Our Work

The Great American Debate is a non-partisan effort put on by a consortium of debate technology groups working to make American democracy more robust and online communications more productive, clear, and educational through new forms or media and new big data infrastructure for the public.

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There is a persistent debate about climate change in the United States. There are debates over: what climate change is, if it’s happening, who or what is the cause, is it a threat, and if so - what could or should we do about it?

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Forms of media

We extract arguments, claims, and evidence from: Television, podcasts, websites, various social media platforms, documentaries and videos, books, textbooks, government documents, scholarly articles, news platforms, classrooms materials, and more.

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topics of debate

The debate about climate change is complex . We’ve identified over 220 sub-debates being discussed in the United States so far.