1. Controversy and activism
Social Issues
Controversy and activism

2. A social issue (also called a social ill or a social problem) is a
controversial issue that
relates to people's
personal lives and
Interactions.

14. Contemporary and on-going social issues
Abortion 
Ageism / Youth rights / Old Age 
Animal rights 
Bullying 
Capital punishment 
Censorship 
Child abuse 
Child labor 
Civil rights 
Corporal punishment 
Corruption
• Organ and body donations
• Poverty
• Prayer/religion in schools
• Racial profiling
• Riots
• Religious laws
• Racism
• Suicide and assisted suicide
• Terrorism
• Unemployment
•Welfare
• World population
Disabled persons’ rights
Environmental protection
Famine
Gay rights
Global warming 
Homelessness
Human rights
Human Trafficking
Illegal Immigration
• Nuclear energy