| ableism | abortion | academic freedom | algorithmic bias | American exceptionalism | anti-intellectualism vs. educated citizenry | Big Tech | book banning, censorship | BPA and PFAS | cell phones in schools |
| charter schools or school vouchers | childcare support for U.S. families | climate change | college campus safety | conspiracy theories | COVID-19 | cryptocurrency | DNA technology and/or forensic genealogy | drug legalization | e-cigarettes and vaping |
| educational technology and privacy, student surveillance | e-waste, environmental footprint of technology | facial recognition technology and A.I. | (de)funding public services | generative artificial intelligence (G.A.I.) | gun access, gun control | health care access | income inequality, wage gap | January 6, 2021 U.S. insurrection | Land Back Movement |
| LGBTQ+ people and civil liberties | misinformation and disinformation | multi-level marketing | neurodiversity and accessibility | news deserts, ghost newspapers | organic food and food safety | overtourism and/or travel influencers; "tourons" | polyamory, "open relationships" and families | racism | self-driving vehicle technology |
| sexism | sensationalism in journalism | short-form video content, effects and impacts | social media, effects and impacts | surveillance capitalism | funding public services (e.g. education, health care, libraries etc.) | undocumented immigration and Texas or the U.S. | universal basic income | U.S. voting rights | U.S. workers' rights |
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