CURRENT TOPICS FOR RESEARCH
On the left are some current issues in the news today. The following webliography
highlights key web pages on each subject. The library also has periodical databases,
including CQ Researcher and Issues and Controversies, key
current issues services. For other topics, try Policy.com
for both sides of an issue.
ABORTION
Abortion Perspectives
- www.religioustolerance.org/abortion.htm
- Medical, religious and legal perspectives (most are pro-choice)
California Abortion & Reproductive Rights Action League
- www.caral.org/abortion.html
- Links to pro-choice and pro-life web sites
Feminists for Life
- www.feministsforlife.org
- Search Hot Topics or Pregnancy Resources or College Outreach Program
Ultimate Pro-Life Resource List
- www.prolifeinfo.org
- Links to news, information and organizations.
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ALCOHOL ADVERTISEMENTS
Booze News
- www.cspinet.org/booze/
Alcohol Policies Project (1996) to prevent harm from alcohol
Alcohol Advertising and Consumption
- www2.potsdam.edu/alcohol-info/default.html
- Select “alcohol advertising” Sociology Professor, Dr. David Hanson, refutes
the claim that advertising increases consumption
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
- www.madd.org/hot_issues/default.shtml
- Search for “alcohol advertisements”
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DRINKING ON CAMPUS
College Binge Drinking
- www2.potsdam.edu/alcohol-info/BingeDrinking/BingeDrinking.html
- Claims that college “binge” drinking is declining
Higher Education Center for Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention
- www.edc.org/hec/
- Information and links to web sites
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
- www.health.org
- Information concerning substance abuse; links to web sites
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EMBRYO RESEARCH
Coalition of Americans for Research Ethics
- www.stemcellresearch.org
- Objections to destruction of human embryos for research
National Bioethics Advisory Commission
- www.bioethics.gov/search.html
- Search for “embryo research” and “stem cell research”
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GUN CONTROL
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
- www.bradycampaign.org/
- Support for handgun controls; news releases
Gun Cite
- www.guncite.com/
- Gun control as a 2nd amendment issue
Infoplease.com
- www.infoplease.com/spot/guntime1.html
- Timeline of gun legislation from 1791 to present; links to web sites
National Center for Policy Analysis
- www.ncpa.org/
- Opposes gun control; search gun control for a both sides approach
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JUVENILE JUSTICE
American Bar Association Juvenile Justice Center
- www.abanet.org/crimjust/juvjus
- Monitors legislative policy and administrative changes in juvenile justice systems
Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice
- www.cjcj.org
- Nonprofit organization’s goal is to reduce reliance on incarceration as a solution
National Center for Juvenile Justice
- www.ncjj.org
- Research division of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
- www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org
- Information and resources about juvenile justice and delinquency prevention
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MEDICINAL MARIJUANA
Marijuana Policies Project
- www.mpp.org/
- Status of legalization efforts in each state
Marijuana for Medicinal Use
- www.lindesmith.org/mmjmain.html
- Links to documents favoring legalization of medicinal marijuana
National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws
- www.norml.org/
- Weekly news bulletins and links to web sites
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SCHOOL PRAYER
American Atheists
- www.atheists.org/schoolhouse
- Stand against school prayer
American Center for Law and Justice
- www.aclj.org/
- Search ACLJ Supreme Court cases for Santa Fe ISD v. Doe
American Civil Liberties Union
- www.aclu.org/library/aaprayer.html
- Background on school prayer
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SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM
Cato Institute
- www.socialsecurity.org/
- Alternatives to current system
Social Security Administration
- www.ssa.gov/
- Electronic publications, services, questions and links to web sites
Social Security Network
- www.socsec.org/
- Information and opinions on the social security debate
Urban Institute
- www.urban.org/retirement/st/straight29.html
- Nonpartisan institute publishes studies and reports
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SPEED LIMITS
Arizona Department of Transportation
- www.dot.state.az.us/ROADS/traffic/speed.htm
- Arguments for reasonable speed limits
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety/Highway Loss Data Institute
- www.hwysafety.org/
- Supports safe speed limits: Select “Safety Facts” then “Speed"
National Motorists Association
- www.motorists.org/
- Organization responsible for ending the national 55 mph speed limit in 1995
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TERRORISM IN AMERICA
America's War Against Terrorism
- www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/usterror.html
- From the University of Michican, a comprehensive annotated list of web sites
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Terrorism Research Center
- www.terrorism.com/index.shtml
- Current issues; links to web sites
U.S. Secret Service
- www.secretservice.gov
- Includes a strategic plan to protect against terrorism
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