Full text of balanced, accurate discussions of over 250 controversial topics in the news supplemented with chronologies, illustrations, maps, tables, sidebars, contact information, and bibliographies including primary source documents and news editorials. Covers 1995-present.
Covers contemporary social issues with pro/con and background information. Also allows searching of the collection Global Issues.
Covers contemporary social issues, from Offshore Drilling to Climate Change, Health Care to Immigration. Helps students research, analyze and organize a broad variety of data for conducting research, completing writing assignments, preparing for debates, creating presentations, and more. This resource helps students explore issues from all perspectives, and includes: pro/con viewpoint essays, topic overviews, primary source documents, biographies of social activists and reformers, court-case overviews, periodical articles, statistical tables, charts and graphs, images and a link to Google Image Search, podcasts (including weekly presidential addresses and premier NPR programs), and a national and state curriculum standards search correlated to the content that allows educators to quickly identify material by grade and discipline.
Ballotpedia is the digital encyclopedia of American politics and elections. Our goal is to inform people about politics by providing accurate and objective information about politics at all levels of government. We are firmly committed to neutrality in our content.
For 100 years, the objective of the Citizens Research Council of Michigan has been to provide factual, unbiased independent information on significant issues concerning state and local government organization and finance. CRC believes that the use of this information by policymakers will lead to sound, rational public policy in Michigan.
The League of Women Voters is officially nonpartisan--it neither supports nor opposes candidates or parties. The League of Women Voters is officially nonpartisan--it neither supports nor opposes candidates or parties This resource from the League of Women Voters allows you to see the races on your ballot, compare candidates' positions side-by-side, and print out a "ballot" indicating your preferences as a reminder and take it with you to the polls on Election Day.
See how your elected officials are voting in elections. Michigan Votes gives every single bill, amendment, and vote - not just those selected by a particular interest group. Is your legislator placing the people first or the political system?
We publish the status of federal legislation, information about your representative and senators in Congress including voting records, and original research on bills and votes.
This is a great resource for national politics. CQ Almanac organizes, distills, and cross-indexes for permanent reference the full year in Congress and in national politics.
