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Issues Links

Social and Political Issues Links

Issue Guides

Public Agenda: Issue Guides
Hot Topics Series Overview and links to current issues, especially those science-related.
Speakout.com: Issues Issues organized into topics, sub-topics, and links to even more information.
Schoolwork.org: Hot Topics and Issues
On the Issues: Every Political Leader on Every Issue
Power Reporting: Beat by Beat Issue guides for journalists.
Newsbatch: Your Internet Guide to Understanding Policy Issues Summaries of key policy topics illustrated with charts and maps.
Global Issues That Affect Everyone Links to issues ranging from trade, poverty and globalization, to human rights, geopolitics and the environment.
Exploring Constitutional Conflicts An exploration of issues and controversies about the Constitution. By Doug Linder, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law.

Pro & Con

Issue, Policy, and Political Organizations

Politics 1: Directory of Political Debates & Issues Links to leading groups on all sides of the hot political issues facing our nation today.
Political Advocacy Groups A listing of national political advocacy organizations arranged by the issue they are interested in.
Project Vote Smart: Issue Organizations Listed by issue area and by state.
Political Advocacy Groups: A Directory of U.S. Lobbyists Listed by issue area.
C-SPAN: Policy Organizations

Encyclopedias and Almanacs

Government

International Issues

Open Congressional Research Reports A collection of Congressional Research (CRS) reports accessible via the web.
Documents Center A central reference point for local, state, federal, and international government information.
Browse Topics U.S. government sites arranged by topic.
FirstGov: Information by Topic

Library Collections

Social Issues From the Multinomah Public Library.
Social Issues. From Eastpointe Library.
Social Issue Links From Johnston Heights Library.
Hot Paper Topics From O’Keefe Library, St. Ambrose University.
Hot Topics From Evergreen State College.
Current Topics for Research From Kingwood College Library.
Controversial Issues From Palo Alto College Learning Resource Center.
Controversial Issues From Twin Lakes School Corporation Library.

Directories

Political Issues
Political Opinion

Society and Social Issues
Environment Topics

News Media

L.A. Times: Issues and Action “Action alerts” on a wide range of current issues from organizations, large and small, that span the political spectrum.
New York Times Learning Network: Issues in Depth
NPR: Justice Talking Archive Links to shows on a variety of issues.
American Online Columnists Links to hundreds of political columnists.
Commentary Today Links to columnists on the left and right.
Documents in the News: Current Events Research Links to issues making news headlines. From University of Michigan Documents Center.
Science in the Headlines Summary of science issues in the news with links to related reports written by the nation’s top experts. From the National Academy of Science.
The Why Files: Science in the News Issues involving science.
BBC: Science and Nature: Hot Topics
Daryl Cagle’s Professional Cartoonist’s Index Editorial cartoons on all current subjects.
Footnote TV Examines issues behind TV shows.
PBS

Online NewsHour

NewsHour Index
Special Reports Index
Backgrounders

Frontline: Watch Online

U.S. Issues Full Coverage

World Issues Full Coverage

Magazines

Moving Ideas
Issues in Depth

Think Tanks

By Issue
Background on the News
Background Q & A
Foreign Affairs

Hot Topics

Research by Topic
Issues in Focus