Speech Topics on Public Policy Issues

This list is intended to start you thinking and lists only a few of the many possibilities. Be sure to pick a topic that interests you. Scanning the newspaper will give you lots of other ideas. The Pick Your Own Topic page will give you some suggestions on how to find another topic and some key places to locate information.

Each topic is a link to a page that will provide information on key print resources, links to key periodical databases, and selected Internet resources. These lists are not intended to be comprehensive.

You should also search the CAT for books on your topic and explore some of the other periodical and newspaper indexes available through the Libraries' Databases by Title (A-Z List).

Good luck with your assignment!

• PICK YOUR OWN TOPIC
• Abortion
• Affirmative Action
• AIDS/HIV
• Animal Rights
• Arts : Public funding
• Binge drinking
• Death Penalty / Capital Punishment
• Educational Reform issues
• Environmental Issues (Clean Air Act, Global Warming, etc.)
• Euthanasia & the Right to Die
• Free Trade
• Gambling
• Gun Control
• Immigration
• Juvenile Crime / Crime in Schools
• Tax Reform
• Terrorism
• Social Security