CQ Researcher

The award-winning CQ Researcher explores a single "hot" issue in the news in depth each week. Topics range from social and teen issues to environment, health, education and science and technology. There are 44 reports produced each year including four expanded reports.

The CQ Researcher's hallmark is scrupulous objectivity and balance. Every 12,000-word report is written by an experienced journalist and features comments from experts, lawmakers and citizens on all sides of every issue. Numerous charts, graphs and sidebar articles -- plus a pro-con feature, a chronology, lengthy bibliographies and a list of contacts -- round out each report.

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Formerly known as Editorial Research Reports

2002 - January 2009 issues cover:

Abortion Debates, 03/21/03
Abortion Showdowns, 09/22/06
Academic Freedom, 10/07/05
Accountants Under Fire, 03/22/02
Advertising Overload, 1/23/04
Affirmative Action, 10/17/08
Aging Baby Boomers, 10/19/09
Aging Infrastructure, 09/28/07
Aiding Africa, 08/29/03
Air Pollution Conflict, 11/14/03
Alternative Fuels, 02/25/05
American Indians, 04/28/06
America's Border Fence, 09/19/08
AP and IB Programs, 03/03/06
Archaeology Today, 05/24/02
Asbestos Litigation, 05/02/03
Auto Industry's Future, 02/06/09
Avian Flu Threat, 01/13/06
Battling HIV/AIDS, 10/26/07
Biofuels Boom, 09/29/06
Birth Control Debate, 06/24/05
Bix Box Stores, 9/10/04
Black Colleges, 12/12/03
Blog Explosion, 06/09/06
Broadcast Indecency, 04/16/04
Budget Deficit, 12/09/05
Bullying, 02/4/05
Bush and the Environment, 10/25/02
Buying Green, 02/29/2008
Campaign Finance Reform, 06/13/08
Campaign Finance Showdown, 11/22/02
Caring for the Elderly, 10/13/06
Celebrity Culture, 03/18/05
Change in Latin America, 07/21/06
Changing U.S. Electorate, 05/30/08
Charter Schools, 12/20/02
Child Welfare Reform, 04/22/05
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, 04/05/02
Civil Liberties Debates, 10/24/03
Climate Change, 11/27/06
Cloning Debate, 10/22/04
Coal Mining Safety, 03/17/06
Coal's Comeback, 10/05/07
Combating Addiction, 02/09/07
Combating Plagiarism, 09/19/03
Confronting Iraq, 10/04/02
Confronting Warming, 01/09/09
Consumer Debt, 03/02/07
Consumer Safety, 10/12/07
Controlling the Internet, 05/12/06
Corporate Crime, 10/11/02
Corporate Social Responsibility, 08/03/07
Cosmetic Surgery, 04/15/05
Cost of the Iraq War, 04/25/08
Covering the Uninsured, 06/14/02
Crisis on the Plains, 05/09/03
Cuba's Future, 07/20/07
Curbing CEO Pay,03/09/07
Cyberbullying, 05/02/08
Cyber-Crime, 04/12/02
Cyber Politics, 09/17/04
Cyber-Predators, 03/01/02
Cybersecurity, 09/26/03
Cyber Socializing, 07/28/06
D.C. Voting Rights, 04/11/08
Dealing With the "New" Russia, 06/06/08
Death Penalty Controversies, 09/23/05
Debating Hip-Hop, 06/15/07
Declining Birthrates, 11/21/08
Democracy in the Arab World, 01/30/04
Democrats in Congress, 06/08/07
Dietary Supplements, 09/3/04
Disappearing Species, 11/30/07
Disaster Preparedness, 11/18/05
Discipline in Schools, 02/15/08
Domestic Energy Development, 09/30/05 Domestic Violence, 01/06/06
Downtown Renaissance, 06/23/06
Draft Debates, 08/19/05
Drinking on Campus, 08/18/06
Drug Company Ethics, 06/06/03
Drug Safety, 03/11/05
Eating Disorders, 02/10/06
Ecotourism, 10/20/06
Electing the President, 04/20/07
Emerging China, 11/11/05
Emerging India, 04/19/02
Endangered Species Act, 6/3/05
Ending Homelessness, 06/18/04
Ending Poverty, 09/9/05
Energy Efficiency, 05/19/06
Energy Security, 02/01/02
Ethics of War, 12/13/02
Evaluating Head Start, 08/26/05
Exporting Democracy, 04/01/05
Exporting Jobs, 02/20/04
Factory Farms, 01/12/07
Fair Trade Labeling, 05/18/07
Famine in Africa, 11/08/02
Farm Subsidies, 05/17/02
Fighting Crime, 02/08/08
Fighting SARS, 06/20/03
Fighting Superbugs, 08/24/07
Financial Bailout, 10/24/08
Financial Crisis, 05/09/08
Fish Farming, 07/27/07
Fixing Urban Schools, 04/27/07
Food Safety, 11/01/02
Foreign Aid After Sept. 11, 04/26/02
Free Press Disputes, 04/8/05
Future Job Market, 01/11/02
Future of Amtrak, 10/18/02
Future of Feminism, 04/14/06
Future of Marriage, 05/7/04
Future of NATO, 02/28/03
Future of Newspapers, 01/20/06
Future of Recycling, 12/14/07
Future of the Airline Industry, 06/21/02
Future of the Catholic Church, 01/19/07
Future of the European Union, 10/28/05
Future of the Music Industry, 11/21/03
Future of U.S.-Russia Relations, 01/18/02
Gambling in America, 03/07/03
Gang Crisis, 05/14/04
Gay Marriage, 09/05/03
Gay Marriage Showdowns, 09/26/08
Gays on Campus, 10/1/04
Gender and Learning, 05/20/05
Gender Pay Gap, 03/07/08
Global Food Crisis, 06/27/08
Global Jihad, 10/14/05 ,li>Government Secrecy, 12/02/05
Grade Inflation, 06/07/02
Gun Control Debate, 11/12/04
Gun Rights Debates, 10,/31/08
Gun Violence, 05/25/07
Haiti's Dilemma, 02/18/05
Hazing, 01/9/04
Heart Health, 09/12/08
Home Schooling Debate, 01/17/03
Homeland Security, 09/12/03
Homeopathy Debate, 12/19/03
Homework Debate, 12/06/02
HPV Vaccine, 05/11/07
Human Rights in China, 07/25/08
Human Trafficking and Slavery, 03/26/04
Identify Theft, 6/10/05
Illegal Immigration, 05/6/05
Increase in Autism, 06/13/03
Immigration Debate, 02/01/08
Intelligence Reforms, 01/25/02
Internet Accuracy, 08/01/08
Intelligent Design, 07/29/05
International Law, 12/17/04
Japan in Crisis, 07/26/02
Juvenile Justice, 11/07/08
Labor Unions' Future, 09/2/05
Latinos' Future, 10/17/03
Limiting Lawsuits, 12/19/08
Living-Wage Movement, 09/27/02
Lobbying Boom, 07/22/05
Marijuana Laws, 02/11/05
Mass Transit Boom, 01/18/08
Media Bias, 10/15/04
Media Ownership, 10/10/03
Medicaid Reform, 07/15/04
Medical Malpractice, 02/14/03
Medicare Reform, 08/22/03
Mental Health Insurance, 03/29/02
Mental Illness Medication Debate, 02/6/04
Methamphetamine, 07/15/05
Mexico's Drug War, 12/12/08
Middle East Peace, 01/21/05
Middle East Tensions, 10/17/06
Migrant Farmworkers, 10/8/04
Minimum Wage, 12/16/05 Mothers' Movement, 04/04/03
Movie Ratings, 03/28/03
Nanotechnology, 06/11/04
NASA's Future, 05/23/03
National Debt, 11/14/08
National Parks Under Pressure, 10/06/06
National Service, 06/30/06
New Defense Priorities, 09/13/02
New Environmentalism 12/01/06
New Strategy in Iraq, 02/23/07
No Child Left Behind, 05/27/05
North Korean Crisis, 04/11/03
Nuclear Energy, 03/10/06
Nuclear Proliferation and Terrorism, 04/002/04
Nursing Shortage, 09/20/02
The Obama Presidency, 01/30/09
Obesity Epidemic, 01/31/03
Oil Diplomacy, 01/24/03
Oil Jitters, 01/04/08
Organ Shortage, 02/21/03
Patent Disputes, 12/15/06
The Partisan Divide, 04/30/04
Pension Crisis, 02/17/06
Philanthropy in America, 12/08/06
Policing the Borders, 02/22/02
Political Conventions, 08/08/08
Pork Barrel Politics, 06/16/06
Port Security, 04/21/06
Prayer and Healing, 01/14/05
Presidential Libraries, 03/16/07
Presidential Power, 11/15/02
Presidential Power, 02/24/06
Preventing Cancer, 01/16/09
Preventing Memory Loss,04/04/08
Preventing Teen Drug Use, 03/15/02
Prison Health Care, 01/05/07
Prison Reform, 04/06/07
Privacy in Peril, 11/17/06
Privatizing the Military, 06/25/04
Property Rights, 03/04/05
Prosecutors and Politics, 06/22/07
Prosecutors and the Law, 11/09/07
Prospects for Mideast Peace, 08/30/02
Prostitution Debate, 05/23/08 Protecting Whistleblowers, 03/31/06
Protestants Today, 12/07/07
Public Defenders, 04/18/08
Race and Politics, 07/18/08
Race in America, 07/11/03
Racial Diversity in Public Schools, 09/14/07
Reading Crisis?, 02/22/08
Real ID, 05/04/07
Rebuilding Iraq, 07/25/03
Rebuilding New Orleans, 03/03/06
Redistricting Disputes, 03/12/04
Reducing Your Carbon Footprint, 12/05/08
Re-examining 9/11, 06/04/04
Reforming Big-Time College Sports, 03/19/04
Reforming the Corps, 05/30/03
Regulating Credit Cards, 10/10/08
Regulating Toxic Chemicals, 01/23/09
Religion and Politics, 07/30/04
Religion in the Workplace, 08/23/02
Rethinking Foreign Policy, 02/02/07
Retirement Security, 05/31/02
Right to Die, 05/13/05
Rise in Counterinsurgency, 09/05/08 Rising Health Costs, 04/07/06
Rising College Costs, 12/05/03
Russia and the Former Soviet Republics, 06/17/05
Saving the Oceans, 11/04/05
School Desegregation, 04/23/04
Science and Politics, 08/20/04
School Vouchers Showdown, 02/15/02
Science in America, 01/11/08
The Search for Extraterrestrials, 03/05/04
Sentencing Debates, 11/05/04
Serial Killers, 10/31/03
Sex Offenders, 09/08/06
Sexual Abuse and the Clergy, 05/03/02
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 12//3/04
Shock Jocks, 06/01/07
Single-Sex Education, 07/12/02
Slow Food Movement, 01/26/07
Smallpox Threat, 02/07/03
Smart Growth, 05/28/04
Social Security reform, 09/24/04
Socially Responsible Investing, 08/29/08
Sports and Drugs, 07/23/04
State Budget Crises, 10/03/03
Stem Cell Research, 09/01/06
Stimulating the Economy, 01/10/03
Stock Market Troubles, 01/16/04
Stolen Antiquities, 04/13/07
Stopping Genocide, 08/27/04
Student Aid, 01/25/08
Students Under Stress, 07/13/07
Supreme Court's Future: 01/28/05
SUV Debate, 05/16/03
Teaching Math and Science, 09/06/02
Teen Driving, 01/07/05
Teen Sex, 09/16/05
Teen Spending, 05/26/06
Television's Future, 02/16/07
Three-Strikes Laws, 05/10/02
Threatened Fisheries, 08/02/02
Tobacco Industry, 12/10/04
Torture, 04/18/03
Transgender Issues, 05/05/06 Treating Anxiety, 02/08/02
Treatment of Detainees, 08/25/06
Treatment of Veterans, 11/19/04
Trouble in South America, 03/14/03
Understanding Islam, 11/03/06
Unemployment Benefits, 04/25/03
The United Nations and Global Security, 02/27/04
Universal Coverage, 03/30/07
Upward Mobility, 04/29/05 Video Games, 11/10/06
Voting Controversies, 09/15/06
Voting Rights, 10/29/04
War in Iraq, 10/21/05
War on Drugs, 06/02/06
Water Shortages, 08/01/03
Weapons of Mass Destruction, 03/08/02
Women in Politics, 03/21/08
Women's Health, 11/07/03
Wounded Veterans, 08/31/07
Worker Safety, 05/21/04
Youth Suicide, 02/13/04

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