DebatEV wins Rep. Debbie Lesko’s 2021 Congressional App Challenge in Arizona’s Eighth District

When asked what inspired the creation of DebatEV, the students said, “The pandemic has moved most school and other activities dependent on research online, however we noticed there was an abundance of non reputable news sources and science publications that were locked behind paywalls. They were formatted in weird ways, and were tedious to switch between after having 30+ tabs open. Both my partner and I participate in High School Debate, and one aspect of the club is writing quite long cases, or arguments, every month when a new topic comes out. Some of these topics involve important real world topics such as Nuclear Policy, Medicare-For-All, and Child Care. Debate cases were the perfect place to be able to pull relevant pieces of evidence for many topics as they are already cut down to the most relevant part of the article pertaining to the topic. We also wanted to ensure that the evidence that students use for research was reputable and that they had abundant amounts of evidence for both sides of the story. A simple google search would land them on multiple website with questionable reputability and often non relevant results.”