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Public
Policy
Access articles and reports on US and World public policy, social
issues, as well as information on how to participate.
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American Civil Liberties Union
(ACLU) Founded by Roger Baldwin in 1920, the American Civil Liberties
Union is an advocate of individual rights. This site supports the mission
of the ACLU, and has information on many issues including the death penalty,
freedom of speech, racial equality, women's rights, and more.
American
Enterprise Institute for Public Policy: Research The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
is dedicated to preserving and strengthening the foundations of freedom.
Topics covered include economics and trade; social welfare; government
tax, spending, regulatory, and legal policies; US politics; international
affairs; and US defense and foreign policies. Read full text documents
such as Time for Japan to Print Money, The Middle East Mess,
or Moynihan's Social Security Plan.
Atlantic
Unbound: Politics & Society Part of the larger Atlantic Unbound site, the online version
of Atlantic Monthly. This portion of the site covers politics
and society. It includes current articles, archived articles, and articles
organized by issues such as abortion and health care.
Cato Institute
The Cato Institute is a nonpartisan public policy research foundation. The
emphasis is on limited government, individual liberty, and peace. Special
interest: Publications and Research
Areas.
Center For Democracy and
Technology
The Center For Democracy and Technology is a non-profit public interest organization
that works for public policies advancing civil liberties and democratic values
in new computer and communications technologies. Read about issues in human
and civil rights as they relate to technology.
The Center for Public Integrity
The Center for Public Integrity is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, tax-exempt organization.The
Center combines political science and investigative reporting, covering public
service, government accountability and ethics related issues. It includes
content from more than 80 leading investigative reporters and editors in
over 40 countries.
Civic Practices Network CPN is a collaborative and nonpartisan project
dedicated to bringing tools for public problem solving
into community and institutional settings across America.
Read case studies and essays on civic innovation, essays
and theories on civic renewal and movement building and
more.
civilrights.org
From the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and
the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund, a coalition
mostly of civil rights and labor groups, so don't expect unbiased coverage
of the issues. That said, there is still excellent information to be
found here on all types of civil rights issues, including affirmative
action, hate crimes, labor issues and much more. Special interest: Issues.
civnet civnet is designed for civic educators, scholars,
policymakers, etc., promoting civil society all over the world. It is
also useful for students or anyone interested in learning more about
civic participation. It includes several virtual textbooks, lesson plans,
journal articles, civic news headlines and more.
Department of
Justice: DOJ Hot Topics
From the US Department of Justice, get information on topics of current interest,
such as school violence and computer crime.
FactCheck.org
From the Annenberg Public Policy Center. Truth, lie, or something in
between? A reality check
for politicians.
Fourth World Documentation
Project
From the Center for World Indigenous Studies.
This award-winning searchable site archives documents
that reflect the social, political, strategic, economic,
and human rights issues of Fourth World nations.
GPO
Pathway Services: Browse Topics
This path of GPO Pathway Services arranges US Government sites by subject.
The main list of topics is based on the current Guide to U.S. Government
Information. Some of the topics included are Aging, Human Rights, and
Taxes.
Heritage
Foundation: Research
The Heritage Foundation is a research and educational institute. The emphasis
is on conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise,
limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a
strong national defense.
Institute for Global Communications The Institute for Global Communications (IGC) is a nonprofit
organization that provides alternative sources of information. The emphasis
is on world peace, economy, labor, women, and conflict.
The James A. Baker III
Institute for Public Policy
The Baker Institute's goal is to advance effective foreign and domestic policy
by bringing together the worlds of ideas and action. Publications include studies,
working papers and reports.
nationalissues.com nationalissues.com is a non-partisan, issue-oriented that gathers
the best articles and research from leading think tanks, news sources,
advocacy groups and individual policy analysts and presents the information
in one easily accessible site. Information is organized so that a user
begins with summary information and continues with more detail on each
issue.
NewsLink: Political
and opinion magazines Many of the online magazines on the list deal with American
politics, but there are some from Canada, France, Great Britain, Hungary,
and more.
OneWorld.net
by topic
A UK based not-for-profit organization, OneWorld Online is a partnership
of organizations working for human rights and sustainable development. Their
approach may be somewhat biased, but should not be overlooked for valuable
information. Coverage includes topics such as AIDS, climate change, peace and
much more.
opensecrets.org
From the Center for Responsive Politics. A non-partisan, non-profit research
group based in Washington, D.C. that specializes in the study of Congress
and particularly the role that money plays in its elections and actions.
Special interest: Issue Profiles and Publications.
PBS: NewsHour
Index Access NewsHour special reports and transcripts by topic, such as
budget, environment, and terrorism.
PollingReport.com
An independent, nonpartisan resource on trends in American public opinion.
Data are from national probability-sample surveys of the American public.
Some site information is only available through subscription.
Project Vote Smart
Project Vote Smart is a non-partisan, non-profit
project designed to be a citizen's tool kit. It provides
independent factual information on over 13,000 candidates
and elected officials. Voting records, campaign issue
positions, performance evaluations by special interests,
campaign contributions, backgrounds, previous experience,
and contact information are available.
Public Citizen Public Citizen is a non-profit research, lobbying and litigation
organization founded by Ralph Nader.
RAND: Publications
RAND (an acronym for research and development), a nonprofit
research institution, provides full text reports on: Education Studies,
Information Technology and Science, Civil and Criminal Justice, Health,
International Policy Studies, National Security and Military Studies,
Domestic Policy Studies, Other, and RAND Classics. Some of the publications
online include: Solving the Family-Support Puzzle, Increasing
Hispanic Participation in Higher Education: A Desirable Public Investment and Toward
a Global Budget for the U.S. Health System: Implementation Issues and
Information Needs.
United Nations
The United Nations (UN) has created a site rich in international information,
including peace and security, economic and social development, international
law, human rights, and humanitarian affairs information, as well as UN
news and UN documents. Special interest: International
Law. See also the Yale University project, Research
Approaches to UN Information.
Urban
Institute: Research by Topic
The Urban Institute investigates social and economic problems and seeks to
increase awareness of important public choices. This portion of the site has
organized information by topics, including Federalism, Economics, Social Welfare,
Community Building, and Policy Briefs.
US Department of State:
International Topics and Issues
Access fact sheets, press releases, reports on the current state of various
issues, as well as some historical information. The amount of information available
for each topic varies.
washingtonpost.com:
On Politics: The Issues
In-depth analysis of major political issues, with
archived coverage from The Washington Post and
original reporting, background and analysis. Examples
of topics which have been covered are Affirmative Action,
Medicare, and Trade Policy. Special interest: Columns-Cartoons.
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