Roleff, Tamara L.

Provides an overview of issues associated with cloning and contains primary source quotes and statistics on related topics, including cloning animals, the ethical aspects of the science, embryonic stem cell research, and policies.

Presents twenty-one eyewitness accounts of various aspects of the Vietnam War, covering the U.S. homefront, combat, rest and relaxation, the wounded, prisoners of war, and Vietnamese perspectives, and also includes a chronology, selected bibliography, and comprehensive introductory essay.

Contains twenty-four articles that present the experiences and opinions of people who were directly involved in or affected by the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.

Contains twenty-five essays in which the authors debate issues of censorship and freedom of speech, considering whether the right to free speech should be restricted, and discussing censorship as it relates to pornography, schools and libraries, and the arts and entertainment industries.

Selections from magazine articles, speeches, and other sources examining the issue of mental illness in the United States.

Presents information on the issues concerning our privacy and our rights to privacy.

Contains twenty-five essays in which the authors examine issues related to inner-city poverty and debate its causes and possible solutions, and includes personal accounts of life in the inner city.

Collects fifteen critical essays that offer varying perspectives on issues that relate to abortion rights.

Presents thirteen essays, written by such contributors as Barack Obama and Christopher Hitchens, that debate the use of torture, and discusses such issues as the legalization and regulation of torture, the statutes of the Geneva Convention, the Abu Ghraib prisoner case, and U.S. foreign policy objectives.