ProCon Issues in the News

ProCon debates are hot topics, constantly in the news, as the following stories make clear.

Shizuoka prefecture

Exonerated Japanese Man Awarded $1.4 Million for Decades on Death Row

The Moon

World Monuments Fund Lists the Moon as “At Risk”

Staffordshire Bull Terrier puppy

Two Major Arrests Put Spotlight on Dogfighting Crimes

TikTok

Study Finds ADHD Content on TikTok Is Less Than 50 Percent Accurate

Is vaping safer than smoking cigarettes?

New York Sues 13 Vape Manufacturers

Snowboarding is an Olympic sport

Olympic Snowboarder Wanted for Drug Trafficking

Microplastics

Study Found a Spoon’s Worth of Microplastics in Human Brains

Support for Daylight Saving Time Drops Among Americans

Prison corridor

Paying Immigrant Detainees the Minimum Wage

State seal of Louisiana

Louisiana to Resume Executions After 15 Years

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi

DOJ Sues New York over Immigrant Driver’s Licenses

Olympic Games

2024 Paris Olympic Medals Tarnish

Gun control

U.S. Ban on Selling Guns to Adults Younger Than 21 Ruled Unconstitutional

DOGE Highlights Costly U.S. Penny

Teens and AI

More Teens Are Using ChatGPT for Homework

Farm animals

Denmark to Tax Farm Animals’ Burps and Farts

Drinking age debate

U.S. Surgeon General Calls for Cancer Warnings on Alcohol Labels

Kids on social media

Florida Bans Social Media for Kids Under 14

St. Nicholas

Archaeologists Believe They Have Unearthed St. Nicholas’s Sarcophagus

Young woman with Down syndrome smiling while working at her job

A New Rule Would End Subminimum Wage for People with Disabilities

Fighting in hockey

Odds of CTE Increase 34 Percent with Each Year of Hockey

House of Parliament, London

England and Wales Are One Step Closer to Legalizing MAID

The University of Texas at Dallas

University of Texas Announces Free College for Some Students

Three Mile Island nuclear power generating station

Infamous Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant to Reopen

Obesity

Over Half of Americans Are Overweight or Obese

Teens on social media.

Australia Proposes Teen Social Media Ban

Wisława Szymborska

Use of AI on Polish Radio Station Causes Outrage

Teen vaping

England Ban on Single-Use Vapes to Take Effect June 2025

Oral contraceptive

Biden Administration Proposes Free OTC Birth Control

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden

Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) Introduces Court-Packing Bill

California state flag

California to Apologize for Complicity in Slavery

Coffee

Securities and Exchange Commission Says K-Cup Pods are Not Recyclable

Artificial intelligence

Virginia Representative Addresses Congress Using AI Voice

Illinois Bans Corporal Punishment in All Schools

Tulsa Race Massacre

Tulsa Creates Commission to Study Reparations