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HotTopics: United States Extemp Questions for the Week of August 23-29, 2021

1. Should President Biden demand Lloyd Austin’s resignation?
2. Would it be constitutional for the federal government to restrict misinformation on social media platforms?
3. Should health departments relax COVID-19 quarantine guidelines for schools?
4. If the federal government were to pass a slave reparations bill, how should it work?
5. Is Marjorie Taylor Greene laying the groundwork for a presidential run?
6. Will failure in Afghanistan weaken the state of America’s foreign alliances?
7. Has the #MeToo movement been a success?
8. Should the SEC require human-capital disclosures by companies?
9. Does the U.S. need to re-evaluate its approach toward Pakistan?
10. Should Congress extend child tax credit payments beyond 2021?

R&D: American Infrastructure

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This week’s R&D is on American infrastructure.  The Biden administration has made upgrading American infrastructure a policy priority and worked across the aisle with Republicans on a $1 trillion package in the Senate.  The House has yet to vote on the legislation, but progressives are threatening to balk unless the chamber votes on President Biden’s $3.5 trillion social infrastructure package first.  Passage of either bill would be a major domestic success for President Biden, but is also showing the difficulties of moving legislation in today’s partisan climate.

HotTopics: United States Extemp Questions for the Week of August 16-22, 2021

1. What lessons should the United States learn from the War in Afghanistan?
2. Should states require teachers to get the COVID-19 vaccine?
3. What role should the United States play in stabilizing Haiti?
4. How can organized labor recover its footing?
5. Why are Joe Biden’s approval numbers slipping?
6. Should Jerome Powell be nominated for another term?
7. Has social media made American life worse?
8. Are the structures of American public education crumbling?
9. Does the Federal Reserve need to take the threat of inflation more seriously?
10. Is Andrew Cuomo’s political career over?

R&D from Prepd: The War in Afghanistan

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This week’s R&D is on the war in Afghanistan.  In 2001, the United States helped the Northern Alliance overthrow Afghanistan’s Taliban regime due to the Taliban harboring 9/11 mastermind Osama bin Laden.  Now, the United States is withdrawing its forces from the country and the Taliban has captured nearly a dozen of the country’s provincial capitals.  International observers question whether the Afghan government can fight on its own and worry about how a restored Taliban regime will treat the rights of women, ethnic minorities, and political dissidents.

HotTopics: United States Extemp Questions for the Week of August 9-15, 2021

1. Is the Biden administration doing enough to combat inflation?
2. Can the U.S. have a more liberalized border policy during the COVID-19 pandemic?
3. Are Republicans gaining momentum for the 2022 midterm elections?
4. Should the Department of Justice open a criminal probe into former President Trump’s challenges of the 2020 election result?
5. Will New York’s state legislature impeach and remove Governor Andrew Cuomo?
6. Would universal pre-K improve educational outcomes in the United States?
7. Will the Supreme Court eventually nullify the CDC’s extension of the eviction moratorium?
8. How can the U.S. stymie cooperation between China and Russia?
9. Could vaccine mandates exacerbate America’s worker shortage?
10. How can Senate Democrats win Republican support for voting rights legislation?

R&D from Prepd: School Mask Mandates

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This week’s R&D is on the debate over school mask mandates.  While some states like South Carolina and Texas have prohibited schools from setting mask requirements, others like California and New Mexico will require them.  The fight has become a grassroots battle over local education policy going into the 2021-2022 school year.

HotTopics: United States Extemp Questions for the Week of August 2-8, 2021

1. Is the U.S. headed for another COVID-19 lockdown?
2. Should state governors issue mask mandates for schools or leave the decision to local officials?
3. If Sarah Palin decides to run for the Senate, how big of a threat is she to Lisa Murkowski’s re-election hopes?
4. How much power should social media services have to remove content they believe to be “disinformation”?
5. Does a delta COVID surge constitute a major threat to President Biden’s domestic agenda?
6. Should Congress have extended the federal eviction moratorium?
7. Are Texas Democrats winning their battle against the state’s proposed voting law?
8. What is the best way to reform policing in the United States?
9. Will vaccination mandates have to come from employers instead of the federal government?
10. How can the U.S. prevent a shortage of critical semiconductors in the future?

R&D from Prepd: U.S. Foreign Policy

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As part of the leadup to the 2021 National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) National Tournament, Extemp Central will be providing daily research & development (R&D) posts for each of the tournament’s fourteen topic areas.  These will include links to important articles about each. It is hoped that these will aid in extempers preparation for this year’s national tournament.

R&D from Prepd: U.S. Economy & Business

Today’s R&D is brought to you by Prepd (pronounced “prepped”). Prepd is building debate technology that helps extempers and congressional debaters research, practice, and compete. Visit www.prepd.in to learn more.

As part of the leadup to the 2021 National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) National Tournament, Extemp Central will be providing daily research & development (R&D) posts for each of the tournament’s fourteen topic areas.  These will include links to important articles about each. It is hoped that these will aid in extempers preparation for this year’s national tournament.

R&D from Prepd: Transportation & Infrastructure

Today’s R&D is brought to you by Prepd (pronounced “prepped”). Prepd is building debate technology that helps extempers and congressional debaters research, practice, and compete. Visit www.prepd.in to learn more.

As part of the leadup to the 2021 National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) National Tournament, Extemp Central will be providing daily research & development (R&D) posts for each of the tournament’s fourteen topic areas.  These will include links to important articles about each. It is hoped that these will aid in extempers preparation for this year’s national tournament.

R&D from Prepd: Science & Technology

Today’s R&D is brought to you by Prepd (pronounced “prepped”). Prepd is building debate technology that helps extempers and congressional debaters research, practice, and compete. Visit www.prepd.in to learn more.

As part of the leadup to the 2021 National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) National Tournament, Extemp Central will be providing daily research & development (R&D) posts for each of the tournament’s fourteen topic areas.  These will include links to important articles about each. It is hoped that these will aid in extempers preparation for this year’s national tournament.

R&D from Prepd: Racial Justice

Today’s R&D is brought to you by Prepd (pronounced “prepped”). Prepd is building debate technology that helps extempers and congressional debaters research, practice, and compete. Visit www.prepd.in to learn more.

As part of the leadup to the 2021 National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) National Tournament, Extemp Central will be providing daily research & development (R&D) posts for each of the tournament’s fourteen topic areas.  These will include links to important articles about each. It is hoped that these will aid in extempers preparation for this year’s national tournament.

R&D from Prepd: The Legislative Branch

Today’s R&D is brought to you by Prepd (pronounced “prepped”). Prepd is building debate technology that helps extempers and congressional debaters research, practice, and compete. Visit www.prepd.in to learn more.

As part of the leadup to the 2021 National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) National Tournament, Extemp Central will be providing daily research & development (R&D) posts for each of the tournament’s fourteen topic areas.  These will include links to important articles about each. It is hoped that these will aid in extempers preparation for this year’s national tournament.

R&D from Prepd: The Judicial Branch

Today’s R&D is brought to you by Prepd (pronounced “prepped”). Prepd is building debate technology that helps extempers and congressional debaters research, practice, and compete. Visit www.prepd.in to learn more.

As part of the leadup to the 2021 National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) National Tournament, Extemp Central will be providing daily research & development (R&D) posts for each of the tournament’s fourteen topic areas.  These will include links to important articles about each. It is hoped that these will aid in extempers preparation for this year’s national tournament.

R&D from Prepd: The First Amendment

Today’s R&D is brought to you by Prepd (pronounced “prepped”). Prepd is building debate technology that helps extempers and congressional debaters research, practice, and compete. Visit www.prepd.in to learn more.

As part of the leadup to the 2021 National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) National Tournament, Extemp Central will be providing daily research & development (R&D) posts for each of the tournament’s fourteen topic areas.  These will include links to important articles about each. It is hoped that these will aid in extempers preparation for this year’s national tournament.

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