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Major Social Issues

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Current Events

According to the Wikipedia web site ,

Social issues are matters which directly or indirectly affect a person or many members of a society and are considered to be problems, controversies related to moral values, or both. Under certain models of political issues, they are seen as distinct from economic issues.[1][2]

Below I have pasted some of the issues that are listed in the web site. You may use this list, or another list that you find, to decide which larger social issue is involved in your current event.

Abuse-mental, physical, emotional

Corruption

Crime

Discrimination

Disease

Drugs

Economy

Education 

Environmental

Family Structure- stress

Human trafficking

Homelessness

Immigration

Gangs

Justice

Oppression/ Loss of rights- class, race, gender, age, dissability

Overpopulation

Poverty

Safety

Violence- individual, group, nationality

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