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1 *Main Category Abortion* Abortion, Moral and Ethical Aspects Abstinence Education Acculturation and Assimilation ADHD Adoption* Advertising* Advertising and Children Advertising in Schools Affirmative Action Afghanistan AIDS Airport Security Alcohol Use* Alcoholism Alternative Education* Alternative Energy Sources* Alternative Medicine Animal Cloning Animal Cruelty Animal Experimentation Animal Rights* Anonymous Egg and Sperm Donation Antibiotic Resistance Anti-Immigrant Movement Art and Cultural Repatriation Arts Censorship Assisted Suicide Athletes Pay Autism Bailout Banned Books Basque Country Battered Women Beauty Pageants Binge Drinking Bioethics and Cloning* Biological and Chemical Terrorism new Birth Control* Birth Control Availability Body Image* Bullying Business Ethics* new Campaign Funds Cancer Cell Phones in School Censorship* Character Education Charter Schools Cheating Chechnya Cheerleading Child Abuse Child Care Child Labor Child Protection Laws Child Sexual Abuse Church and State Civil Rights* Clean Coal Climate Change* College Education Colombia Commercial Whaling Common Core Standards Concealed Weapons Concussions in Sports new Conflict Diamonds 1

2 Conflict Minerals new Conservation of Natural Resources Consumer Privacy Controversial Mascots Convicted Felons' Rights Copyright Infringement Criminal Justice* Curfew Cursive Writing Cyberbullying Cybercrime Cybersocializing/Online Social Networks Cyberwarfare Darfur Dating Violence/Date Rape Death Penalty/Capital Punishment Democracy Digital Media Diplomacy Discrimination in Criminal Justice Administration Distracted Driving Divorce Domestic Terrorism Domestic Violence and Child Abuse* Doping in Sports Downloading Drilling for Oil Drug Control* Drug Legalization Drug Testing Drunk Driving Eating Disorders new Ebola Economic Inequality Economic Policy, U.S.* Education Policy* Educational Reform Educational Tests and Measurements Election 2016 new Elections* Electoral College Emergency Contraception Endangered Species Energy Conservation Energy Dependency Energy Policy* Environmental Health Environmentalism* Ethnic Relations European Union Euthanasia Executive Pay new Extraterrestrial Life Factory Farms Fad Diets Fair Trade Family* Famine Fantasy Sports Leagues Federal Government and Economic Policy Federal Regulation of Prescription Drugs Filtering Software Food and Nutrition* Food Safety Foreign Policy, U.S.* For-Profit Schools Fracking Freedom of Religion* Freedom of Speech* Freedom of the Press* 2

3 Gambling* Gangs Gay Adoption Gay Liberation Movement Gender Identity Genetic Engineering Genetic Testing Genetically Modified Foods Genocide Global Economic Policy* Global Financial Crisis Global Health Crises* Global Warming Globalization* Globalization, Moral and Ethical Aspects Government Ethics* new Green Movement Gun Control* Gun Safety Hate Crimes Health Care* Health Care Reform Helicopter Parents Herbal Supplements Holocaust Denial Homelessness Homeschooling Homework Human Cloning Human Reproductive Technology Human Rights* Human Rights, Universal Human Smuggling Human Trafficking Hunting Identity Cards Illegal Immigration Immigration* Indigenous Peoples new International Adoption International Monetary Fund International Space Station International Trade International War on Drugs Internet and Mobile Advertising Internet Censorship Internet Gambling Internment Interracial Adoption Iran Iraq Islamic State Group (ISIS) Jammu and Kashmir Jobs for Immigrants Journalism and School Censorship Junk Food Tax Jury System Just War Juvenile Delinquency Keystone Pipeline Korean Peninsula Labor Unions Late-Term Abortion LGBT People in the Military LGBT Rights* Lobbying Marijuana Advertising Marijuana Legalization Mass Media* Media Bias Medical Ethics* 3

4 Medical Malpractice Medical Marijuana Mental Depression Mental Health* Mental Health Insurance Merit Pay for Teachers Military Ethics* Military Recruiting Minimum Wage Mortgage and Lending Issues Music Lyrics National Security and Privacy Natural Disasters Northern Ireland Nuclear Energy Nuclear Weapons Obesity Organ Donation Organic Food Outsourcing Overpopulation Ozone Depletion Palestinian Territories Parentage, Right to Know Parental Consent for Abortion Patients Rights Paying for Grades Peak Oil Plastic Surgery Police and Body Cameras Pollution Polygamy Popular Culture Pornography Poverty Poverty, International* Prescription Drug Abuse Prescription Drug Advertising Privacy and the Press Privacy in the Workplace Privacy Rights for Teenagers Privatization Property Rights Prostitution Racial Discrimination Racial Profiling Recycling Refugees Religion* new Religion and Science new Religion in the Public Sphere Religious Fundamentalism Religious Minorities new Renewable Energy Reporters and Shield Laws Right of Privacy* Same-Sex Marriage School Discipline and Corporal Punishment School Environment* School Lunches School Prayer School Safety* School Schedule School Shootings School Uniforms School Vouchers Second Amendment and Right to Bear Arms Sex Education* Single Parents Single-Sex Schools/Classrooms 4

5 Smokeless Tobacco Smoking* Smoking Bans Social Security Reform Solar Energy Sovereignty Space Exploration & Travel* Space Missions Space Vehicles Sports* Sports, Youth Stand Your Ground Laws State Lotteries Stem Cells Stock Markets Student Expression and School Discipline Student Privacy Student-Athlete Compensation Substance Abuse* Suicide Surrogacy Sweatshops Syria Tanning Salons Targeted Strikes Tax Exemptions for Religious Organizations Taxation Teaching of Evolution Technology* Technology and Privacy Teenage Pregnancy Teenage Sexual Behavior Teenagers, Civil Rights* Teenagers, Suicidal Behavior Teens and Cosmetic Surgery Teens and Driving Terrorism* Title IX Tobacco Advertising Tobacco Regulation Torture Treatment of Prisoners U.S. Foreign Aid U.S. War on Drugs Underage Drinking Underground Economy Unemployment United Nations Vaccines for Kids Vegetarianism Violence in Mass Media Virtual Classrooms Virtual Currencies Voting Age Voting Fraud War Crimes/War Criminals War on Terror new Water Use Welfare Women in the Military Women s Rights Work and Family Workplace Discrimination World Conflicts* World Cultures* Zero-Tolerance Policies Zika new Zoos 5

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