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Should fur clothing be banned?

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Should animals be used for scientific or commercial testing?

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Sanctuary cities explainer What are sanctuary policies?

2028 presidential election: Key candidates and issues.

2028 presidential election Key candidates and issues

Engraved portrait of Christopher Columbus wearing a hat, featured on the reverse of El Salvador's 5 Colones banknote, with intricate colored line patterns in the background.

Columbus Day Should Columbus Day be celebrated?

Small Israel and Palestine flags pinned on a map at the region of Israel, Gaza Strip, and West Bank, highlighting their geographic proximity and areas of conflict.

Israel-Palestine conflict explainer What is the history of the conflict?

A person in a deep blue shirt holds forward a circular red, white, and blue sticker with stars and an image of an envelope that reads I voted by mail.

Mail-in voting Should mail-in voting be widely available?

A student in school uniform sits at a desk with a laptop and notebook, looking at a smartphone displaying glowing AI technology graphics.

Artificial intelligence (AI) for schoolwork Should students be allowed to use AI for schoolwork?

A polar bear stands on a small piece of ice floating in the water.

Climate change How can we best address climate change?

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Vaping Is vaping safer than smoking cigarettes?

Digital Life, Science, & Technology

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Artificial intelligence (AI) Is artificial intelligence good for society?

Binge-watching

Binge-watching Is Binge-watching good for you?

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Internet Is the Internet “making us stupid”?

Internet

Net neutrality Are net neutrality laws good for society?

Pokémon GO

Pokémon GO Is Pokémon GO good for society?

Social media Is social media good for society?

Space colonization

Space colonization Should we colonize space?

TikTok Should TikTok be banned?

Violent video games

Video games Should kids and teens be allowed to play violent video games?

Government & Civics

Members of the Democratic Socialists of America hold a large red banner and wave red flags while gathered for a May Day demonstration on a city street in New York.

American socialism Should the United States become socialist?

The U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., with its white dome and neoclassical facade, stands behind a statue and landscaped grounds.

Congressional term limits Should term limits be imposed on U.S. senators and representatives?

Puerto Rico flag

D.C. and Puerto Rico statehood Should Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico be U.S. states?

Should the U.S. Senate Keep the Filibuster?

Filibuster Should the U.S. Senate keep the filibuster?

Impeachment: What is impeachment?

Impeachment explainer What is impeachment?

A Peace Corps volunteer helping schoolchildren in Morocco.

Mandatory national service Should the U.S. enact mandatory national service?

A U S flag flies while the words to the national anthem appear on a scrolling sign. People stand in front of their seats.

National anthem explainer Is the U.S. national anthem racist?

U.S. Supreme Court

U.S. Supreme Court Should packing the U.S. Supreme Court ever be considered?

Education

American bullfrog

Animal dissection Should K–12 students dissect animals in science classrooms?

A student in school uniform sits at a desk with a laptop and notebook, looking at a smartphone displaying glowing AI technology graphics.

Artificial intelligence (AI) for schoolwork Should students be allowed to use AI for schoolwork?

Blonde girl closely reading a copy of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald in a school classroom.

Book bans Should parents or other adults be able to ban books from schools and libraries?

A girl on her cell phone in class

Cell phones in schools Should cell phones be banned in schools?

Three Spelman College graduates in caps and gowns smile together, each wearing a blue and white Spelman stole, at an outdoor commencement ceremony.

College education Is a college education worth it?

A worried student sits in a classroom.

Corporal punishment Should corporal punishment be allowed in K-12 schools?

Graduation Day

Free college Should public college be tuition-free?

Teenage boy sits at a table at home, writing in a notebook with open textbooks and a laptop in front of him, appearing focused on his homework.

Homework Is homework beneficial?

School uniforms

School uniforms Should students wear uniforms?

Close-up of a sharpened pencil filling in a bubble on a multiple choice standardized test answer sheet.

Standardized tests Do standardized tests improve education?

A black graduation cap with a red tassel rests on top of scattered one hundred dollar bills.

Student loan debt Should student loan debt be eliminated via forgiveness or bankruptcy?

Tablets

Tablets v. textbooks Should tablets replace textbooks in K-12 schools?

Health & Medicine

A pink highlighter pen marks the word abortion in a close-up of a dictionary page.

Abortion Should abortion be legal?

Birth control

Birth control pills Should birth control pills be available over the counter?

Born gay Is sexual orientation determined at birth?

An elderly couple

MAID: Medical aid in dying Should MAID be legal?

Medical marijuana

Medical marijuana Should medical marijuana be legal?

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Milk Should humans consume dairy milk?

Should obesity be treated as a disease?

Obesity Should obesity be treated as a disease?

Prescription drug costs

Prescription drug costs Should the U.S. government regulate prescription drug prices?

School vaccine mandates

School vaccine mandates Should vaccines be required for school attendance?

Universal health care

Universal health care Should the U.S. government provide universal health care?

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Vaping Is vaping safer than smoking cigarettes?

Environment & Animal Rights

Solar panel installation

Alternative energy Can alternative energies replace fossil fuels?

A white laboratory rat is gently held in gloved hands wearing blue surgical gloves, with lab equipment visible in the background.

Animal testing Should animals be used for scientific or commercial testing?

A female veterinarian in a white coat uses a stethoscope to examine an orange tabby cat lying on an exam table.

Cannabidiol (CBD) for pets Is CBD good for pets?

A polar bear stands on a small piece of ice floating in the water.

Climate change How can we best address climate change?

Electric vehicles

Electric vehicles Is driving an electric vehicle good?

Fracking

Fracking Should the United States continue fracking?

A gray chinchilla with large ears and thick fur sits on green grass, nibbling on a pile of hay, with blurred greenery in the background.

Fur clothing bans Should fur clothing be banned?

A head of butter lettuce with a non GMO Project label.

Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) Should GMOs be grown?

Geothermal power

Geothermal power Is geothermal power a good form of energy?

A nuclear power plant

Nuclear power Is nuclear power a good form of energy?

Close-up of an American pit bull terrier with light brown fur and a white stripe on its face, outdoors with blurred greenery and flowers in the background.

Pit bull bans Should breed-specific legislation (“pit bull bans”) be enacted?

Plastic cups filled with assorted fresh fruit pieces, including strawberries, kiwi, and melon, each with a colorful fork, displayed for sale at a market in Barcelona, Spain.

Single-use plastics Should single-use plastics be banned?

Colorful Buddha bowl with tofu cubes, spinach, cherry tomatoes, carrot strips, chickpeas, radish slices, cucumber ribbons, and shredded cabbage, served with a bowl of soy sauce and chopsticks.

Vegetarianism Should people become vegetarian?

Wind turbines in a field

Wind power Is wind power a good form of energy?

A snow leopard at Marwell Zoo, England.

Zoos Should zoos exist?

Elections & Presidents

2028 presidential election: Key candidates and issues.

2028 presidential election Key candidates and issues

Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton Was Bill Clinton a good president?

Voters at individual booths marked with American flags and the word vote, casting ballots at Centreville High School in Clifton, Virginia.

Election Day holiday Should Election Day be a national holiday?

Map of the United States showing the number of electoral votes assigned to each state and the District of Columbia for presidential elections. Each state is labeled with its total electoral votes, such as California with 54, Texas with 40, Florida with 30, and New York with 28. The map notes that there are 538 total electoral votes, and 270 are needed to win the presidency.

Electoral College Should the Electoral College continue to be used in U.S. presidential elections?

A person in a deep blue shirt holds forward a circular red, white, and blue sticker with stars and an image of an envelope that reads I voted by mail.

Mail-in voting Should mail-in voting be widely available?

Paper ballot with the word Vote at the top and checkboxes next to the names Candidate A, Candidate B, and Candidate C, placed on a wooden surface.

Ranked-choice voting Is ranked-choice voting the best method of voting?

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan Was Ronald Reagan a good U.S. president?

Voting age Should the U.S. voting age be lowered to 16?

Electronic voting

Voting machines Are electronic voting machines the best method for voting?

Metal handcuffs rest on a crumpled American flag, symbolizing the intersection of criminal justice and civic rights.

Voting with felony convictions Should people with felony convictions have their voting rights restored?

Composite illustration of 2024 presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump in front of a red-and-blue United States electoral map.

2024 presidential election The candidates and issues

Composite illustration of 2020 presidential candidates Donald Trump and Joe Biden before a red and blue United States electoral map.

2020 presidential election The candidates and issues

Composite illustration of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump standing back to back before a red and blue map of the 2016 United States electoral vote results.

2016 presidential election The candidates and issues

Composite of Mitt Romney and Barack Obama in front of a red-and-blue 2012 United States electoral map.

2012 presidential election The candidates and issues

2008 presidential election

2008 presidential election The candidates and issues

Society

A hand holds a smartphone displaying a glowing zodiac wheel with astrological symbols above the screen, surrounded by crystals on a table.

Astrology Is astrology useful?

Concept art depicting cancel culture.

Cancel culture Is cancel culture good for society?

Row of unrecognizable men standing close together, all wearing dark business suits and dress shoes, shown from shoulders down.

Dress codes Should dress codes be implemented and enforced?

A gavel and wedding rings sit on a gay pride flag

Gay marriage Should gay marriage be legal?

Bronze figures of Confederate soldiers lie strapped on a flatbed truck as workers dismantle a monument near the University of Louisville campus, with construction equipment in the background.

Historic statue removal Should historic statues be taken down?

Homelessness

Homelessness Are housing first policies the best solution for homelessness?

Marijuana

Recreational marijuana Should recreational marijuana be legal?

Borneti Phillipis, an older Black man wearing a colorful striped cap, stands in front of a bright yellow sign reading Reparations Now! at a rally on the National Mall.

Reparations for slavery Should reparations be paid to the descendants of slavery?

True crime

True crime Is true crime good for society?

Sports

Cheerleading

Cheerleading Is cheerleading a sport?

Edmonton Oilers center Adam Henrique, in a white jersey, punches Florida Panthers center Sam Reinhart, in a red jersey, during a fight as a referee tries to intervene on the ice.

Fighting in hockey Should fighting be allowed in hockey?

High school football player in a green helmet and camouflage jersey is tackled headfirst at the goal line by an opponent in white and orange, with the ball extended for a touchdown.

Football Should kids and teens be allowed to play tackle football?

Golf

Golf Is golf a sport?

Texas Longhorns women's soccer players kneel and hold hands during the national anthem before a game, wearing orange uniforms with soccer balls at their feet.

National anthem protest Is kneeling during the U.S. national anthem an appropriate form of protest?

Olympics Is hosting the Olympics worth the cost?

Paying college athletes

Paying college athletes Should college athletes be paid?

Sports and drugs

Sports and drugs Should performance-enhancing drugs and technologies be allowed in sports?

Law & Order

Close-up view of a police body camera attached to the front of a dark uniform, showing detailed buttons and lens.

Police body cameras Should law enforcement agents wear body cameras?

A handgun rests on top of the U.S. Constitution, with part of an American flag visible in the background.

Constitutional carry of guns Should permitless, “constitutional carry” of guns be legal?

Should the death penalty be legal?

Death penalty Should the death penalty be legal?

Should U.S. police departments be defunded?

Defund the police Should police departments be defunded?

Five glasses of beer in different shapes and sizes, each containing a different color and style of beer, arranged on a wooden surface with a field and blue sky in the background.

Drinking age Should the drinking age be lowered from 21?

Gun control Should more gun control laws be enacted?

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Private prisons Should prisons be privatized?

Prostitution

Prostitution Should prostitution be legal?

Money & Work

Close-up of a hand holding a pen while filling out a U.S. corporate income tax Form 1120 from the Internal Revenue Service.

Corporate tax rate Should the Federal Corporate Income Tax Rate Be Raised?Should the federal corporate income tax rate be raised?

Stacked wooden blocks reading 4-day work week with a clock on top, a potted succulent to the left, and an orange pen to the right, all against an orange background.

Four-day workweek Should a four-day workweek be adopted?

A delivery driver wearing a helmet and green jacket rides a motorcycle or moped at night in the city, carrying a large green backpack labeled delivery.

Gig economy Is the gig cconomy good for us?

A stack of gold bars.

Gold standard Should the United States return to a gold standard?

Young woman with Down syndrome wearing a brown apron smiles with arms crossed while standing in a store, with shelves of products and a refrigerator behind her.

Minimum wage Should the minimum wage be increased?

A social security card, a United States Treasury check, and a one hundred dollar bill are arranged in front of part of an American flag.

Social Security Should Social Security be privatized?

Universal basic income.

Universal basic income (UBI) Should the U.S. implement a universal basic income?

U.S. penny Should the U.S. penny stay in circulation?

Holidays

Engraved portrait of Christopher Columbus wearing a hat, featured on the reverse of El Salvador's 5 Colones banknote, with intricate colored line patterns in the background.

Columbus Day Should Columbus Day be celebrated?

A vintage blue and white alarm clock with two bells on top sits on a plain yellow background, showing the time as 9:00:22.

Daylight Saving Time Should the U.S. keep Daylight Saving Time?

Fireworks in Quebec

Fireworks Should fireworks be banned?

Spiral notepad with New Year's Resolutions written at the top and a numbered list, surrounded by pinecones and gold ornaments on a yellow surface.

New Year’s resolutions Are New Year’s resolutions helpful?

Santa Claus

Santa Claus Is there really a Santa Claus?

Halloween

Saturday Halloween Should Halloween be moved permanently to Saturday?

Valentine's Day

Valentine’s Day Should we celebrate Valentine’s Day?

Immigration & International Scene

Havanna, Cuba

Cuba embargo Should the U.S. maintain its embargo against Cuba?

Two military drones with long wings and sensor pods fly over a barren, mountainous desert landscape.

Drones Should the U.S. military continue drone strikes?

U.S. immigration

Immigration Should the U.S. offer a path to citizenship for immigrants without legal status?

Small Israel and Palestine flags pinned on a map at the region of Israel, Gaza Strip, and West Bank, highlighting their geographic proximity and areas of conflict.

Israel-Palestine conflict explainer What is the history of the conflict?

A classic wooden San Francisco cable car tram travels along tracks in a sunny downtown intersection, with historic buildings and a large tree in the background.

Sanctuary cities explainer What are sanctuary policies?

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