Persuasive Topics: Current Events

Posted by Naomi Rockler-Gladen Jan 30, 2007

Are you looking for a persuasive speech topic for your public speaking class, or a persuasive essay topic? Here are some articles about persuasive speech and essay topics to help you out:

• How to choose a topic for a persuasive speech
• Great persuasive speech topics
• Tired persuasive speech topics to avoid
• Fun persuasive essay and speech topics
• How to choose a topic for a term paper
• Good ideas for persuasive essay topics

Another good place to find a persuasive speech or essay topic: the news! Current events make great persuasive topics because they're fresh and have not been overused. They may also be easy to research.

Here are some January/February 2007 current events (mostly U.S. current events) to consider for persuasive speeches and essays. I'll post more in months to come!

• President Bush's proposed troop increase in Iraq
• The President's State of the Union address
• The switch to a Democrat controlled House and Senate
• Iran's role in the Iraqi War
• The Patriot Act
• The conflict in Darfur
• The 2008 presidential hopefuls
• The possibility of a woman or African American president in the United States
• U.S. legislation to lower student loan interest and make college more affordable
• Global warming
• Stem cell research
• An increase in the minimum wage
• Wildlife deaths in the Pacific Ocean due to toxic algae
• The Scooter Libby trial
• Job outsourcing
• Bird Flu
• The HPV vaccination
• The ban on saturated fats in New York City restaurants
• Anti death penalty legislation in France

Good luck with your speeches and papers!