Much exists on the web, in newspapers and magazines, and certainly on TV and radio that lends itself to potential topic ideas. If you need help finding a topic, here are a couple of websites to help get you started:
Cal State at Long Beach Hot Topics page (check this one first--it has a large collection of links to other college and university argument topics websites)
Santa Monica College has a list of topics as good as any, but links to each take you to a list of synonyms and related terms that might help you formulate a working thesis.
You could certainly just google "argument topics" or "research topics" and wander through the results until you hit upon something you believe might work. Otherwise, consider the suggestions below. (Each has been proposed as a topic for this assignment and I consider each a viable topic choice.)
Avoid topics of taste, fashion, and recreation:
Avoid topics that simply cannot work:
Resist topics that are extremely volatile and perhaps have no neutral audience:
Topics that havent been tried that might work:
Try your hand at discerning which of the following
sample topic suggestions might work.