Debate Articles

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Current Events

Life Behind Bars:  Should Teen Criminals Be Locked Up for Life?  (4-7-06)

Some Viewers Say American Idol Judges Go Too Far (3-17-06)

Some Schools Ban Student Blogs  (3-10-06)

Should School Lunches be Healthier?   (2-17-06)

Top Jocks:  How Young is Too Young to Go Pro?  (2-3-06)

Should Students Be Fined for Using Foul Language? (1-20-06)

Dog Fight  -- Drug-Sniffing Dogs in Schools Smell Trouble (12-9-05)

 Video Game Laws (12-2-05)

A Burning Issue -- Debate Ignites Over Protecting the Flag  (11-18-05)

Passenger Laws Put the Brakes on Teen Drivers  (11-4-05)

Money for Nothing -- Kids Cash in on School Incentive Programs (10-28-05)

 Teen Curfews (10-14-05)

Should Teens Be Required to Take Breathalyzers? (10-7-05)

Are Dress Codes a Drag?  School Fines Boys for Wearing Dress to the Prom (9-30-05)

Dogfight Brews Over Pit Bull Bans (9-23-05)

Indoor Tanning  (5-6-05)

Are Zoos Modern Arks or Pitiful Prisons?  (4-8-05)

Teen Poker -- Win, Lose, or Draw (3-18-05)

Should Appalachian Teens Learn to Mask Their Accents? (3-11-05)

Religion in Schools  (3-4-05)

 Illinois Governor Tries to Block Sale of Violent Video Games to Minors (2-18-05)

So You Want a Famous Face [Cosmetic Surgery for Teens] (2-11-05)

Kentucky Teen's Prom Dress Prompts Debate [Confederate Flag Inspired Design]  (2-4-05)

Do Parents Have the Right to Eavesdrop on Teens' Phone Call? (1-21-05)

Should Foreign Born Citizens be Allowed to Run for President? (1-14-05)

Cops Say Steer Clear of Pocket Bikes (12-3-04)

Do the Ten Commandments Belong on State Property?  (11-19-04)

GPS Puts Parents in the Passenger Seat (11-12-04)

Does PETA Unfairly Target Teens?  (11-5-04)

Atten-Hut! -- Military Recruitment In High Schools Has Critics Attention (12-17-04)

Surgery for Overweight Teens?  (12-10-04)

Mobster Stereotypes in the Movie Shark Tale  (10-29-04)

Shopping Mall Curfews for Teens (10-22-04)

Should We Dissect Frogs in School? (10-15-04)

Sufferin' for Suffrage:  Should Teens Have the Right to Vote?  (9-24-04)

News Debate: Illinois Teens Fight for Their Right to Party  (9-17-04)

Are Boys Smelly?  Critics Make Big Stink Over "Stupid" Shirts  (5-7-04)

A Tour de Farce:  Lip-Synching (4-23-04)

Controversy Over Reality TV About Amish Teens
(4-5-04)

Should schools limit bathroom breaks? 
(3-19-04)

Should Confederate Flags Be Kicked Out of Class? (3-12-04)

Ready for the Road?  Some Teens are Wheely Upset About New Road Rules  (3-5-04)

Illinois Town Bans Paintball  (2-20-04)

Out of Hand?  New U.S. Fingerprinting Policy Has Some People Up In Arms  (2-6-04)

Should Schools Send Unruly Students to Jail?  (1-30-04)

Immigration Bill Rouses Spirited Debate (1-23-04)

High Crimes -- Who Should Determine Saddam Hussein's Fate?  (1-9-04)

Girl Scout Hunting has Animal Activists Up in Arms  (12-12-03)

Privacy and Library Records  (12-5-03)

Withdrawing Life Support for Brain Damaged Terri Schiavo  (11-28-03)

Pledge of Allegiance  (11-14-03)

Siegfried & Roy, Tigers and Animal Welfare Issues  (10-31-03)

Obesity Report Cards A Weighty Issue (10-24-03)

Pardon my Do-Rag --School Dress Codes  (10-17-06)

Get Shorty -- Debate about Human Growth Hormone  (10-3-03)

Parent and School Discipline  (9-26-03)

Got the Look?  Employee discrimination suit against Abercrombie and Fitch  (9-18-03)

Caught on Camera -- Are school video cameras a deterrent to crime?  (9-12-03)

Tomb Raiders -- Thieves Plunder Iraq's Ancient Treasures  (9-5-03)


Junior Scholastic
 

Should the School Day Start Later?  (2-20-06)

Do Video Games Make You Smarter? (10-3-05)

Should Schools Assign Homework Over the Summer?  (5-9-05)

Should Sports Teams be Co-Ed? (3-10-05)

          Should Kids Have to Volunteer?  (2-7-05)

Should Soda Be Banned From School? (1-10-05)

Should Students Pay to Play?  (11-15-04)

Should School Be Held Four Days a Week? (10-4-04)

Should Kids Have Cell Phones in School?  (9-8-04)

Should Kids Have a Curfew? (4-5-04)

Should Soda be Banned from Schools?  (2-23-04)

Should the U.S. Return to the Moon?  (1-19-04)

Should Classrooms Have Security Cameras?  (11-24-03)

Should the Voting Age Be Lowered?  (11-27-03)

Should Schools Require Kids to Volunteer? 
(9-29-03)

 

NYTimes Upfront 

Should the U.S. End Birthright Citizenship? (4-3-06)

Should Military Recruiters Be Allowed in High Schools?  (3-16-06)

Should There Be a Federal Shield Law for Journalists? (2-20-06)

Is Torture Ever Justified?  (1-30-06)

Is it Time for an Exit Strategy from Iraq ? (1-9-06)

Should Astronauts Return to the Moon? (12-5-05)

Should the Government Fund Stem Cell Research?  (11-28-05)

Should the United States Adopt Voter ID Cards? (11-14-05)

Should Faith Based Charities Get Federal Funding? (10-31-05)

Should States Ban Junk Food in Schools? (9-19-05)

Should Women Be Allowed in Combat? (9-5-05)

Was It Necessary to Drop the Bomb on Japan? (5-14-05)

Should the U.S. End Its Cuba Embargo?  (4-18-05)

 Should Social Security be Partly Privatized?  (3-28-05)

Should Supreme Court Justices Continue to Have Life Tenure? (3-7-05)

Should Naturalized Citizens Be President?  (2-14-05)

Should We Raise Fuel Efficiency standards? (1-24-05)

Should Americans Carry National ID cards?  (11-29-04)

 Should There Be Reparations for Slavery?  (11-15-04)

Should the Minimum Wage be Increased?  (11-1-04)

Should the Electoral College Be Abolished?  (10-11-04)

Is the U.S. Ready for Electronic Voting? (9-20-04)

 Are we safer since 9/11?  (9-6-04)

Are Zero Tolerance Policies a Good Idea? (5-10-04)

Does the Patriot Act Go Too Far?  (4-26-04)

Should the Draft be Reinstated?  (4-5-04)

Should the Federal Government Try to Limit College Tuition Increases?   (3-22-04)

Were the Bush Tax Cuts Good for the Economy? (3-8-04)

 Is a Guest Worker Program a Good Idea?  (2-23-04)

Should the Assault-Weapons ban be renewed?  (2-2-04)

Should Early-Decision Admissions be Abolished?  (1-12-04)

NFL Eligibility -- Should the Rules Change?  (12-8-03)

Was the War in Iraq Justified?  (11-13-03)

Should the U.S. Halt Human Space Flight?  (10-13-03)

Do Terror Suspects Have Rights?  (9-22-03)

Should the Court Restrict a Suspect's Right to Remain Silent?  (9-1-03)

 

Teen Newsweek

Do Extreme Makeovers Help or Hurt Self-Esteem? (4-19-04)

A Pledge or a Prayer? (4-12-04)

Does Random Drug Testing in Schools Send the Wrong Message?  (3-15-04)

 New Road Rules Put the Brakes on Teen Driving  (4-3-04)

Should Violent Video Games Be Regulated?

Girl or Boy -- Now People Can Choose, But Should They?  (2-16-04)

 

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