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Arts & Letters Daily: Ideas, Criticism, Debate. Selected articles reflecting current opinion on a wide spectrum of topics such as philosophy, aesthetics, literature, language, criticism, culture, history, music, and more.

The Cato Institute. The Cato Institute seeks to broaden the parameters of public policy debate to allow consideration of the traditional American principles of limited government, individual liberty, free markets, and peace. Toward that goal, the institute strives to achieve greater involvement of the intelligent, concerned lay public in questions of policy and the proper role of government.

Common Dreams News Center. "Breaking news and views for the progressive community." Highlights of current issues culled from the media and updated daily.

Global Issues in Context (Gale/Cengage). Offers international viewpoints on a broad spectrum of global issues, topics, and current events. Featured are hundreds of continuously updated issue and country portals that bring together a variety of specially selected, highly relevant sources for analysis of social, political, military, economic, environmental, health, and cultural issues.

Opposing Viewpoints in Context (Gale/Cengage). Provides contextual information and opinions on hundreds of today's hottest social issues: includes viewpoint articles, topic overviews, full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, statistics, images, videos, audio files, and links to vetted Web sites organized into a user-friendly portal experience. Provided via SUNYConnect.

Points of View Reference Center (EBSCO). A database of articles, essays, and other academic-caliber content related to currently debated social and political issues. Provided via SUNYConnect.

Poynter Online: Links to the News. From the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, this site offers resources related to current topics.