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Current Issues
About.com -News/Issues - Links to About.com sections addressing Issues/Causes, Politics, and Current Events
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)- Articles and news on Criminal Justice, Death Penalty, Immigration, Prisons and other Individual Rights issues
American Psychological Association - Information available on AIDS, Anger, Children, Depression, Disabilities, Parenting and Families, and Violence
Associations on the Net - Links to official sites for associations and organizations such as the American Cancer Society, Academy of Forensic Sciences, and the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Best Information on the Net: Hot Paper Topics-From the O'Keefe Library at St. Ambrose University. Topics are varied & include Affirmative Action, Bioethical Issues, Hurricanes, Identity Theft, & Space Shuttle Disasters.
The Brookings Institution - - The Policy Briefs under publications are short informative papers with background and recommendations on current issues
College Times - "A searchable database of recent NY Times articles organized into a directory of related academic fields. Allows signing up for e-mail notification whenever there are new articles pertinent to any field."
Congressional Research Service Reports- Prepared reports for the U.S. Congress on issues such as Climate Change, Waste Management, and Wetlands
Documents in the News- From the University of Michigan Documents Center, identifies issues about government news headlines and links to web sites with additional information on issues including Chandra Levy, Election Reform, Stem Cell Research, and U.S. Terrorist Attacks
FrontLine- Browse by subject, the reports from the PBS series devoted to in-depth reporting of controversial and political issues
How Stuff Works- Topics include Children and Television, Web Pages, MP3, Caffeine, and Tattoos.
Idea Generator- From the Libraries of Old Dominion University, browse through broad categories to see ideas for term papers and speeches
Media Awareness Network: Media Issues-Challenging Online Hate, Media Violence and Privacy are some of the issues covered
Moving Ideas - Issues include Criminal Justice, Election 2000, Environment, Health, Immigration, Minimum Wage, etc.
National Center For Policy Analysis Idea House The NCPA, a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization, provides information about rent public policy debate topics. Includes Both Sides of issues and Pro & Con articles from KRT Newswire & other publications
Online NewsHour: Backgrounds and Transcripts- Background topics from PBS on topics including Education, Environment, Race Relations, Whitewater and Youth
Public Agenda Online- Find information on policy and public opinion on issues including Abortion, Campaign Finance, The Family, and Social Security
Project Vote Smart: Research the Issues- Research issues include AIDS, Animal Issues, Disabilities, Media & Communication and Terrorism
Science in the Headlines- Reports from the National Academies examining issues from Aids to nuclear waste
Links to Social Psychology Topics- Topics include Affirmative Action, Advertising, Cults, and Family Relations
SpeakOut.com- News articles about issues including Abortion Death Penalty, Animal Rights, Napster, and Stem Cell Research
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