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Should we defund the police?

October 29, 2020

Click here to edit the dot navigation module. This text is only for editing and will not appear after you publish the changes. Investigate Contemplate debate Immigration Reform After the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of police, widespread calls for reform and defunding law enforcement joined the chorus of criticism…

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Should Columbus Day be replaced by Indigenous Peoples’ Day?

October 1, 2020

Click here to edit the dot navigation module. This text is only for editing and will not appear after you publish the changes. Investigate Contemplate debate Immigration Reform Since Congress first designated in 1934, the United States has observed Columbus Day as a national holiday. In recent years, there has been a growing movement to…

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Should Confederate monuments be removed from public spaces?

September 3, 2020

Click here to edit the dot navigation module. This text is only for editing and will not appear after you publish the changes. Investigate Contemplate debate Immigration Reform The Civil War ended more than 150 years ago in 1865, but monuments to the Confederate generals and soldiers who fought to maintain slavery stand all around…

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Should we make voting mandatory?

October 5, 2018

Click here to edit the dot navigation module. This text is only for editing and will not appear after you publish the changes. Investigate Contemplate debate Immigration Reform In the 2016 election, only about 6 in 10 eligible voters cast ballots and turnout was especially low for voters under 30. Some countries, like Australia, increase…

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Should scientists be able to modify human genes?

September 17, 2018

Click here to edit the dot navigation module. This text is only for editing and will not appear after you publish the changes. Investigate Contemplate debate Immigration Reform With CRISPR (Clustered Regularly-Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) scientists can edit the DNA in human embryos for the first time, a process that was previously thought impossible and…

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