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ESL 25 - Women's History/Issues Research Project: Choose Your Topic

Newspaper & Magazine Headlines

Scan the headlines of print or online newspapers or magazines for ideas on current topics.

New York Times

TIME magazine

Library Databases

Opposing Viewpoints This link opens in a new window
Covers current controversial issues in pro/con viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to Web sites, and magazine and newspaper articles.

For ideas:

Click on the Browse Issues link to peruse the full list of topics.

Or, browse issues by category:

Business and Economics; Energy and Environmentalism; Health and Medicine; Law and Politics; Science, Technology and Ethics; Society and Culture; War and Diplomacy

CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
Nonpartisan reporting and analysis of current controversial social, economic, political, and environmental issues. Weekly issues are devoted to a single topic and feature an overview, background, chronology, current situation, outlook, and bibliography.

For ideas:

"Hot Topics": Short reports on the most researched subjects in CQ Researcher.

"Issue Tracker": Mouse-over the Browse Reports link, then click on "Issue Tracker" for a list of topics.

Selected Websites

Pew Research Center: Topics
Website for the nonpartisan fact tank.
ProCon.org
Controversial issues. Created and maintained by Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Our Bodies, Ourselves: Health Information
Sponsored by the nonprofit, public interest organization that "develops and promotes evidence-based information on girls’ and women’s reproductive health and sexuality."
MedlinePlus: Women's Health
From the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Womenshealth.gov: A-Z Health Topics
From the Office on Women's Health, U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services.

Selected TEDTalks

TED Talks Concerning Women's Issues
TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes (or less). Talks cover Technology, Entertainment and Design -- plus science, business, global issues, the arts and much more.
Example of a TEDTalk: Why Medicine Often Has Dangerous Side Effects for Women
Presenter: Alyson McGregor, Oct. 2015.