Presents the debate about helping America's poor and discusses the welfare system, government involvement, the importance of education, marriage, and minimum wage issues and discusses the role of capitalism in dealing with those in poverty. Includes an index and sources for additional information.
Contains essays that offer different opinions about issues related to animal experimentation, such as the use of chimpanzees in research, replacement of animals in medical research, and the Animal Welfare Act.
Contains sixteen essays that present different perspectives on the debate over the use of cellular phones while driving, discussing safety, convenience, and public opinion.
Contains thirteen essays that offer differing perspectives on issues related to mandatory vaccines, including issues of possible risks and religious freedom.
Presents expert discussions of foster care, covering a variety of arguments in order to facilitate the development of critical thinking skills, with primary and secondary sources and other resources to aid in research.
Focuses on a wide range of viewpoints on the issue of slavery today, providing in-depth discussions by leading advocates. Extensive bibliographies and annotated lists of relevant organizations to contact offer a gateway to further research.
Focuses on, rebuilding the World Trade Center site, and offers a variety of perspectives, eyewitness accounts, governmental views, scientific analysis, newspaper and magazine accounts, and may more to illuminate the issue.
Contains fifteen essays that provide varying perspectives on issues related to parenthood, including licensing parents, limiting the number of children in a family, mentally disabled parents, and gay couples raising children.
Contains fourteen articles in which the authors debate issues related to gay marriage, homophobia, gay adoption and parenting, family support for gay and lesbian children, and the role of religion in gay marriage.
Presents ten essays that argue opposing sides of racial issues in the U.S., such as whether racism undermines the judicial system, whether racial profiling is unfair, and whether the rise of white nationalist groups is a significant problem.
