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1. Should the U.S. Government Provide Universal Health Care?

   • Universal health care, universal health insurance, national health insurance

   • United States

   • Reform, medical policy, health policy, health equity, human rights, healthcare disparities, moral, medical care costs, right to health, socioeconomic status

2. Should dogs be banned based on their breeds’ reputations?

   • Dogs, canine, dog breeds, pitbull, pit bull terriers, pit bulls

   • animal aggression, behavior*, stereotypes, public opinion, social context, dog bites, prejudices

   • law, legislation, legal, animal laws, bans, pets law and legislation

3. Is it wrong to force animals to live a life of captivity simply for entertainment?

   • animal captivity, captive wild animals, zoos, circus

   • ethics, opinion, animal welfare, animal rights, animal health, attitude, ethical problems

   • wildlife conservation, endangered species, biological extinction

4. Is standardized testing an effective measure of student learning? 

   • standardized test*, achievement tests, high stakes tests

   • Diversity, test bias, minority group students, racism, racial attitudes, income, measures of academic progress, evaluation, accountability

5. Should social media be policed more to protect the well-being of its users?

   • Law, regulating, freedom of speech, constitutional law, political debates, disinformation

   • Social media, internet governance, regulatory governance, internet content moderation

   • United States, Florida, Texas, Supreme Court

6. Do aliens exist?

   • extraterrestrial life, extraterrestrial beings, unidentified flying objects, human-alien encounters

   • Roswell. official secrets, congressional hearings, abduction, investigative reporting, space probes

7. Should students in the United States attend school all year?

   • year-round schools, school year, school schedules, extended school year

   • academic achievement, teacher attitudes, achievement gains, misconceptions, educational research, achievement tests, mathematics achievement, reading achievement, educational benefits, family life, parent attitudes, student attitudes, 

   • United States

8. Should the government regulate the use of materials that affect climate change?

   • Greenhouse gas emissions, fossil fuels, greenhouse gas mitigation, climate change mitigation, automobile emissions, emission control

   • Clean air act

   • Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, "Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs"

9. Is the current educational system failing to prepare students for today’s job market and life?

   • Higher education, college curriculum; Colleges, universities, and professional schools; college graduates

   • Professions, career development, labor market

   • Preparation, preparedness, occupational training, employability, career readiness

   • United States

10. Should single-use plastic be banned?

    • Single-use plastics, plastic tableware, drinking straws, plastic bags

    • Plastics & the environment, plastic scrap & the environment, environmental pollution prevention & control, beverage container recycling, chemical recycling, environmental sustainability

    • Law, economics, government and politics

11. Should vaccinations be mandatory for children to attend school?

    • Vaccines, vaccination, immunization, vaccination of children

    • Law, government and politics, mandatory, vaccination laws, regulations and rules

    • United States

12. Should standardized reading lists in high schools be updated?

    • Canon (literature), canon, book selection, English literature education, recommended books

    • High schools, Reading interests of teenagers

    • Curriculum

13. Should professional athletes be allowed to use steroids?

    • Anabolic steroids, steroids, Anabolic steroids in sports, performance-enhancing drugs, somatotropin

    • Drug use by athletes, doping in sports, professional athletes

    • Drug side effects, heart diseases, anabolic agents adverse effects, anabolic agents therapeutic use, steroids adverse effects, sportsmanship, ethics

14. Should young children have limited screen time?

    • Screen time, cell phones

    • School children, children, young adults, adolescence

    • Limit, moderation

    • United States

    • Parent attitudes, student attitudes, social anxiety, research, mental health, sleep, well-being

15. Should marijuana use be illegal in the United States?

    • Marijuana, marijuana laws, medical marijuana, marijuana legalization

    • Drug legalization, government policy, law, legislation, legalization

    • United States