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Offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, & current events. Featured are hundreds of continuously updated issue and country portals that bring together a variety of specially selected, highly relevant sources for analysis of these issues. Rich multimedia - including podcasts, video, & interactive graphs - enhance each portal. Use Browse Issues & Topics, Country Finder, Basic Search or Advanced Search to explore the database.
Issues & Controversies offers in-depth articles and viewpoints on hundreds of hot topics in politics, business, government, crime, law, energy, education, health, family, science, foreign policy, race, rights, society, and culture. Updated weekly, with a wire-service newsfeed providing the latest headline stories.
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