Current Event Research: Websites

Easy to understand tool for evaluating the utility and value of any given information source.

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The ACLU is our nation's guardian of liberty, working daily in courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.

TCP seeks to reform the nation’s broken criminal justice system and to strengthen the rule of law through scholarship, advocacy, policy reform and public education initiatives.

We are a nonpartisan, nonprofit "consumer advocate" for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. We monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases.

FAIR, the national media watch group, has been offering well-documented criticism of media bias and censorship since 1986. We work to invigorate the First Amendment by advocating for greater diversity in the press and by scrutinizing media practices that marginalize public interest, minority and dissenting viewpoints.

ProCon.org is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public charity that has no government affiliations of any kind. Its purpose is to provide resources for critical thinking and to educate without bias. It does not express opinions on its research projects ("issue websites").

"Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world."

"Founded in 1964, the Labor Center conducts research and education on issues related to labor and employment. The Labor Center's curricula and leadership trainings serve to educate a diverse new generation of labor leaders."

Globally recognized news from England.

Full-text coverage of the US newspaper of record. Offers superb coverage of national and international news, plus coverage of important speeches and documents, Supreme Court decisions, and presidential press conference transcripts.

An international view of current global news.

World news from the United Kingdom.

Detailed news about politics.

Find out what the business world thinks regarding current events.

A user driven page that highlights currently popular online news and imagery from around the world. Reddit can be useful for finding unique topics and ideas to research.

X allows the user to "follow" events and people from around the globe quickly and easily. It goes without saying that a responsible student or researcher will need to verify and evaluate the information that may be found for accuracy. Twitter can be tailored into a customized news service.

Columbia Journalism Review's mission is to encourage excellence in journalism in the service of a free society.

News with a far left lens.

News from a far left viewpoint

A left leaning online news source.