You Decide! is a best-selling, debate-style reader that examines the most timely, important, and provocative issues in American politics. Topics selected for this text argue various sides of a given political issue and come from recent journals, congressional hearings, think tanks, and periodicals. You Decide! draws readers into the key topics that have made headlines and affected our political system during 2011 and will continue to affect our daily lives in 2012.