Guvmint
and social issues
CBS
News A pretty good place to start if you need very basic information
The
Jefferson Project "Comprehensive guide to on-line politics;" excellent!
Jefferson
Project: Issues excellent, in-depth guides to articles and sites on
issues Policy.com
- Issues Analysis A conservative viewpoint is a theme running throughout
this very good site, which includes (soon) the "Virtual Congress."
The
PBS Democracy Project Mostly, summaries of PBS television projects
on various issues, but may be useful as general introduction to some issues.
Issue
Information Clear summaries of issues, somewhat dated ('96 campaign)
Online
NewsHour: Backgrounders and Transcripts Another PBS project, with more
useful text summaries of issues
Institute
for the Study of Civic Values Concerned mainly with "values" issues
Infoseek
: Issues Very thorough
Issues
on Town Hall Links to search engines which screen for conservative
points of view on various issues; can be useful
AllPolitics
- Issues CNN, Time, and Congressional Quarterly teamed up for this
issues-based homepage.
IGC
HomePage A union-sponsored project, the "Institute for Global Communications"
is an excellent source for hundreds of articles, and links to sites on
issues
NewPolitics:
Issues and Activist Groups Articles & sites with a liberal point
of view on dozens of key issues
WebActive
Directory Topic Index Excellent, comprehensive guide to resources arranged
by issue
Atlantic
Unbound Politics Page One of the best American magazines on issues
of public interest now has opened its archives of past articles, nicely
indexed.
Political
Points The New York Times manages this excellent site, which points
the way to online resources of the federal government, political organizations,
as well as hundreds of issues-based sites.
Magazines
Time
Start here for the basics.
Slate
This is the slick on-line magazine that Bill Gates hired Michael Kinsley
to create. Kinsley is the skinny guy with the bug eyes, big glasses and
whiny voice who used to co-anchor "Firing Line". Articles are pretty good,
especially if you want to feel that you're on top of what the young policy
wonks in Washington are talking about over their beers. Try the "In Other
Magazines" feature for some good summaries of current stories in other
magazines.
The
Economist What better way to stay on top of developments in America
than with this venerable English rag?
Utne
Reader Mr. Utne---yes a real guy---puts out a monthly "readers guide"
for thinking people. Often excellent.
The
Atlantic Monthly A magazine that actually challenges it readers; you
may struggle through some of the articles, but usually you'll be better
for it.
ghout this very good site, which
includes (soon) the "Virtual Congress."
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