ACLU: Defend Your Data.. "From Secret Service funding of efforts to develop a national database of driver's license photographs to the unique Processor Serial Number (PSN) on the new Pentium III processors, individual privacy has become increasingly difficult to protect in the digital age. In response to recent and pervasive threats to privacy by the government and the private sector, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has launched a new Web-based campaign on privacy rights. At the site, users will find a selection of background information and press releases, a demonstration of just what others can learn about you on the Web, and a Data Defense Kit. The Kit includes a privacy survey, a pocket card with tips on protecting your privacy, and a complaint form for reporting privacy violations. Additional resources at the site include faxable letters to Congress and a free mailing list. (From the Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-1999. http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/)
ACLU National Freedom Scorecard --ratings of elected officials
All You Can Read global newsstand for newspapers and magazines
Arms Trade Revealed, The --"examines the role of the United States in the global arms trade. According to the authors, the US accounted for more than half of all weapons exports in the 1990s; the majority of these weapons went to governments considered to be non-democratic or repressive. This book guides readers through the political and policy-making processes of American arms trafficking in six self-contained chapters" (Scout Report)
Chinese Military Power "the spectrum of U.S. opinion regarding China's strategic development, with regularly updated links to online articles, reports, and government documents assessing China's military modernization, relevant political and economic factors, the military balance in East Asia, and U.S. policy toward China"
CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES page of links
Controversy--The Reagan Page... what is being discussed on Mike's radio talk show.
Controversy--The McLaughlin Group
Controversy--U.S. News Online
Controversy--The Idea Channel
Covering the Uninsured a national campaign "to raise awareness of the challenges facing the 39 million Americans with no health insurance"
Current events discussion area
Current Events links at your class's homepage (PAC Philosophy course)
Defense Review, Quadrennial "the spectrum of opinion regarding directions of U.S. post-Cold War military planning and strategy with regularly updated links to online articles, reports, and government documents"
Diversity in Higher Education
Failed War on Drugs --"Drug Sense"
Federal Resources for Education
Frontline--The Terrorist & the Superpower --Profile of Osama Bin Laden (PBS)
Global Economic Prospects, 1998/9 --report of the World Bank
"Global Eye--Gainspotting" the Afghan war isn't "just about oil," it's also about drugs; 11/30/01 article from The Moscow Times reveals that the Northern Alliance is "one of the world's biggest drug-dealing operations"
Global Warming - State Impacts from the EPA
Government Documents in the News
Human Rights Watch, World Report 1999 --country by country
IMMIGRATION page of links
In the News -a weekly collection of links and excerpts related to philosophical questions--used in Colby Glass' class
In the news--Arts & Letters Daily
In the news--New York Times Learning Network --summary of the news
In the news--The Drudge Report
In the news--Salon Magazine
In the news--Greenpeace --latest news on toxic waste, climate, nuclear, oceans, etc.
In the news--Citizens for Choice in Health Care
In the news--The CATO Institute
In the news--Newspapers on the Web
In the news--Libertarianism, A Primer
"It's Only the Constitution" article on recent loss of liberties by Nat Hentoff of The Progressive
News sites Try this for an interesting collection of news sites
No Child Left Behind new legislation from the Bush Administration
No Child Left Behind government website about the new federal legislation
On Being American
People killed in the 20th Century
Pravda: Fun human interest stories in English
Public Agenda guides to 18 issue areas and current news
Public Television
Pulitzer Prize Winners 1999
School and State, Alliance for the Separation of favors ending government involvement in education
Seeds of Peace privately funded organization working for world peace
Sluts Against Butts a group of women bent on holding the tobacco industry responsible for the death, disease, and addiction it causes - "Tobacco companies see rebellious girls and women as easy targets for marketing campaigns," said Lara Lola. "We're here to tell them that bad girls can't be bought."
Time's 2001 Influentials the 25 most influential CEOs
Top 10 Consumer Fraud Complaints of 2001 from the Federal Trade Commission - identity theft was #1, accounting for 42% of all complaints
U.N. Wire --"daily news summary covering the United Nations, global affairs and key international issues."
Wider War Watch: The "War on Terrorism" and the Impetus to Widen It progressive news articles about the war
World Bank - Social Crisis in East Asia
World Bank - Poverty Net
World Radio Network -carries live audio newscast streams in RealAudio, Netshow and StreamWorks 24 hours a day from 25 of the world's leading public and international broadcasters. You can also hear a live relay of WRN1 in English, WRN2 in various languages and WRN3 in German... also carries video files of broadcasts from around the world.

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