If you are in a quandry of what to study as your current event, let me help you with what I notice in the field.
OF COURSE, it is not limited to this. Note: I notice what I tend to notice, so there is some subjectivity in this list, but here goes:
1. climate change.
What is it? Why do people say there is a connection between the massive storms, the flooding and climate change. What does this mean? How can govt take action? How can I take action?GOOGLE ALL THESE
See rally in DC sunday Feb 17, 2013
see alternative energy: wind and sun.
(some websites that came up: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/keystone-pipeline/)The Keystone XL pipeline is proposed to run from the tar sands oil fields in Alberta, Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. Various organizations have spoken out against the Keystone XL pipeline, voicing health, safety, and environmental concerns.
See TARSANDS
See: 350.org This website is good for not only info but if this is a topic of interest, they have action associated with it http://350.org/ http://350.org/
2. FOOD GENETIC MODIFIED ORGANISMS
see all links on the side...check out the food industrialization and organics?
3. debt ceiling-BUDGET talks!
under this comes everything from cuttin g budgets for NPR or Planned parenthood or Head start.
4. FEDERAL REGULATORS OF BANKS
Biggest corrupt move of the govt. to date: senate banking committee.Do you know why these settlements were so corrupt? What is the whole scandal behind wall street? Here is a movie of your senator calling the federal regulators out. http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/02/14/172045516/watch-sen-elizabeth-warren-grills-regulators-on-taking-banks-to-trial http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/02/14/172045516/watch-sen-elizabeth-warren-grills-regulators-on-taking-banks-to-trial
