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Adoption and Foster Care

Affirmative Action

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AIDS/HIV and Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Air Transportation

Alternative Energy

Alternative Medicine

Alzheimer's Disease

America's Image Abroad

Aquaculture and Maritime Policy

Arms Control and Disarmament

Arms Sales and Trafficking

Artificial Intelligence

Automation of Industry

Bilingual Education and ESL

Campaign Finance

Challenges of the Courts

Cheating and Ethics in Schools

Civil Liberties in Wartime

College Financing

Colleges and Universities

Communism and Socialism

Constitution and Separation of Powers

Consumer Protection

Copyright and Patents

Corporate Salaries

Cosmetics and Fashion

Cost of Living and Wages

Credit and Consumer Debt

Criminal Sentencing

Defense Spending

Disabled Persons

Disasters and Preparedness

Drug Abuse and Trafficking

Education and Funding

Education and Gender

Education Issues

Education Standards and Testing

Electoral College

Environmental Protection

Ethics in Government

European Unification

Evolution, Science, and Creationism

Executive Powers and the Presidency

Farm Income and Agricultural Prices

Farm Loans and Subsidies

Federal Budget and National Debt

Federal Judiciary

Federal Reserve System

Federal/State Government Relations

Food Prices and Supply

Gambling and Lotteries

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Individuals

Genetics and Cloning

Gifted Education and Tracking

Government Secrecy

Gun Control and the Second Amendment

Health Insurance

Highways and Roads

Historic Preservation

Holocaust and Antisemitism

Immigration and Naturalization

Insurance Industry

Intelligence Agencies

Israel, Palestine, and Middle East Peace

Jobs and Skills

Journalism, Newspapers, and the Media

Juveniles and the Justice System

Law Enforcement

Learning Disabilities

Lobbying and Special Interests

Marriage, Divorce, and Single Parents

Medicaid and Medicare

Medical Malpractice

Missile Defense

Morality and Values

Native Americans

Natural Resources

New Deal, Great Depression, and Economic Recovery

Nutrition and Health

Oil and Gasoline Prices

Older Americans and Senior Citizens

Organ Transplants

Organized Crime

Peace Corps, National Service, and Volunteerism

Pensions and Retirement

Pharmaceuticals

Philanthropy and Charities

Political Parties

Poverty and Homelessness

Presidential Candidates and Campaigns

Professional Sports

Property Rights

Protest Movements and Counter Culture

Public Employees

Public Utilities and Electricity

Publishing Industry

Racism and Hate

Reapportionment, Redistricting, and Representation

Refugees and Asylum

Religion and Politics

Religion and Schools

Russia and the Soviet Union

Segregation and Desegregation

Sexual Behavior

Smoking and the Tobacco Industry

Social Security

Space Exploration

State and Local Governments

Teens and Alcohol

Telecommunications

Tourism and Vacation

Traffic Congestion

Trash and Recycling

U.S. Dollar and Inflation

Underground Economy

United States and Foreign Trade

Upward Mobility

Violence in America

Violence in Schools

Water Pollution

Weapons of Mass Destruction

Weather Forecasting

Wildlife and Endangered Species

Women and Sports

Workforce Protections

World War II Aftermath

World War II Reparations

Youths and Work