Wekesser, Carol

Presents opposing viewpoints about the causes and treatments of addictions to alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs. Includes critical thinking skill activities and a list of organizations to contact.

Presents different viewpoints on issues relating to health care in the United States through book excerpts, articles, speeches, cartoons, and quotations.

Presents opposing viewpoints on Central America, discussing such aspects as the political situation and the involvement of the United States in conflicts there.

Presents essays reflecting opposing opinions on the issue of reproductive technology, discussing whether such medical advances are harmful or beneficial, at what age women should stop having babies, surrogate motherhood, unethical treatment of embryos, and regulation of the field.

Presents opposing viewpoints on such aspects of American foreign policy as dealing with allies, intervention abroad, and foreign aid.

A collection of articles designed to help the reader understand the different issues surrounding the subject of pornography and its censorship.

Experts debate what school policies would help children, how to protect children from abuse, the effects of working parents on children, and if children are disproportionately poor in the United States. Includes critical thinking skills activities.

Opposing viewpoints debate death penalty issues. Includes critical thinking activities.

Traces feminist issues from the mid-nineteenth century to the present and includes debates on such topics as women and the vote, the differences between men and women, and the future of feminism.