Online Web Resources

Civic Engagement

See also:
UNC Tomorrow, Resources for Response
Civic Engagement, Links post-Mehaffy visit (draft)

Election Links
UNC TV ELECTION 2008
PBS VOTE 2008

NORTH CAROLINA CENTER FOR VOTER EDUCATION

PROJECT VOTE SMART

ROCK THE VOTE

CNN POLITICS--ELECTION 2008

CNN STUDENT NEWS, TALKING DEMOCRACY

THE LEAGUE OF FIRST-TIME VOTERS (CNN)

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS -- NORTH CAROLINA

News from Jackson County area

Smoky Mountain News

Asheville Citizen Times

Crossroads Chronicle (Cashiers area)

Sylva Herald

Jackson County Magazine

Jackson County (.com)

Jackson County (.org)

Jackson County (nc.us)

Jackson County (epodunk)

Western Carolina University, News Watch (regional headlines)

Arts Council of Jackson County

The Mountaineer, Waynesville

Sustainability, News & Issues

News

Slate

Slate, 'In Other Magazines'...

The Atlantic

Media Studies, News & Magazines  (List)

Newslink (Fairly comprehensive listings)

World News (Also fairly comprehensive)

See Also, Business News Links

Political News,  Domestic

ABC            CJR            CNN            FOX            MSNBC          NPR            NYT
 

Politics & Government, Nonpartisan Basics

NC/NATIONAL -- EDUCATION & GOVERNMENT (links)

NORTH CAROLINA (from 'state & localgov.net')

WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA INFORMATION (MAIN - Citizen Action)

REALCLEAR POLITICS (cuts both ways)

SPIN SANITY  (cuts both ways)

CIRCLE (Civic Youth; provides data, demographics, & trends)
"A nonpartisan research center studying youth civic engagement and civic education"
THE PEW RESEARCH CENTER FOR THE PEOPLE AND THE PRESS

INSTITUTE OF POLITICS (Harvard University)
INSTITUTE FOR LIBERTY AND DEMOCRACY (International)

ROLL CALL (Congressional newspaper)

NATIONAL JOURNAL

POLITICS

U.S. ELECTORAL MAP

U.S. GOV WEB PORTAL   

DIRECTORY OF POLITICAL PARTIES

THE CONCORD COALITION  (economic information) 

Humor

THE ONION

THE DAILY SHOW
 

Politics & Media, Check the Facts

MOST EXCELLENT JOURNALISM

FACT CHECK

CJR

AJR
NPR's Secret Money Project (2008)    
 

Action

SUSTAINABILITY

Public Interest Research Groups  (PIRGs)

US PIRG  (Federal Lobbying Office)

Higher Education PIRG

National Issues Forums

    NIF (Government and Politics, Resources)

Higher Education Politics, News, and Resources

"Ripoff 101" -- The high price of college textbooks

Student PIRGs

NC PIRG
CIVIC LIFE ONLINE:  Learning How Digital Media Can Engage Youth (MIT Press; FREE)

Political News,  International Flavor

CS MONITOR

GUARDIAN

MSNBC
REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS

UN
WORLDFOCUS (coming to PBS Oct. 6)

WORLD NEWS

WORLD PRESS

BBC, MIDDLE EAST

AL JAZEERA
 

Government & Related

N.C. Policy Watch (NC Justice Center)
U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. Senate

White House

Supreme Court

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

OMB Watch

Congressional Quarterly

CQ, Homeland Security

Selected Media / Media-Watch Organizations

Accuracy in Media (right)
Alternative Media outlets (alternative)

AlterNet (left)

American Politics (seems a bit left)
Bill Moyer's Journal (left)

Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (left)

CampusActivism.org (progressive)

Common Cause (citizen action)

Common Dreams (progressive)
Center for Economic and Policy Research (leans left)

Center for the Study of Popular Culture (right; Horowitz)

Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (balanced, authoritative, accessible and responsive)

FOX Attacks (left)

FOX News Watch (right)

The Heritage Foundation (right)

Hoover Institution's Daily Report (right)
Human Events (right)
Independent and Non-Corporate Media (directories)

Investigative Reporters & Editors

Link TV (left)

Media Matters (left)

Media Research Center (right)
Mother Jones (left)

MoveOn.Org (left)

Muckraker (slightly left)
The Nation (left)

National Journal (right)
National Review (right)

Newswatch.org (left)

On The Media (NPR)

Open Secrets

O'Reilly Factor (right)
Political Pundit (right)

Politico (slightly right)

Real Clear Politics (Independent)

Reason (Libertarian)

SourceWatch

Taxpayers for Common Sense (non-partisan)
The American Prospect (left)
Townhall.com (right)
truthdig  (left)

Truthout (left)

The Weekly Standard (right)

Selected Political Web Logs (BLOGS)

AndrewSullivan (you decide)
Beat the Press (left)

Daily Kos

Drudge Report (for better or worse)
Hogwash.today (left)

InstaPundit (right)
OpEdNews (left/progressive)
    Classics of Liberalism (links)  

Patrick Buchanan (right)

PowerLine (right)

RealClearPolitics (Independent)

Slashdot - Politics (student-recommended)

Talking Points Memo (left)

The Caucus (New York Times)

Thomas Paine (progressive)

Quantum Diaries (physics)

Links

Jay's Leftist and 'Progressive' Internet Resources Directory
Open Directory, Media Watchdogs

Google Directory, Media Watchdogs

Media Watchdog Links (Jay's)

Media Watchdogs, UMass

Websites for Media Analysis

Journalism Resources

Investigative Reporters and Editors

Media Research and Ethics

Doing Civic Journalism

Journalism Online Resources, UK

Center for American Progress (progressive)
The Project for Excellence in Journalism  (Pew)

Committee of Concerned Journalists 
State of the News Media (An annual report on American journalism; PEJ)

American Democracy Project (sponsored by AASCU)

Political Engagement Project 

Educating for Democracy (book)

Ethics and Public Policy Center