Daily news sources:
The New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/
The Washington Post, http://www.washingtonpost.com/
The Wall Street Journal, http://online.wsj.com/public/us
National Public Radio, http://www.npr.org/
C-SPAN http://www.c-span.org/
BBC (UK), http://www.bbc.co.uk/
Guardian (
Democracy Now!, leftist radio, http://www.democracynow.org/
Free Speech Radio News, leftist radio, http://www.fsrn.org/
Pacifica Radio, left-ish radio, http://www.pacifica.org/
Radio LabourStart, global labor issues, http://radio.labourstart.org/
Political magazines:
The Advocate, gay& lesbian issues, http://www.advocate.com/
The American Conservative, Pat Buchanan’s magazine, http://www.conservative.org/
The American Prospect, http://www.prospect.org/
The American Spectator, conservative magazine, http://www.spectator.org/
Counterpunch, left-ish magazine, http://www.counterpunch.org/
Dollars & Sense, left perspective on economic affairs, http://www.dollarsandsense.org/
The Economist (
In These Times, left-ish magazine, http://www.inthesetimes.com/
Left Business Observer, left-ish magazine on business, http://www.panix.com/~dhenwood/LBO_home.html
The Nation, left-ish magazine, http://www.thenation.com/
National Journal, http://nationaljournal.com/about/njweekly/
National Review, conservative magazine, http://www.nationalreview.com/
The New Republic, center-conservative magazine, http://www.nrahq.org/Default.asp
NOW (TV program on PBS), http://www.pbs.org/now/
The Progressive, left-ish magazine, http://www.progressive.org/
Social Policy, left-ish policy magazine published by the American Institute for Social Justice and the ACORN Institute, http://www.socialpolicy.org/
Tikkun, left-ish analysis of Jewish issues, http://www.tikkun.org/
TomPaine.com, http://www.tompaine.com/
The Weekly Standard, conservative magazine, http://www.weeklystandard.com/
Z Magazine, left-ish magazine , http://zmagsite.zmag.org/curTOC.htm
Political organizations:
Republican National Party, http://www.rnc.org/, 2008 Republican Party Convention, http://www.gopconvention2008.com/
Democratic National Party, http://www.democrats.org/; 2008 Democratic Party Convention, http://www.demconvention.com/
Libertarian Party, http://www.lp.org/
Green Party, http://www.greenparty.org/
American Reform Party, http://www.americanreform.org/
ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now), low-income community organizing, http://acorn.org/
ACT UP, AIDS activism, http://www.actupny.org/
AFL-CIO, labor union, http://www.aflcio.org/
American Civil Liberties Union, (individual) rights advocacy, http://www.aclu.org/
Amnesty International, international human rights advocacy, http://www.amnesty.org/
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), living wage and community issues, http://www.acorn.org/
The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, gun-control advocacy, http://www.bradycampaign.org/index.asp
Campaign for Labor Rights, anti-sweatshop group, http://campaignforlaborrights.org/
Center for Responsive Politics, campaign financing and elections, http://www.opensecrets.org/
Christian Coalition, conservative Christian group, http://www.cc.org/
Eagle Forum, Phyllis Schlafly’s conservative political group, http://www.eagleforum.org/psr/index.html
general environmental website, http://www.envirolink.org/
Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting, media watchdog, http://www.fair.org/
Freedom House, studies & measures the extent of democracy & freedom internationally, http://freedomhouse.org/index.htm
Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, gay & lesbian advocacy, http://www.glaad.org/
Greenpeace, environmental group, http://www.greenpeace.org/
Human Rights Watch, international human rights advocacy, http://www.hrw.org/
NAACP, African-American advocacy, http://www.naacp.org/
National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League, abortion rights advocacy, http://www.naral.org/
National Council of La Raza, Latina/o (Hispanic) advocacy, http://www.nclr.org/
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender (LGBT) civil rights & advocacy, http://www.thetaskforce.org/
National Organization for Women, left-ish feminist group, http://www.now.org/
National Rifle Association, http://www.nrahq.org/Default.asp
National Right to Life, anti-abortion (pro-life) advocacy, http://www.nrlc.org/
general Native American website, http://www.nativeculture.com/lisamitten/indians.html
People for the
Project Vote Smart, info on elections & candidates, http://www.vote-smart.org/
Public Citizen, Ralph Nader’s consumer & public interest advocacy group, http://www.citizen.org/
Rainbow/Push Coalition, Jesse Jackson’s racial, social, & economic justice group, http://www.rainbowpush.org/index.html
general interest group website, http://www.polisci.com/web/tanks.htm
American Enterprise Institute, limited government & free enterprise think tank, http://www.aei.org/
Brookings Institute, public policy think tank, http://www.brook.edu/dybdocroot/default.htm
Cato Institute, libertarian think tank, http://www.cato.org/index.html
The Century Foundation, left-ish think tank, http://www.tcf.org/
Economic Policy Institute, left-ish think tank on the economy, http://www.epinet.org/
Heritage Foundation, conservative think tank, http://www.heritage.org/
Rand Corporation, public policy think tank, http://www.rand.org/
Groups opposing war with
http://www.unitedforpeace.org/
http://thenation.com/directory/view.mhtml?t=040307
White House, http://whitehouse.gov
Senate, http://www.senate.gov/
House of Representatives, http://www.house.gov/
Supreme Court, http://www.supremecourtus.gov/
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