Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center
Differing views of today’s most popular issues are presented through articles, statistics, images, and videos.
Credo Reference contains full-text dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference books that can be searched using keywords.
Search news sources directly and discover topics in Business, Criminal Justice or Political Science.
From The Learning Network, Teaching and Learning with the New York Times. (https://www.nytimes.com/section/learning)
The mission statement at ProCon.org is: "Promoting critical thinking, education, and informed citizenship by presenting controversial issues in a straightforward, nonpartisan, and primarily pro-con format." ProCon.org uses professional researchers and rigorous editorial standards to explore more than 70 controversial issues from gun control and death penalty to illegal immigration and alternative energy. Understanding issues using this structured methodology helps to improve academic performance, increase civic engagement, strengthen personal resiliency, bridge political divides, and stimulate critical thinking – the #1 skill sought by employers and educators.
JSTOR Daily is an online publication that contextualizes current events with scholarship. Drawing on the richness of JSTOR’s digital library of academic journals, books, images, primary sources, research reports, and other material, JSTOR Daily stories provide background—historical, scientific, literary, political, and otherwise—for understanding our world.
TED is a nonpartisan nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks. TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues — in more than 110 languages. Meanwhile, independently run TEDx events help share ideas in communities around the world.
Recent Student Opinion and Picture Prompts, gathered by The New York Times and categorized by topic, to help students discover the issues that matter to them.
A nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world including U.S. politics and policy; journalism and media; internet, science and technology; religion and public life; Hispanic trends; global attitudes and trends; and U.S. social and demographic trends.
Examines public policy news topics through a research lens. Informs the news by bridging the communications gap between academia and journalism in clear, simple language.
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