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These policy news & current event information sources have proven to be useful places to find information about many types of changing social policies and ongoing public policy debates that impact on all aspects of society and culture. These links can be used to identify community organizations that are working on some specific social issues. All sites are in the English language unless otherwise noted. When looking for news from a specific country or city; use the Ctrl-F search tool to find a keyword. Some of these news and current information sources have extensive searchable archives. Some of these links are to reports or articles in PDF type files that require the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and/or print. Resources presented as links in Bold Typeface might be more useful than others.

National, State, Regional, Local, & Specialized Info.

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AARP (American Association of Retired Persons) ABC News ACLU in the News ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) Action Alliance for Children Adherents (Index to Religion by Location and Name) Akron Beacon Journal Alabama State Homepage (www.alabama.gov - or - www.state.al.us) Alaska State Homepage (www.alaska.gov - or - www.state.ak.us) Alan Guttmacher Institute Albuquerque Journal (New Mexico) Allentown Morning Call (Pennsylvania) Alliance for Retired Americans Almanac of Policy Issues (Information and links on some major U.S. public policy issues) American Civil Liberties Union American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (conservative think tank) American Humane Society American Legislative Exchange Council (conservative public policy organization) American Political Science Association American Prospect American Public Human Services Association (APHSA) American Reporter American Samoa Government Homepage (www.government.as) American Spectator (conservative weekly) America's Future (conservative public policy organization) America's Second Harvest HungerInAmerica.org Anchorage Daily News Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF) Children at Risk: State Trends 1990-2000 Kids Count Kids Count Census Data Online Arc of the United States Arizona Republic (Phoenix) Arizona State Homepage (az.gov - or - www.state.az.us) Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock) Arkansas State Homepage (www.arkansas.gov - or - www.state.ar.us) Asbury Park Press (New Jersey) Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Association of Clinicians for the Underserved Association of Latino Social Work Educators Atlanta Journal-Constitution Baltimore Sun BayArea.com (San Francisco & Silicon Valley) Bergen Record (Bergen County, New Jersey) Best Interests: E-Magazine for Child Advocates Billings Gazette (Montana) Birmingham News (Alabama) Boston Globe Boston Herald Brookings Institution Buffalo News (New York) C-SPAN.org California State Homepage (ca.gov - or - www.state.ca.us) California Department of Social Services Adoption Services Office of Child Abuse Prevention (OCAP) Welfare to Work Division California Legislative Analyst's Office California Office of the Attorney General Alpha List of California State Websites California Secretary of State Domestic Partners Registry California State Legislature Casey Family Programs Cato Institute (libertarian think tank) CBS News CBS Ch.11 KTVT - TV (D/FW metro) CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Data and Statistics from the CDC Linked Birth and Infant Death Data Featured News from the CDC National Center for Health Statistics National Health Care Survey National Vital Statistics System Press Releases from the CDC SARS - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Alert Center for Child Welfare Policy Center for Law & Social Policy Center for Science in the Public Interest Alcohol Policies Project Homepage Antibiotic-Resistance Project Food Safety Food Additives Liquid Candy: How Soft Drinks are Harming Americans' Health Nutrition Action HealthLetter Center for Studying Health System Change Center on Budget & Policy Priorities Century Foundation Charity News (via the Cosmic Warehouse) Charleston Daily Mail (West Virginia) Charleston Post and Courier (South Carolina) Charlotte Observer (North Carolina) Chicago Sun-Times Chicago Tribune Child Abuse: Statistics, Research, & Resources (Dr. Jim Hopper's Links) Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) National Data Analysis System of the CWLA ChildWelfare.com (Child Welfare Resources on the Web) Children's Alliance Children's Defense Fund Children's Rights Childstats.gov (Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics) Christian Science Monitor Chronicle of San Francisco (California) ChronWatch (media watchdog and conservative news organization) Citizens Against Government Waste Cincinnati Enquirer (Ohio) Cleveland Plain Dealer (Ohio) CNN CNSNews.com (conservative news service) Colorado State Homepage (colorado.gov - or - www.state.co.us) Columbia State (South Carolina) Columbus Dispatch (Ohio) Community for Creative Nonviolence Computer Use In Social Services Network (CUSSN) Conservative Monitor (monthly) ConsumersUnion.org (Nonprofit Publisher of Consumer Reports) Contra Costa Times (California) Concerned Women for America (conservative public policy women's organization) Congress, & Federal Government Info. (bills, laws, political news, national statistics & other federal policy info) Advocacy Groups (SpeakOut.com) AllPolitics from CNN Bureau of Labor Statistics (U.S. Department of Labor) Current Employment Situation Consumer Price Index CDC - Centers for Disease Control & Prevention SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) Travel Information CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments World Factbook Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports via opencrs.com Childstats.gov (Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics) Department of Agriculture, School Lunch Program Department of Commerce U.S. Census Bureau American FactFinder Census 2000 Redistricting (P.L.94-171) Summary File Income Inequality Minority Groups in the U.S. Statistical Abstract of the United States Mini Historical Statistics Crimes and Crime Rates by Type of Offense (PDF) Diseases--Cases per 100,000 Population (PDF) Expectation of Life at Birth by Race and Sex (PDF) Population of the Largest 75 Cities (PDF) State Rankings American Indian, Alaska Native Resident Population, Number Asian Resident Population, Number Black or African American Resident Population, Number Infant Mortality Rate Total Persons Below Poverty Level Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Welfare Reform Advancing State Child Indicators Initiatives Indicators of Welfare Dependence State Welfare-to-Work Policies for People with Disabilities Trends in the Well-Being of America's Children and Youth Department of Homeland Security Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office Energy Security and Assurance Program FedCIRC (Federal Computer Incident Response Center) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Immigration and Naturalization Service National Communications System National Infrastructure Protection Center Office for Domestic Preparedness Ready.gov Transportation Security Administration (TSA) U.S. Coast Guard U.S. Customs Service U.S. Secret Service Safe School Initiative Department of Housing and Urban Development Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics Department of the Treasury AFT - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms Financial Management Service (FMS) Green Book (Guide to Federal Automated Clearing House (ACH) payments) Older Green Books IRS - Internal Revenue Service Charities & Non-Profits Info for Charitable Organizations about Tax Exempt Status (about section 501(c)(3) of the IRS Code) Forms & Publications Documents in the News (University of Michigan) Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Crime in the United States - 2001 Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) Federal Election Commission Federal News Service Federal Reserve Board Beige Book - Current Economic Conditions FedStats (U.S. Gov. Statistics -- www.fedstats.gov) FirstGov.gov (U.S. Gov. HomePage) Government Accountability Office (GAO) (The GAO is the audit, evaluation, and investigative arm of the US Congress) Homeland Security - GAO Reports FraudNet Terrorism - GAO Reports Vehicle Donations: Benefits to Charities and Donors, but Limited Program Oversight - GAO Report Yellow Book - Government Auditing Standards Google.com's UncleSam search engine (searches .gov & .mil sites only) GPO Access (Gov. Printing Office) Code of Federal Regulations Congressional Record Fiscal Year - Budget U.S. Budget etc. Legislative Source Book (Law Librarians' Soc. of Wash., D.C.) Library of Congress Country Studies Guide to Law Online Nations of the World (Law Links for Nations and Associated Jurisdictions) Online Catalog Thomas (Congressional legislative information) OMB Watch OpenSecrets.org (Money in Politics) Politics - News (FindLaw.com) Project Vote Smart (Congressional political information & much more) Recalls.gov (defective product recalls) Students.gov (Student gateway to the U.S. Government) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Drug Abuse Statistics Grant Info U.S. Code (Legal Information Institute) U.S. Code Table of Popular Names (Legal Information Institute) U.S. Constitution and Amendments (Legal Information Institute) U.S. House U.S. Senate U.S. White House President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health -- Achieving the Promise: Transforming Mental Health Care in America (Final Report) Crime Statistics (White House Briefing Room) Health Statistics (White House Briefing Room) Population & SES Statistics (White House Briefing Room) U.S. Supreme Court (news, cases, & other info) Court Docket Court news from the Washington Post WashingtonPost.com U.S. Supreme Court Politics Finding Court Opinions On The Web (by Robert J. Ambrogi and the National Law Journal) FindLaw's Supreme Court News Official Supreme Court of the US Oyez Project (Northwestern Univ.) Pending cases from the Legal Information Institute (Cornell Univ.) Supreme Court News (from FindLaw.com) Supreme Court of the United States (official homepage) Connecticut State Homepage (ct.gov - or - www.state.ct.us) ConservativeTruth.org Crime Contral Policy Center (Hudson Institute) Community Approach to Fighting Crime Reducing Gun Violence CrimeTheory.com Criminal Justice Links (FSU) Criminal Justice News via the Cosmic Warehouse CUSSN - Computer Use In Social Services Network Daily Standard (conservative commentary) Dayton Daily News (Ohio) Delaware State Homepage (de.gov - or - www.state.de.us) Denver Post Des Moines Register (Iowa) Detroit Free Press Detroit News Drudge Report Drug Abuse: The National Household Survey (NHSDA) Durham Herald-Sun (North Carolina) Education Development Center Electronic Policy Network Ethics -- Codes of Ethics Code of Ethics of the NASW National Association of Social Workers Texas Social Work Code of Ethics Texas Administrative Code FamiliesUSA.Org (The Voice for Health Care Consumers.) Paying a Premium: The Added Cost of Care for the Uninsured -- HEALTH CARE FOR UNINSURED WILL ADD $922 TO FAMILY INSURANCE PREMIUMS IN 2005 - Press Release Paying a Premium: The Added Cost of Care for the Uninsured -- Full 40 page Report (This new report quantifies, for the first time, the dollar impact on private health insurance premiums of care provided to the uninsured. Includes data for each state.) Family.org (conservative organization) Family News in Focus (Family Issues in Policy and Culture) Family Research Council (conservative political action organization) Family Village Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies (conservative think tank) Feminist.com Feminist Majority Foundation FeministCampus.org FindLaw Legal News FindLaw Legal News FirstGov.gov (U.S. Gov. Homepage) Flint Journal (Michigan) Florida State Homepage (myflorida.com - or - www.state.fl.us) Foreign Affairs Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel Fort Worth Star-Telegram Fox News Fredericksburg.com Virginia Fresno Bee (California) Gallup Poll Information Gannett Newspapers on the Web Gay/Lesbian Politics and Law Georgia State Homepage (ga.gov - or - www.state.ga.us) Google U.S. News GOPUSA.com (Bringing the Conservative Message to America) Government Printing office (U.S.) GPOAccess Grand Forks Herald (North Dakota) Grand Rapids Press (Michigan) Grants.gov (Information about U.S. Gov. grants) Grit (rural family magazine) Guam Island Homepage (www.gov.gu) Hartford Courant (Connecticut) Harrisburg Patriot-News (Pennsylvania) Hawaii State Homepage (hawaii.gov - or - www.state.hi.us) Heartland Institute PolicyBot (extensive clearing-house for the work of free-market think tanks) Heritage Foundation Homeless Children and Education (National Coalition for the Homeless, June 1999, Fact Sheet) Hoover Institution Honolulu Advertiser (Hawaii) Hutchinson News (Kansas) Human Service Information Technology Applications (HUSITA) Human Services Policy Center Idaho State Homepage (www.idaho.gov - or - www.state.id.us) IDG.net Illinois State Homepage (www.illinois.gov - or - www.state.il.us) Indiana State Homepage (in.gov - or - www.state.in.us) Indianapolis Star (Indiana) Inequality.org InsidePolitics.org Institute for Policy Research (Northwestern University) Institute for Race & Poverty (University of Minnesota) Institute for Research on Poverty (University or Wisconsin-Madison) Institute for the Study of Homelessness and Poverty (Weingart Center) InTheseTimes.com Iowa State Homepage (www.iowa.gov - or - www.state.ia.us) Jackson Clarion-Ledger (Mississippi) Jacksonville Florida Times-Union John Birch Society (conservative political action group) Joint Center for Poverty Research Jurist (legal news & law links) Kansas City Star Kansas State Homepage (ks.gov - or - www.state.ks.us) Kentucky State Homepage (ky.gov - or - www.state.ky.us) Kids and Cars (ky.gov - or - www.state.ky.us) Kids Count Kids Count Data Book State Profiles of Child Well-Being The Right Start for America's Newborns Knight Ridder Newspapers Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee) Lambda GLBT Community Services (GLBT: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender) Lambda Legal Las Vegas Review-Journal (Navada) Lawrence Journal World Lawyers Weekly Legal Services Corporation Lexington Herald Leader (Kentucky) Long Beach Press-Telegram (California) Los Angeles Daily News Los Angeles La Opinion (California; 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