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Informational Websites

• Hotwired
• The New York Times
• CNET.com- Welcome to CNET!
• Wired News
• Discovery Online
• MSNBC
• National Geographic
• National Public Radio
• Public Broadcasting Service
  

Federal & State Governmental Resources

• US Constitution
• City of Tempe
• Stateline
• FirstGov
  

Online Newspapers and Newsfeeds

• ABC News
• ASU State Press
• Arizona Republic
• Boston Globe
• Chicago Sun Times
• Chicago Tribune--Nice layout
• CNN Interactive
• Daily Briefing
• Denver Post
• Fox News
• Houston Chronical
• LA Times
• Miami Herald
• New York Times
• Seattle Times
• USA Today
• Washington Post

zines

• Salon
• The Atlantic Monthly
  This site includes an on-line version of the magazine devoted to politics and society.
• Mother Jones
  The Mother Jones site has the magazine in its on-line form and a cool URL to boot.
• The Nation
  This on-line magazine also provides forums for reader contributions.
• The New Republic
  This on-line magazine is geared toward editorials and opinions.
• Time Magazine
  In addition to the weekly magazine, this site offers daily news updates.
• Bad Subjects--Political Education for Everyday Life

Rhetorical Resources

• Rhetorical Invention Homepage
• Stephen's Logical Fallacies Page
• An Overview of Audience
• Choosing & Writing about Audience
• Propaganda Analysis
• Classical Rhetoric
  a few links I've compiled
• Rhetoric Resources at Georgia Institute of Technology
  begun in the Fall of 1995, and designed to serve primarily as a resource for GIT undergraduate students of rhetoric, this site provides a quick synopsis of topics related to the study of rhetoric.

On-Line Source Materials:

• The Southern Poverty Law Center combats intolerance and hate groups, such as Klanwatch and the Militia Task Force, through education and litigation

 
• The Institute for the Study of Civic Values "promote[s] the fulfillment of America's historic civic ideals." Visit this site in order to get one group's take on what constitutes "America." And Civic Net '98 is a virtual conference on community and community values.

 
• The American Prospect examines public issues from a liberal perspective, but other political ideologies will probably find that the range of issues covered here is provocative.

 
• If you're interested in music, check out Everyday I Write the Book: A Bibliography of (Mostly) Academic Work on Rock and Pop Music for sources.

 
• Check out Youth & the Media Bibliography for source material, especially journalistic and education-related.