r/policydebate

14K archived posts · Jan 2011 – Sep 2026

Policy Debate: Go for T

r/policydebate

A subreddit for the high school and college activity of Policy Debate/CX.

Created Jan 27, 2011

12KMembers (last snapshot)

14KArchived posts

2022-2023 HS Topic: Resolved: The United States federal government should substantially increase its security cooperation with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in one or more of the following areas: artificial intelligence, biotechnology, cybersecurity.

2022-2023 NDT-CEDA Topic: Resolved: The United States should vest legal rights and/or duties in one or more of the following: artificial intelligence, nature, nonhuman animal species.

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Policy debate is a form of debate competition practiced in high schools and colleges across the US in which teams of two advocate for and against a resolution that typically calls for policy change by the United States federal government. It is also referred to as cross-examination debate.

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