Issues in the News/Resources for Current Events and Debate
Don't forget to check for many news sources under Catalogs and Databases!
For Global Affairs
About.com Society and Values http://law.about.com/newsissues/law/library/weekly/topicsubvalu.htm
American Forum for Global Education http://www.globaled.org/
Argus Clearinghouse (Select Social Issues) http://www.clearinghouse.net/
Biomedicine and Health in the News http://library.uchc.edu/bhn/
*CNN In-Depth Specials http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/
Columbia Journalism Review Resource Guides http://www.cjr.org/resources/
Culture Shock (issues surrounding the arts) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/cultureshock/
Death Penalty Information http://teacher.deathpenaltyinfo.msu.edu/
Debate Lab http://www.debatelab.2itb.com/
Documents in the News http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/docnewsnew.html
*edWeek.com Hot Issues http://edweek.com/context/topics/issues.cfm
*Electronic Policy Network: idea Central http://www.movingideas.org/
Fence.com http://www.thefence.com/
1st Headlines http://www.1stheadlines.com/
Frontline Issues http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/
Gallup Organization http://www.gallup.com/pol/soc_issues.asp
Google Social Issues http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Issues/
Hate.com: Extremists on the Internet http://www.hbo.com/hate/
*Headline Spot http://headlinespot.com
History Wiz: Current Affairs http://historywiz.com/current.htm
Hot Topics in Education http://mel.lib.mi.us/education/edu-hot.html
Hot Topics: Terrorist Attacks on the U.S., September 11, 2001 http://www.evergreen.edu/user/library/govdocs/hotopics/index.html
Human Rights Watch http://www.hrw.org
Internet Public Library: Issues and Conflicts http://www.ipl.org/cgi-bin/teen/teen.db.out.pl?id=ic0000
Internet Public Library Social Issues and Social Welfare http://www.ipl.org/ref/RR/static/soc80.00.00.html
International Affairs Resources http://www.etown.edu/vl/
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ELSI Project (science-based issues) http://www.lbl.gov/Education/ELSI/ELSI.html
Links to the News http://poynter.org/dj/shedden/
MagPortal.com (free magazine index) http://www.magportal.com/c/soc/
Maps in the News http://map.lib.umn.edu/news.phtml
*Michigan Electronic Library Social Issues http://mel.lib.mi.us/social/SOC-index.html
National Center for Policy Analysis: Idea Place http://www.ncpa.org/hotline.html
National Issues http://nationalissues.com/
*OneWorld http://www.oneworld.net/
*Open Directory: Issues http://dmoz.org/Society/Issues/
Opinion Pages http://www.opinion-pages.org/
Opinions/Editorials Headlinespot http://headlinespot.com/opinion/oped/
Political Resources on the Net http://www.politicalresources.net/
*Politics1.com: Directory of Political Debates and Issues http://www.politics1.com/issues.htm
Polling Report http://www.pollingreport.com/issues.htm
Poynter.org http://poynter.org/dj/shedden/
**Public Agenda Online http://www.publicagenda.org/
**Public Education Network http://www.penpress.org/
**Social Issues http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/homework/sochc.html
Social Issues Resource Center http://www.sirc.org/
Spinsanity http://www.spinsanity.org/
Stem Cell Debate http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/stemcell/
Town Hall: Issues Library http://www.townhall.com/issueslibrary/
United Nations University--Collection on Critical Global Issues http://www.nzdl.org/cgi-bin/library?a=p&p=about&c=ccgi
University of Michigan Documents Center: High School Debate 2000
http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/debate00.html
Women's Human Rights Resources http://www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/diana/
*Yahoo: Government: Political Issues http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/U_S__Government/Politics/Political_Issues/
*Yahoo: Society and Culture: Issues and Causes http://dir.yahoo.com/society_and_culture/issues_and_causes/
*Yahoo: Full Coverage http://fullcoverage.yahoo.com/fc/
Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/youthviolence/report.html
Incore Country Guides http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/cds/countries/index.html
Out There News: Megastories http://www.megastories.com/index.shtml
Economist Country Briefings http://www.economist.com/countries/
Freedom in the World http://216.119.117.183/research/freeworld/2001/countries.htm
Contemporary Conflicts http://wps.cfc.dnd.ca/links/wars/index.html
Amnesty International Annual Report http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/aireport/
Contemporary Conflicts in Africa http://www.synapse.net/~acdi20/welcome.htm
Global Witness http://www.oneworld.org/globalwitness/
Human Rights Watch http://www.hrw.org/wr2k2/
Yahoo: Full Coverage World http://dailynews.yahoo.com/full_coverage/world/
World News.com http://worldnews.com/
World & I (ask Mrs. V. to log you in) http://www.worldandi.com/
World Newspapers, Magazines, and News Sites in English http://www.world-newspapers.com/
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