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On June 10, 2021

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.

Why is it named the delta variant? The World Health Organization recently unveiled its new naming system, saying that it would use letters from the Greek alphabet as “non-stigmatising labels” for new variants. https://t.co/fCBeuWwkUo

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 8, 2021

Inequitable vaccine distribution around the world has allowed coronavirus deaths to rise in low-income countries with less access, despite wider global declines, the director general of the World Health Organization said on Monday. https://t.co/54gCU6cJ00 pic.twitter.com/NFaX6yYKZs

— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 7, 2021

R&D from Prepd: The First Amendment

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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.

“By taking principled, consistent stands for academic freedom and free speech, people on the left and the right can protect everyone,” @conor64 writes: https://t.co/2l6eAKByFV

— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) May 21, 2021

If the First Amendment’s guarantee of a free press means anything, it has to mean that the government cannot seize reporters’ phone and email records in the hope of smoking out their confidential sources. https://t.co/PAolv5rX5P

— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) June 9, 2021

R&D from Prepd: Europe

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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.

The economic divergence between Central and Eastern European countries that joined the European Union and those that did not is one of the more underappreciated geopolitical developments of the past 30 years. | @anders_aslund https://t.co/9OYpUxv4z7

— Project Syndicate (@ProSyn) May 30, 2021

#WorldatFive: Most Europeans believe that the European Union is “broken”, damaged by its poor handling of the pandemic and slow vaccine rollout https://t.co/pd0r3QK8Rr

— The Times (@thetimes) June 9, 2021

R&D from Prepd: The Executive Branch

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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.

How did Vice President Kamala Harris’ Central America trip go? Here’s what two experts have to say, in today’s Essential Politics: https://t.co/ufSUoHZ2oF

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) June 9, 2021

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has advocated an approach to national security that he calls integrated deterrence. @MichaelEOHanlon says the concept is an important one. https://t.co/S01Pw3xLuY

— Brookings Institution (@BrookingsInst) May 31, 2021

R&D from Prepd: Environmental Issues (International)

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.

Current climate policies would result in a nearly 3°C rise by 2100. Is the Paris Agreement enough? https://t.co/2AMHT0mauJ

— Council on Foreign Relations (@CFR_org) June 4, 2021

Sri Lanka ship: Plastic, chemicals and a devastating hit for fishing https://t.co/QjxRLnyUEq

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) June 9, 2021

R&D from Prepd: Environment & Energy

On June 8, 2021

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.

Energy Department announces new steps on domestic battery production https://t.co/Q0sadPojx3 pic.twitter.com/S3UqWJc2yR

— The Hill (@thehill) June 8, 2021

Climate action – driven by profitable clean energy – is merging with economic progress, pushing the climate debate toward irrelevance. https://t.co/XaGVjr9ihe

— The Christian Science Monitor (@csmonitor) June 8, 2021

R&D from Prepd: International Elections

On June 8, 2021

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.

Pedro Castillo, a far-left political outsider, was leading the count on Tuesday in Peru’s tight presidential election – “It’s most likely that Castillo stays ahead” https://t.co/bVujy8av5B via @WSJ

— Ryan Dube (@DubeRyan) June 8, 2021

Both members of the political elite and the electorate in Iraq have requested some form of U.N. involvement in the upcoming elections. @MarsinRA and @itsmayanir discuss several thorny issues that must be addressed. https://t.co/sFkosce03z

— Brookings Institution (@BrookingsInst) May 11, 2021

HotTopics: International Extemp Questions for the Week of June 7-13, 2021

On June 7, 2021

In International Extemp, Weekly Questions

Note: These will be the last questions of the 2020-2021 competitive year. New questions will be uploaded the week of August 2.

1. Will the G20 back the G7’s deal on global tax reform?
2. Does the Catholic Church need to make amends for the treatment of Canadian First Nation children in its care?
3. Did Hamas win its latest round of fighting with Israel?
4. How will the results of the Mexican midterm elections impact the remainder of AMLO’s presidency?
5. Is access to social media a human right?
6. Will there be political fallout from the Japanese government’s decision to go forward with this year’s Olympics?
7. What adjustments should France make to its Africa policy?
8. Has the world abandoned Hong Kong?
9. Will Nicaragua’s presidential election be fair?
10. What steps should the world take to combat illegal fishing?

HotTopics: United States Extemp Questions for the Week of June 7-13, 2021

On June 7, 2021

In U.S. Extemp, Weekly Questions

Note: These will be the last questions of the 2020-2021 competitive year. New questions will be uploaded the week of August 2.

1. How will Facebook’s decision to ban President Trump until January 2023 affect the 2022 midterm elections?
2. Should the Biden administration refuse to defend the constitutionality of a male-only selective service system if the Supreme Court takes the case of National Coalition For Men v. Selective Service System?
3. How should the U.S. respond to cyberattacks originating from Russia?
4. Will the G7 tax deal prove beneficial for the U.S. economy?
5. Why has President Biden abandoned the public option?
6. Will there be a bipartisan agreement on infrastructure?
7. Are state-level assault weapons bans unconstitutional?
8. Who will win the New York City mayoral Democratic primary?
9. Should the U.S. continue to use drone strikes as part of its counter-terrorism strategy?
10. Has Common Core failed?

R&D from Prepd: Entitlements & Healthcare

On June 6, 2021

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.

Since taking office, Biden has focused on other goals, such as expanding the size of subsidies under the 2010 health care law and broadening eligibility for them. He did not include a public option in the economic proposals he is working to pass this year.https://t.co/dUHcKcaebp

— Roll Call (@rollcall) May 27, 2021

Biden cites the new Affordable Care Act subsidies as a reason, and he calls to make them permanent. https://t.co/BMDvPhLyOe

— HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) May 11, 2021

R&D from Prepd: East and Southeast Asia

On June 6, 2021

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.

Decades after the one-child policy reshaped China, the country is now embracing big families. “I’ve dreamed about this day for a long time. When it finally comes, it’s too late for me.” https://t.co/H8f2LXkq0d

— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) June 6, 2021

The reliance on social media platforms and adoption of VPNs, SIM cards, and other “technologies of freedom” underscore how new frontiers of political advocacy are being pioneered by protestors in Myanmar, says Eyako Heh. https://t.co/qk8caXcXLO

— Council on Foreign Relations (@CFR_org) June 5, 2021

R&D from Prepd: Elections

On June 5, 2021

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.

In a statement published this week by the left-leaning think tank New America, more than 100 leading scholars of government warned that election laws in some states “no longer meet the minimum conditions for free and fair elections.” https://t.co/nZmUcakyGV

— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) June 5, 2021

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has promised a vote on sweeping election-reform legislation later this month, setting up a critical showdown on the future of the legislative filibuster. Here’s how that could play out, @Zachary_Cohen reportshttps://t.co/0p9gs7eSlx pic.twitter.com/wrDvXohSee

— National Journal (@nationaljournal) June 4, 2021

R&D from Prepd: Central and South Asia

On June 5, 2021

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.

As much as the departure of American forces from Afghanistan may please Pakistan’s strategic planners, the potential return of Taliban rule in Afghanistan presents a longer-term dilemma. https://t.co/6hIthamc25

— World Politics Review (@WPReview) May 31, 2021

Afghanistan could be a ‘safe haven’ for terrorists with dangerous repercussions for South-east Asia: Experts https://t.co/9qX9Na2fAQ

— The Straits Times (@straits_times) June 4, 2021

R&D for Prepd: U.S. Education

On June 4, 2021