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A federal appeals court ruled that federal civil rights law protects gay employees from discrimination based on sexual orientation.

We’ve added new quotes from President Donald Trump (Pro), Parkland shooting survivor Sam Zeif (Con), Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin (Pro), and psychology professors Christopher Ferguson and Patrick M. Markey (Con).

Our 56th website explores the pros and cons in the debate over
legalizing recreational (also called adult-use) marijuana. More than
half of US adults have tried marijuana, despite it being an illegal drug
under federal law. Proponents say legalization will add billions to the
economy, create hundreds of thousands of jobs, free up scarce police
resources, and stop the huge racial disparities in marijuana
enforcement. Opponents say legal marijuana will result in more teen
marijuana use, lead to more medical emergencies including traffic deaths
from driving while high, increase crime, and cause environmental
damage.

Our new website presents the top pro & con arguments
and quotes, a history of the debate, a video gallery, and a state guide
to marijuana laws. It took 5 months, 250 sources, and 750 hours to
create this free, nonpartisan resource for our readers.

In 2015, the United States relied on fossil fuels to supply 81.5% of total energy consumption, down from 91.4% in 1950. Take a look at our charts and graphs to see how the United States has used energy from 1950 to 2015.

The ruling applies to twenty-three Latin American countries and those without legal gay marriage will be expected to change their laws.

As many as 42 million men, women, and children are working as prostitutes worldwide – whether by choice or through forced slavery – with one to two million of them in the United States.

18 states increased their state-level minimum wages at the beginning of 2018. Currently, 29 states and DC have a minimum wage higher than the federal level of $7.25 an hour. Washington has set the highest state minimum wage at $11.50 an hour; DC is at $12.50.

Examine updated pro and con quotes from the Sex Workers Outreach Project-USA (Pro), President of FEMEN International Association Inna Shevchenko (Con), Assistant Professor of Journalism at West Virginia University Alison Bass (Pro), and Norma Ramos, Executive Director of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women (Con), among many other experts.

Explore pro and con quotes on this controversial topic including from former Captain of the Anaheim Police Department Joe Vargas (Pro), escort, writer, and sex worker advocate Laura Lee (Con), and physicians Theodore Dalrymple (Pro) and Alexa Albert (Con).

Consider both sides of this debate with quotes from academics Drs. Steffanie Strathdee and Teela Sanders (Pro), politician and lawyer Cheryl Edwardes (Con), UK charity Avert (Pro), and Canadian nonprofit REAL Women of Canada (Con).

Read our updated question with pro and con quotes from experts and organizations including the UK-based Global Network of Sex Work Projects (Pro), US-based Demand Abolition (Con), United Nations Development Programme (Pro), and journalist and cofounder of Justice for Women Julie Bindel (Con).

Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded the policy guidelines issued by President
Obama’s Justice Department regarding the enforcement of marijuana laws
in states where marijuana is legal.

On Dec. 22, 2017 President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which contained a provision opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil drilling.

Read new pro and con quotes on this controversial topic from US Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (Pro), the European Union (Con), and American nonprofits One Jerusalem (Pro) and J Street (Con), among other experts.

Read the main arguments in the debate over whether the ACLU is good for America, with a look at issues ranging from abortion to Nazi’s rights to the Wars on Terror and Christmas, among others.