LibGuides: Speech Guide: Persuasive Speech Resources

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The Brookings Institution
Search research topics such as education, health care policy, social issues, and global development. Search can also be conducted by geographical region.
Debatabase
International Debate Education Association (IDEA) site that provides ideas for debate (or persuasive speech) topics, along with moderated debate forums.
Gallup Poll Trends
PBS NewsHour Topics
Pew Research Center- Topics Index
Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research.
ProCon.org
"...nonprofit nonpartisan public charity that provides well-sourced pro, con, and related research on more than 50 controversial issues..."
Room for Debate
New York Times opinion page - outside contributors discuss news events and other issues. Readers can post comments.
U.N. Global Issues

SIRS Issues Researcher
Browse or search for articles on current issues.
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Opposing Viewpoints in Context
Click "Browse Issues" or search current topics.
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Britannica Academic
Start your research with multimedia scholarly encyclopedia articles.
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Films on Demand
Over 35,000 high quality online videos.
If you are off-campus, you may need to login as [Your NWTC ID]@nwtc.edu (for example, 12345678@nwtc.edu) with your NWTC password. You may also need to use multi-factor authentication to verify your identify.

Films on Demand
Over 35,000 high quality online videos.
If you are off-campus, you may need to login as [Your NWTC ID]@nwtc.edu (for example, 12345678@nwtc.edu) with your NWTC password. You may also need to use multi-factor authentication to verify your identify.