Political Science

Established in 1815, the Cambridge Union Society is the oldest debating society in the world. Along with student debates videos, online videos include public debates and celebrity guest speakers from various disciplines.

Founded in 1971 as the Southwest Cross Examination Debate Association, CEDA is now the primary national association promoting policy topic intercollegiate academic debate. CEDA holds an annual National Championship tournament of over 175 individual debate teams from across the United States to compete on the basis of research, persuasive speaking, argumentation, and philosophy.

The Oxford Union Society was founded in1823 when the discussion of religion and politics were off limits within Oxford University. The forms of debate are similar to that in the House of Commons, with all remarks addressed to the President or Chairman, and Members referred to as “honorable”, standing on each side of the house to oppose each other.

C-SPAN (Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network) is a private, non-profit public cable television channel that covers U.S. politics. Developed by the American cable industry as a public service, the C-SPAN website provides access to daily unedited video and live sessions of Congressional proceedings, debates, and hearings. CSPAN also offers live and recorded debates from the British House of Commons and the Prime Minister’s Questions. Also available are videos of the Annual British Youth Parliament Debates.

A part of C-SPAN’s international programming covering foreign legislatures, C-SPAN airs Prime Minister’s Questions live every week. Prime Minister’s Question Time, also referred to as PMQs, gives MPs the chance to question the Prime Minister. PMQs takes place at midday every Wednesday when the Commons is sitting.

A nonpartisan, nonprofit policy organization and debate series. IQ2 makes available over 100 debates covering a wide range of political and public policy topics.

Freely accessible website of full-text reports and essays that provide differing views on controversial issues and topics. The reports are authored by the organization’s staff and include directly referenced footnotes and sources used for research. Each report provides a “Did You Know?” section with cited statistical information followed by a pro/con argument section presenting both sides of the issue. A detailed background of the issue is provided along with a video gallery of news or organizational videos.