What are good contemporary issues to write a research paper on?

Answer 1

There are so many issues, a "few" are:

• global warming and pollution,
• gun legislation,
• stereotyping and bigotry,
• money in politics,
• how music is distributed and internet piracy of copyrighted materials,
• why whole colonies of bees are dying world-wide,
• how we would go about weaning ourselves from dependency on fossil fuels,
• animal species extinctions that will hurt humans and how,
• availability of health care in the US compared to other nations,
• oil spill clean up technology,
• role and effects of comedians on current events, e.g., Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert
• the role of religious fanatics and zealots in wars in history,
• having too much data to analyze, utilize, and share,
• job loses and robotics in manufacturing,
• space exploration today compared to the Kennedy era,
• job moves to off shore manufacturing,
• corporate influences and lobbying in Washington,
• hatred and intolerance,
• a citizen's role in local and national government,
• how a president is elected,
• the good and bad impacts of so many cameras in public places,
• school safety,
• corporations being considered people,
• ethics and tax avoidance,
• comparisons of the scale of pay for athletes vs teachers, scientists, police, etc. compared to their values to society,
• why we need a government,
• legalization of marijuana,
• bullying,
• what happened to common etiquette,
• whether we are our brother's keepers vs the "me mentality",
• impacts of new flu viruses,
• evaluations of the quality of homeschooling,
• evaluating public teacher performance - teaching to the tests,
• human trafficking,
• the rise in autism spectrum cases - causes, better diagnostics vs. actual increases in cases,
• the loss of integrity in business,
• teen pregnancy and abstinence,
• what patriotism is today, was yesterday, and what it should be,
• impacts of the aging of the population,
• the impact of low pay on the quality of teachers,
• how much the US spends on defense compared to other nations,
• mass murders and mental health,
• sex education in schools,
• how much President Obama has "spent" compared to other presidents and on what,
• student loans and interest rates,
• hydroponic gardening for foods,
• genetic engineering in the food industry,
• rises in college tuition costs,
• if water conservation is needed,
• profit margins of large chain retailers like Walmart,
• tar sands oil and pipelines,
• profits in health care,
• gerrymandering voting districts,
• what really was the intent of the forefathers and Constitution,
• how the US compares to the rest of the world in technology,
• why we need more scientists,
• food quality,
• pop star impacts on the different generations,
• tattoos, piercings and body modifications/mutilations,
• the effects of a lack of the arts in schools,
• positive and negative impacts of sports in schools,
• the dumbing down of America,
• crumbling infrastructure in the US,
• if welfare recipients are all lazy drug users or if that is a myth,
• overcrowding in prisons,
• effects of contemporary music on issues today and in history,
• private prisons,
• school voucher programs,
• fashion costs, student fashion snobs and fashion peer pressure,
• hunger in America and the world,
• malaria deaths and prevention,
• AIDS today compared to yesterday,
• the contemporary role of Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts,
• if each generation gets bigger and taller and why,
• subliminal messages in advertizing,
• tobacco companies marketing to children in Indonesia,
• control of the media by the 2%,
• Wall Street crime and punishment,
• scams across the world,
• computer hacking and viruses,
• encouraging more teen entrepreneurs,
• relationship of Video Games and violent behavior,
• super storms today compared to the past,
• what ever happened to objective journalism - media slanting,
• government role in news - if we still have a free press today, did we ever,
• news vs. entertainment,
• how stereotypes affect our lives,
• methods to promote more science education and scientists,
• role of paper books today and future,
• texting and driving solutions,
• public mass transportation,
• building codes and increasing natural disasters,
• comparison of poetry in history and today's rap,
• Indian Premier league - is it sports or gambling,
• democracy in the Middle East,
• effects of mass media,
• if globalization is good or bad,
• use of drones in the war on terror,
• how do corporations pay no taxes,