianism
Obesity a Disease?
Obamacare
Right to Health Care
Prescription Drug Ads
Marijuana for Pets

8BORN GAY? - IS SEXUAL ORIENTATION DETERMINED AT BIRTH?

9BOTTLED WATER BAN - SHOULD BOTTLED WATER BE BANNED?

10CELL PHONE RADIATION - ARE CELL PHONES SAFE?

11CHURCHES AND TAXES - SHOULD CHURCHES (DEFINED AS CHURCHES, TEMPLES, MOSQUES, SYNAGOGUES, ETC.) REMAIN TAX-EXEMPT?

12CLIMATE CHANGE - IS HUMAN ACTIVITY PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE?

13COLLEGE EDUCATION - IS A COLLEGE EDUCATION WORTH IT?
EDUCATION

School Uniforms
Standardized Tests
Tablets vs. Textbooks
College Education Worth It?
Teacher Tenure
Student Loan Debt
School Vouchers
Corporal Punishment
Banned Books
Homework
Free College
D.A.R.E (archived 6/3/13)

14COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS - SHOULD COLLEGE FOOTBALL REPLACE THE BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (BCS) WITH A PLAYOFF SYSTEM?

15CONCEALED HANDGUNS - SHOULD ADULTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN?

16CORPORAL PUNISHMENT - SHOULD CORPORAL PUNISHMENT BE USED IN K-12 SCHOOLS?

17CORPORATE TAX RATE & JOBS - DOES LOWERING THE FEDERAL CORPORATE INCOME TAX RATE CREATE JOBS?

18CUBA EMBARGO - SHOULD THE UNITED STATES MAINTAIN ITS EMBARGO AGAINST CUBA?

19DACA & DREAMERS - ARE DACA (DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS) AND THE DREAM ACT GOOD FOR AMERICA?

20DAKOTA PIPELINE - SHOULD THE DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE BE COMPLETED?

21D.A.R.E. - IS THE D.A.R.E. PROGRAM GOOD FOR AMERICA'S KIDS (K-12)?

22DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME - SHOULD THE UNITED STATES KEEP DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME?
POLITICS

Death Penalty
Drinking Age - Lower It?
Illegal Immigration
Gun Control
Recreational Marijuana
Mandatory National Service
ACLU - Good for America?
Concealed Handguns
Sanctuary Cities
Under God in the Pledge
DACA & Dreamers
Dakota Pipeline
WTC Muslim Center (archived 6/3/13)

23DEATH PENALTY - SHOULD THE DEATH PENALTY BE ALLOWED?

24DRINKING AGE - SHOULD THE DRINKING AGE BE LOWERED FROM 21 TO A YOUNGER AGE?

25DRONE STRIKES OVERSEAS - SHOULD THE UNITED STATES CONTINUE ITS USE OF DRONE STRIKES ABROAD?

26DRUG USE IN SPORTS - SHOULD PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS (SUCH AS STEROIDS) BE ACCEPTED IN SPORTS?

27EUTHANASIA & ASSISTED SUICIDE - SHOULD EUTHANASIA OR PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE BE LEGAL?

28ELECTION DAY NATIONAL HOLIDAY - SHOULD THE ELECTION DAY BE MADE A NATIONAL HOLIDAY?

29ELECTORAL COLLEGE - SHOULD THE UNITED STATES USE THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS?
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Animal Testing
Cell Phone Radiation
Alternative Energy vs. Fossil Fuels
Climate Change
Net Neutrality
Police Body Cameras
Bottled Water Ban
Zoos
GMOs

30FELON VOTING - SHOULD FELONS WHO HAVE COMPLETED THEIR SENTENCE (INCARCERATION, PROBATION, AND PAROLE) BE ALLOWED TO VOTE?

31FIGHTING IN H0CKEY - SHOULD FIGHTING BE ALLOWED IN HOCKEY?

32FREE COLLEGE - SHOULD PUBLIC COLLEGE BE TUITION-FREE?

33GAY MARRIAGE - SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL?

34GMOs - SHOULD GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS (GMOs) BE GROWN?

35GOLD STANDARD - SHOULD THE UNITED STATES RETURN TO A GOLD STANDARD?

36GOLF - IS IT A SPORT?

37GUN CONTROL - SHOULD MORE GUN CONTROL LAWS BE ENACTED?

38HOMEWORK - IS HOMEWORK BENEFICIAL?
ELECTIONS & PRESIDENTS

2020 Presidential Election
Felon Voting
Electoral College
Lowering the Voting Age to 16
Election Day National Holiday
Voting Machines
Ronald Reagan
Bill Clinton
2008 Presidential Election (archived 1/19/09)
2012 Presidential Election (archived 1/22/13)
2016 Presidential Election (archived 1/21/17)

39ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION - WHAT ARE THE SOLUTIONS TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IN AMERICA?

40INSIDER TRADING BY CONGRESS - SHOULD INSIDER TRADING BY CONGRESS BE ALLOWED?

41ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT - WHAT ARE THE SOLUTIONS TO THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT?

42MANDATORY NATIONAL SERVICE - SHOULD THE UNITED STATES HAVE MANDATORY NATIONAL SERVICE?

43MARIJUANA FOR PETS - IS CBD GOOD FOR PETS?

44MEDICAL MARIJUANA - SHOULD MARIJUANA BE A MEDICAL OPTION?

45MILK - IS DRINKING MILK HEALTHY FOR HUMANS?

46MINIMUM WAGE - SHOULD THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE BE INCREASED?

47NATIONAL ANTHEM PROTESTS - IS REFUSING TO STAND FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AN APPROPRIATE FORM OF PROTEST?

48NET NEUTRALITY - SHOULD NET NEUTRALITY BE RESTORED?
WORLD / INTERNATIONAL

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Cuba Embargo
Drone Strikes Overseas
US Drone Shot Down by Iran
US - Iraq War (archived 12/31/11)

49OBAMACARE - IS THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT (OBAMACARE) GOOD FOR AMERICA?

50OBESITY - IS OBESITY A DISEASE?

51OLYMPICS - ARE THE OLYMPIC GAMES AN OVERALL BENEFIT FOR THEIR HOST COUNTRIES AND CITIES?

52OTC BIRTH CONTROL - SHOULD BIRTH CONTROL PILLS BE AVAILABLE OVER-THE-COUNTER?

53PENNY - SHOULD THE PENNY STAY IN CIRCULATION?

54POKÉMON - IS POKÊMON GO GOOD FOR OUR SOCIETY?

55POLICE BODY CAMERAS - SHOULD POLICE OFFICERS WEAR BODY CAMERAS?

56PRESCRIPTION DRUG ADS - SHOULD PRESCRIPTION DRUGS BE ADVERTISED DIRECTLY TO CONSUMERS?

57PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON - WAS BILL CLINTON A GOOD PRESIDENT?

58PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN - WAS RONALD REAGAN A GOOD PRESIDENT?
SEX & GENDER

Gay Marriage
Prostitution - Legalize It?
Born Gay? Origins of Sexual Orientation

59PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, 2008 - WHICH CANDIDATE WOULD MAKE THE BEST US PRESIDENT?

60PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, 2012 - WHICH CANDIDATE SHOULD BE US PRESIDENT?

61PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, 2016 - WHO SHOULD BE ELECTED US PRESIDENT?

62PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, 2020 - WHO SHOULD BE ELECTED US PRESIDENT?

63PROSTITUTION - SHOULD PROSTITUTION BE LEGAL?

64RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA - SHOULD RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA BE LEGAL

65RIGHT TO HEALTH CARE - SHOULD ALL AMERICANS HAVE THE RIGHT (BE ENTITLED) TO HEALTH CARE?

66SANCTUARY CITIES - SHOULD SANCTUARY CITIES RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDING?

67SANTA MONICA LOCAL ELECTIONS, 2014 - SANTA MONICA LOCAL ELECTIONS, 2014?

68SATURDAY HALLOWEEN - SHOULD HALLOWEEN BE MOVED PERMANENTLY TO SATURDAY?

69SCHOOL UNIFORMS - SHOULD STUDENTS HAVE TO WEAR SCHOOL UNIFORMS?

70SCHOOL VOUCHERS - ARE SCHOOL VOUCHERS A GOOD IDEA?

71SOCIAL MEDIA - ARE SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES GOOD FOR OUR SOCIETY?
ENTERTAINMENT & SPORTS

Social Media
Video Games and Violence
Drug Use in Sports
Binge-Watching
Golf - Is It a Sport?
Olympics
National Anthem Protests
Fighting in Hockey
Pokémon
Saturday Halloween
College Football Playoffs (archived 9/18/12)

72SOCIAL SECURITY PRIVATIZATION - SHOULD SOCIAL SECURITY BE PRIVATIZED?

73STANDARDIZED TESTS - IS THE USE OF STANDARDIZED TESTS IMPROVING EDUCATION IN AMERICA?

74STUDENT LOAN DEBT - SHOULD STUDENT LOAN DEBT BE EASIER TO DISCHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY?

75TABLETS VS. TEXTBOOKS -SHOULD TABLETS REPLACE TEXTBOOKS IN K-12 SCHOOLS?

76TEACHER TENURE - SHOULD TEACHERS GET TENURE?

77UBER & LYFT - ARE RIDE-HAILING COMPANIES SUCH AS UBER AND LYFT AN OVERALL BENEFIT TO SOCIETY?

78UNDER GOD IN THE PLEDGE - SHOULD THE WORDS "UNDER GOD" BE IN THE US PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE?

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3/31/20 - Learn about the background of the debate over the role that humans have played in climate change, from early scientific discoveries to international treaties to the US response, including the Trump Administration's Mar. 31, 2020 decision to lower CO2 emissions standards for passenger vehicles.

EPA Lowers Fuel Economy Standards
3/31/20 - The Trump administration's new fuel efficiency standards aim to hit an average of 40 miles per gallon in passenger vehicles by 2026, compared to a goal of 54 miles per gallon by 2025 set by the Obama-era rules.

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3/30/20 - Biden and Sanders do not believe for-profit charter schools should receive federal funds, while Trump disagrees and gives federal funds to for-profit charter schools.

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