Internet Resources - Current Issues

Databases

• Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
  This is an excellent full-text database from Gale that covers multiple sides of current social issues such as immigration, abortion, drugs and capital punishment. Students can search through viewpoint essays, articles, reference sources, websites, academic journals, and statistics to find information for reports and papers.
  Browse related subjects: News, Pro/Con, Social Issues, Teen Homework Help
• Rand California
  Provides demographics from the state level down to the local level, including statistics for a range of years. Allows for some customization.
  Browse related subjects: Government, Social Issues, Statistics
• SIRS Researcher
  Access to full text articles from U.S. and international magazines, newspapers, journals and U.S. government documents. Topics include social issues, economics, business, politics, global issues. Information from the World Almanac is included and more than 300 detailed, colored maps.
  Browse related subjects: Social Issues, Statistics, Teen Homework Help

Recommended Websites

• Activism News
  This site is a continuously updated collection of activism-related news stories from 50,000 sources across the web. Features include activism forum and blogs, polls, headlines and in-depth news coverage on a wide range of current topics. Provided by Topix, leading online news community.
  Browse related subjects: Social Issues
• American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
  Extensive coverage of a variety of social issues including criminal justice, the death penalty, free speech, HIV/AIDS, immigrants' rights, lesbian & gay rights, racial equality, and much more. You can find out what is happening on a number of these issues in Congress, in the courts, and in the ACLU. You can also become a member of the ACLU and use their library to find additional resources.
  Browse related subjects: Social Issues
• Cafe Progressive
  Helpful starting place when looking for information about community action from a progressive point of vies. Topics include: education reform, alternative politics, multicultural community, and a huge collection of progressive resources. Site includes progressive on-line news resources, chat room, forums, and links to many other progressive Web resources.
  Browse related subjects: Social Issues
• Environmental Issues
  An Internet guide for environmental issues, with feature articles, Website links, and discussion forums. Topics covered include air pollution, recycling, endangered species, acid rain, ozone depletion, water & wetlands, renewable energy, forestry, food issues, population, biodiversity, nuclear waste, and more.
  Browse related subjects: Environment, Social Issues
• Global Warming
  This site, maintained by the Environment Protection Agency (EPA), offers comprehensive information on the issues of global warming and climate change in an understandable, interesting and meaningful way. Topics covered include: greenhouse emissions, health effects, US policy, scientific studies, and action suggestions for Americans of all ages.
  Browse related subjects: Environment, Social Issues
• ITN World News
  Independent news stories from around the world.
  Browse related subjects: News
• People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
  Site is full of useful information on a number of animal rights issues, along with research projects and results, investigations and rescues, factsheets on a variety of animal-related topics, articles from PETA publications, an animal cruelty-free shopping guide, and compassionate recipes.
  Browse related subjects: Animals, Social Issues
• Public Agenda
  For over a quarter of a century, Public Agenda has been providing unbiased and unparalleled research that bridges the gap between American leaders and what the public really thinks. Covers many important current issues such as education, race, health care, crime, the economy, the environment, abortion, social security, internet speech and privacy, and the right to die. Balanced and easy-to-understand.
  Browse related subjects: Social Issues