Current Issues and Controversies

Find information about more than 180 controversial issues, such as abortion, online education, consumer debt, affirmative action, childhood obesity, and prisons. For each issues, this database provides viewpoints by activists and editorial writers, news and magzines articles, journal articles, statistics, and related websites.

In-depth reports on a wide range of controversial issues such as immigration, food safety, gene testing, and the value of a college education. Each report is written by an experienced journalist and includes an overview of the topic, an assessment of the current situation, pro/con arguments, a chronology, maps, and a bibliography.

A good starting point for general magazine and journal articles on a wide variety of subjects.

Magazine and news articles on social, political and economic issues.