Westmoreland County Community College Library: Primary Sources in Credo Reference: US Culture

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This tab links to key documents about controversial issues affecting the United States. More sources on United States cultural divisions can be found by searching for the term Primary Documents in Culture Wars in America: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices, or browsing the Primary Documents section of the Encyclopedia of Gun Control and Gun Rights.

Culture Wars in America: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices
The term "culture wars" refers to the political and sociological polarization that has characterized American society the past several decades. This new edition provides an enlightening and comprehensive A-to-Z ready reference, now with supporting primary documents, on major topics of contemporary importance for students, teachers, and the general reader.
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Encyclopedia of Gun Control & Gun Rights
With public perception of gun violence at an all-time high, this second edition of Encyclopedia of Gun Control and Gun Rights is a must-have resource for all libraries. Primary sources in this title

US Cultural Debates

Media Bias: Primary Documents
Both the left and the right complain that the media are biased against their point of view, though the criticism each side offers is somewhat different.
Wikileaks: Primary Documents
According to its own Web site, WikiLeaks is a not-for-profit, online organization founded in 2007 that allows individuals and organizations to anonymously upload classified and secret documents for all to view.
Illegal Immigrants: Primary Documents
While most Americans today welcome legal immigrants, there remains significant political division over what to do about the country's estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants, most of them Latinos of Mexican or Central American origin.
Gays in the Military: Primary Documents
As gay and lesbian advocates have argued, homosexuals have long served in the U.S. armed forces, just not openly.

U.S. Involvement in the Middle East

State of the Union Address, President George W. Bush (2003)
From Culture Wars in America: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices
Testimony on Conduct of Iraq War Before Senate Foreign Relations Committee, General Joseph P. Hoar, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret.) (2004)
From Culture Wars in America: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices
Testimony on Iraq War Before U.S. House Committee, Former Ambassador Joseph Wilson (2005)
From Culture Wars in America: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices
Confirmation Hearings for Chuck Hagel as U.S. Secretary of Defense, Senate Armed Services Committee, Questions by Senator John McCain (2013)
From Culture Wars in America: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices
Address on Launch of Afghanistan War, President George W. Bush (2001)
From Culture Wars in America: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices
Address on Troop Surge in Afghanistan and Pakistan, President Barack Obama (2009)
From Culture Wars in America: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices
A Different Kind of War: The United States Army in Operation Enduring Freedom, October 2001–September 2005, U.S. Army Report (2010)
From Culture Wars in America: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices
State of the Union Address, President Jimmy Carter (1980)
From Culture Wars in America: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices
Speech to UN General Assembly, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2006)
From Culture Wars in America: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices
Greetings to Iran on Persian New Year, President Barack Obama (2009)
From Culture Wars in America: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices
“Iran vs. the West: Is War Inevitable in 2012?” Former UN Ambassador John Bolton (2012)
From Culture Wars in America: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices

Race

Executive Order 10925, President John F. Kennedy (1961)
From Culture Wars in America: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)
From Culture Wars in America: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices
California Proposition 209 and Arguments Pro and Con (1996)
From Culture Wars in America: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices
Amicus Brief for Respondent in Fisher v. University of Texas, U.S. Justice Department (2012)
From Culture Wars in America: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices
“Ethnic Profiling: A Rational and Moral Framework,” Robert A. Levy, Cato Institute (2001)
From Culture Wars in America: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices
Racial Profiling Policy, State of New Jersey (2005)
From Culture Wars in America: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices
Testimony on “Stop-and-Frisk” Policy to New York City Council, New York Civil Liberties Union (2012)
From Culture Wars in America: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices

Women's Rights

Report on Criminal Abortion, American Medical Association (1859)
From Culture Wars in America: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices
Roe v. Wade (1973)
From Culture Wars in America: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices
Statement for Respect Life Month, Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (September 2012)
From Culture Wars in America: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices
Statement on Fortieth Anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Nancy Keenan, President of NARAL Pro-Choice America (January 2013)
From Culture Wars in America: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices
North Dakota Fetal Heartbeat Abortion Law (2013)
From Culture Wars in America: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices
“Demystifying the ‘Feminine Mythtique’: Or, Women and Combat Can Mix,”The Marine Corps Gazette, Angela R. Febbraro and Carol McCann (2003)
From Culture Wars in America: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices
Press Briefing on Allowing Women to Serve in Combat, U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Martin E. Dempsey (2013)
From Culture Wars in America: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices
“Common Sense, Emotion and Women in Combat,” The Washington Times, Lieutenant General (Ret.) Jerry Boykin (2013)
From Culture Wars in America: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices
Testimony on Sexual Assault and Harassment Before U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Military Personnel, Anu Bhagwati, Service Women's Action Network (2013)
From Culture Wars in America: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices

Corporations

Testimony Before the U.S. House Committee on the Budget, Ralph Nader (1999)
From Culture Wars in America: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices
“Corporate Welfare in the Federal Budget,” Policy Analysis, Cato Institute (2012)
From Culture Wars in America: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices
Statement on Indictment of Former Enron CEO Kenneth Lay, U.S. Department of Justice (2004)
From Culture Wars in America: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices
Remarks on Executive Compensation, President Barack Obama (2009)
From Culture Wars in America: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices
“Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002: Ten Years Later,” Steven Harris, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (2012)
From Culture Wars in America: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices
“Sarbanes-Oxley: 10 Years Later,” Mark A. Calabria, Cato Institute (2012)
From Culture Wars in America: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices