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Social Issues in America

Academic Freedom

Adoption

Advertising, children's

Affirmative Action

Ageism

AIDS/HIV

Air Pollution

Airline Issues

Alcohol Abuse

Animal rights

Anti-Muslim Discrimination and Violence

Anti-Semitism

Arson

Arts Funding and Censorship

At Risk Students: Higher Education

Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder

Autism

Automobile and Highway Safety

Bi-lingualism

Birth Control

Campaign Finance Reform

Cancer

Capital Punishment

Census Issues

Cheating, academic

Child Abuse and Molestation

Child Labor

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Church-State Separation

Civil Liberties

Civil Rights

Coastal Pollution and Wetlands Protection

College Sports

Computer Crime, Hacking

Consumer Debt and Bankruptcy

Corporal Punishment

Corporate Crime

Crime

Criminal Rights

Cults and Alternative Religions

Defense Spending and Preparedness

Deforestation and Logging

Disability Rights

Divorce and Child Support

Domestic Violence

Downsizing, corporate

Drought and aquifer depletion

Drug Abuse

Drugs, War on

Eating Disorders

Energy Dependency

Environmental Justice

Environmentally-induced Illness

Euthanasia

Evolution Education

Extinction and Species Loss: Biota Invasion and Habitat Destruction

Farm crisis

Food and Drug Safety

Foster Care

Gambling

Gangs

Gay and Lesbian Rights

Genetic Engineering

Gentrification

Global Warming

Gun violence and gun control

Hate Crimes

Hate Internet and Radio

Hate Speech

Health Care Reform

Heart Disease

Homelessness

Housing costs

Human experimentation

Identity Theft

Immigration

Immigration, Illegal

Indoor Pollution

Infectious Disease and Epidemics

Infrastructure Deterioration

Intellectual Property Rights

Journalistic Ethics

Judicial Reform

Juvenile Justice

Legal Services for the Poor

Literacy

Mandatory Sentencing

Marijuana

Mass Transit

Media Bias

Media Consolidation

Media Sex and Violence

Medical Malpractice

Medicare and Medicaid Reform

Medicine, alternative

Mental Illness

Migrant Workers

Militia Movement

Minimum and Living Wages

Money Laundering

N(ot) I(n) M(y) B(ackyard) Y(ard) Issue

Native Americans and Government Policy

Natural Disasters and Disaster Relief

Needle Exchange Programs

Noise Pollution

Nuclear Power and Waste

Nuclear Weapons

Obesity

Occupational Safety and Health

Organ and Tissue Transplants

Organic Foods

Organized Crime

Plagiarism

Police Abuse and Corruption

Pornography

Poverty and Wealth

Prison Reform and Prisoner Rights

Privacy

Prostitution

Public Opinion Polling

Racial Profiling

Rape

Recycling and Conservation

Red-lining and loan discrimination

Reproductive Rights and Technology

Rioting

School Standards and Testing

School Violence

School Vouchers and Privatization

Scientific Research Ethics

Secrecy, Governmental

Sex Education

Sexual Harassment

Single Parenting

Social Security Reform

Space Exploration, costs and benefits

Special Education

Stem Cell Research

Stress

Student Rights

Suicide

Superstores v. Main Street

Sweatshops

Tax Reform

Term Limits

Terrorism, Domestic

Terrorism, Foreign

Terrorism, War on

Tobacco and tobacco-related health issues

Tort Reform

Toxic Waste

Traffic Congestion

Unemployment

Unions

Urban Sprawl

Veterans' Issues

Voluntarism and Volunteering

Voting Issues

Waste Disposal

Water Pollution

Weapons of Mass Destruction

Welfare and welfare reform

Wilderness Protection

Women's Rights