Explores in depth a single "hot" topic in the news each week, ranging from teen issues, to the environment, to health and education, to science and technology...

Database "covering social issues, such as Gun Control, Genetic Engineering, Censorship, Endangered Species, and Terrorism...

Links to high-quality web resources on current issues of public policy...

Online, searchable database for students interested in researching topics for debate, with arguments for and against controversial propositions...

Brings together complete content from the Facts on File World News Digest and selected content from six other core reference databases to answer questions about current events, issues, statistics and personalities over the last 40 years...

Includes links to Freedom House's Center for Religious Freedom and their in depth and continuing coverage of threats to civil rights and liberties around the world...

Continuously updated news stories from the websites of over 4,000 news sources around the world...

Maintained by the National Defense University Library for international military education outreach, MERLN provides direct access to defense-related US policy statements on selected key topics...

A directory of resources, including position statements on major world events, program and job announcements, and commentary on journalistic ethics, from the nation's foremost association of journalists...

Home page of the "nonpartisan, nonprofit public opinion research and citizen education organization...

Contains articles from over 1,100 magazines, 150 newspapers, 400 pamphlets, 1,500 popular biographies, 800 book reviews and 15,000 public opinion polls...

News site, with over 150,000 topically based, micro-news pages presenting stories from more than 6,000 sources...

Explanations of the scientific background for news and current events...

Headlines and summaries of the day's news, with archives for recent days...