Presents differing viewpoints on the issues surrounding homework in schools including academic pressure, achievement culture, and school life vs. family life.
Discusses the differing viewpoints on paranormal phenomena, including possible evidence, the reasons for belief, and whether or not these incidents warrant investigation.
Features different perspectives on issues surrounding government spending, including such topics as the Affordable Care Act, stimulus spending, and the defense budget.
Presents articles discussing the various issues involving interracial America, including interracial relationships, the affect of immigration, and equal opportunities for all races.
"Suicide: Global Suicide Trends; Policies to Address Suicide; Political, Social, and Economic Factors Contributing to Suicide; Suicide As an Act of Terrorism"--
Presents essays that offer different opinions on automation, including whether it provides benefits for such industries as manufacturing, agriculture, and health care.
A collection of essays which discusses assisted death in current practice, the withdrawal of life-sustaining medical treatment, and physician-assisted suicide.
Collects articles discussing opposing viewpoints on Russia, examining its potential for a democratic government, cultural conflicts, and foreign relations with the United States.
Discusses issues surrounding poverty including its impact in specific countries, the causes of poverty, and the ways people are working to eradicate it.
Explores the issue of executive compensation from various angles, addressing salary caps, whether it should be tied to company profitability, and government regulation.
Presents opposing viewpoints on the influence of the United States around the globe in such areas as military intervention, economic policy, and culture.
Presents essays that examine the abuse of power in "Nineteen Eighty-Four," discussing such topics as totalitarianism, capitalism, personal liberty, wiretapping, and technology.
Debates ethical issues related to genetic disorders, including their prevalence, special education funding, abortion of fetuses with genetic disorders, and stem cell research.
Articles present a range of viewpoints on such issues as the the safety of prescription drugs, pharmaceutical promotion, drug costs, and illegal practices.
Essays discuss issues related to consumerism, covering such topics as the impact of consumerism on society, humans, the global economy, and the environment.
Essays discuss whether minority candidates, including women, African Americans, Mormons, and Hispanics, have a fair chance of becoming president of the United States.
Explores how changes in attitudes toward sexuality and developments, such as readily available means of birth control, transformed society throughout the twentieth century.
Explores how changes in attitudes toward sexuality and developments, such as readily available means of birth control, transformed society throughout the twentieth century.
Features different perspectives on issues surrounding war, including such topics as the justification of war, resource scarcity, the war on terror, and surveillance tools.
Presents various viewpoints on urban agriculture, covering its purpose, economic sustainability factor, and future, as well as how it affects particular groups of people.
"The Pharmaceutical Industry: Is Pharmaceutical Research Safe and Unbiased?; Are Prescription Drugs Appropriately Regulated?; Are Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices Ethical?; Is the Cost of Prescripti
Introduces global perspectives on trends in human trafficking, factors contributing to the problem, strategies to reduce its flow, and efforts to aid its victims.
Presents essays exploring varying viewpoints on gambling, including the social implications of gambling, the effects of online gambling, and should sports betting be legalized.
Presents research on the practices of shamans of different countries, including fasting, drumming, eating plant toxins, and performing exhaustive activites to induce a trance.
Collects articles arguing opposing viewpoints regarding cults, including if they are a serious threat, why people join cults, and how their members can be helped.