Brainstorming About My Social Action Research Project

I have tons of things I want to research. My mom and I always watch documentaries dealing with social issues--my mom is really big into that kind of stuff. I haven't decided on a specific topic to research in this class yet, but I'm thinking about researching something along the lines of how the United States has an impact on sweatshops in another country. I have to think about it further. I am passionate about equal rights for women and homosexuals, but I have already written research papers on these topics. I want to write about something I have never written about before and that's not really cliche. If I do not do a research paper about sweatshops, I think I will do another topic that deals with people being exploited. The exploitation of people is meaningful to me. I feel sympathy for people who are exploited and I think it is morally wrong. In addition, I am an elementary education major and I enjoy children. The exploitation of children is not uncommon in some countries.
Social action research is important to me because I do not want to be ignorant of the problems that go on in the world. If I know that they exist, I can raise awareness and hopefully people will join together to come up with solutions for the problems. Preventing the exploitation of people will certainly improve the standards of living for many people and make the world a better place.
In order to conduct the research, I hope to use articles from sources such as newspapers and magazines. I do not know anyone who has been exploited, so I won't be able to interview anyone. I bet I can find a documentary I can use though.