Research problems looking for solutions

Pick one.  Bring in an article to support your topic.

1.         Should mentally challenged or mentally ill women be sterilized?

2.         Should the law punish parents who act negligently toward their children?

3.         Should parents force their children to go to church in order to stay loyal to their religion or faith?

4.         Should students be taught the theory of evolution if it goes against their religious background?

5.         Should the death penalty be banned in the United States?

6.         Should the government keep building nuclear weapons?

7.         Should animals be captured for our entertainment in the zoos?

8.         Should the government or president be held liable for what happened on 9/11?

9.         Should ghosts be investigated using scientific means?

10.        Should indigenous people in Mexico or Guatemala continue to live the way their ancestors lived or should they adopt Western values?

11.        Should the U.S. intervene in Mexico to exterminate Mafia cartels?

12.        Should marijuana be used for medicinal purposes?

13.        Should narco corridos and gangster rap be banned?

14.        Should the legal drinking age be lowered to 18?

15.        Should there be genetically enhanced crop growing to feed the many people that are starving around the world or should we keep on growing food the way we are and let many people die of hunger?

16.        Should only the theory of evolution be considered true because it can be proven by science or should the theory of creation also be held as a valid theory?

17.        Should the Santa Muerte be banned United States?

18.        Should we take the president’s private lifestyle into account when we vote or should we judge him only on his political platform?

19.        Should people collecting food stamps be forced to mandatory drug tests?

20.        Should parents whose children are truant be prosecuted in court or fined?

21.        Should the city be allowed to force certain socioeconomic groups of people out of desirable areas of the city and move wealthier people in? 

22.        Should public school principals be audited regularly to account for the way they spend the school’s money?

23.        Should teens who are addicted to drugs be institutionalized?

24.        Should teachers judge students by the way they look and dress? 

25.        Should there be a legal punishment for spreading untrue rumors about other people?

26.        Should being an illegal immigrant stop you from getting an education?

27.        Should teens who record fights and post them on the Internet be prosecuted?

28.        Should teens under 18 who take explicit pictures of themselves and post them on the Internet have to register as sex offenders?

29.        Should the government make an effort to prosecute sex slave traders?

30.        Should the police further investigate the murder of Tupac and Biggie?

31.        Should police officers with histories of racial prejudice and unethical behavior be fired?

32.        Should homeless adults be forced to give up their children?

33.        Should teen bullies be prosecuted by law?

34.        Should prosecuted sex offenders be submitted to castration?

35.        Should individuals in prison be allowed to further their education?

36.        Should underage teens be allowed to have an abortion without parental consent?

37.        Should people who practice Wicca be denied certain employment or housing opportunities because of their beliefs? 

38.        Should students who attempt suicide be forced to enter a psychiatric facility for an unspecified number of days?

39.        Should pregnant students be excluded from participating in high school with their peers and be forced to attend an alternative school?

40.        Should students caught taking or dealing drugs in school be expelled immediately?