Current Issues in the U.S. Electoral System
Current Issues in the U.S. Electoral System
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Policy Issues for Federal Elections
Policy Issues for Federal Elections
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As voters go to the polls this election year, the United States faces crucial domestic and foreign policy issues. Parties and candidates will be taking positions on issues related to the economy, health care, immigration, criminal justice, and foreign relations. Here are some background readings and lessons that address some of these issues.
Domestic Policy Issues
The Economy
Unemployment and the Future of Jobs in America
Autmation and the American Worker
A Guide to the Federal Budget Deficit and the National Debt Taxes
Health Care
The Continuing Struggle for U.S. Health-Care Reform
Health Care: What Do Other Countries Do?
The U.S. Supreme Court’s Decision on the Affordable Care Act
Immigration
Immigration Enforcement Raids (CivCon)
Other Issues
AI-Generated Fake News and Free Speech
AI and the Future of the World
The Constitution, Reconstruction, and Race-Conscious Admissions
Elections, Money, and the First Amendment (relating to the Citizens United case)
Foreign Policy Issues
U.S. Foreign & Military Policy
BRICS and the 21st Century World Economy
The United States, China, and Taiwan
The Iran Nuclear Deal and Its Critics
The Dispute Over the South China Sea
Elections in U.S. History
Elections in U.S. History
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Voting and Elections in Early America
Turning Points in Presidential Advertising
Hamilton, Jefferson, and Their Fight for the Future of America
The Troubled Elections of 1796 and 1800
The Election of 1824–25: When the House Chose the President
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates — Springboard to the White House
Lessons marked as a CivCon are Civil Conversations in which students do a close reading of a text and
deliberate with each other constructively to reach a mutual understanding of controversial issues.