Resources to assist you with speeches, debates, and oral presentations. Originally developed by Butler University Libraries under a Creative Commons Attribution License.
Designed to foster discussion & debate, the Points of View Reference Center is a full-text database that provides a series of essays covering current news & issues from multiple perspectives.
The Conversation is a nonprofit, independent news organization dedicated to unlocking the knowledge of experts for the public good. We publish trustworthy and informative articles written by academic experts for the general public and edited by our team of journalists.
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Explore recent issues and featured articles for essays on important public issues. Examples of issue themes include Immigration, Nativism, & Race in the United States; Access to Justice; Why Jazz Still Matters; and Anticorruption.
ProCon.org, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit nonpartisan public charity, provides professionally-researched pro, con, and related information on more than 50 controversial issues from gun control and death penalty to illegal immigration and alternative energy.
Explore research on various issues from a highly reputable, nonpartisan think tank (based in Washington, D.C.). Pew also conducts public opinion polling, media analysis, etc.
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