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Find information about Islam and Islamic communities in the United States and around the world.

"The Center for Media and Democracy (CMD) is a non-profit investigative reporting group. Our reporting and analysis focus on exposing corporate spin and government propaganda." (from their Background page)

"A weekly program produced by WNYC, New York public radio. Provides commentary and discussion on events of the week, focusing on the media's presentation of major news stories." (C&RL News, January 2011)

"FAIR, the national media watch group, has been offering well-documented criticism of media bias and censorship since 1986. We work to invigorate the First Amendment by advocating for greater diversity in the press and by scrutinizing media practices that marginalize public interest, minority and dissenting viewpoints. As an anti-censorship organization, we expose neglected news stories and defend working journalists when they are muzzled." (from their About Us page)

"American Journalism Review is a national magazine that covers all aspects of print, television, radio and online media. The magazine, which is published six times a year, examines how the media cover specific stories and broader coverage trends. AJR analyzes ethical dilemmas in the field and monitors the impact of technology on how journalism is practiced and on the final product. The magazine is published by the University of Maryland Foundation with offices in the Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland." (from their About AJR page)

"Technology Review identifies emerging technologies and analyzes their impact for technology and business leaders... Technology Review is also an invaluable resource for early adopters, the media, those in government, and anyone who needs to understand trends in technology. Technology Review is an independent media company owned by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)." (from their About Us page)

"The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) is an independent, nonprofit organization founded in 1966 that works toward a world in which the nations and peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean are free from oppression and injustice, and enjoy a relationship with the United States based on mutual respect, free from economic and political subordination. To that end, our mission is to provide information and analysis on the region, and on its complex and changing relationship with the United States, as tools for education and advocacy - to foster knowledge beyond borders." (from their About Us page)

CorpWatch is a non-profit investigative research and journalism organization. Its mission is "to expose corporate malfeasance and to advocate for multinational corporate accountability and transparency. We work to foster global justice, independent media activism and democratic control over corporations." (from their History & Mission page)

Popular U.K. news source

Deutsche Welle (DW) is an international news and broadcasting service based in Germany.

World news from the British Broadcasting Corporation.

Z Magazine "is an independent monthly magazine dedicated to resisting injustice, defending against repression, and creating liberty."

ZNet compiles "alternative views on politics, the economy, animal rights, the environment and ecology, labor, international relations, and more." (C&RL News, January 2011)

"Worldpress.org is a nonpartisan magazine whose mission is to foster the international exchange of perspectives and information. It contains articles reprinted from the press outside the United States, as well as originally written material." (from their About Us page)

A listener-supported radio network based in Washington, D.C., striving of "contribute to a lasting understanding between nations and between the individuals of all nations, races, creeds and colors; to gather and disseminate information on the causes of conflict between any and all of such groups; and... to promote the study of political and economic problems and of the causes of religious, philosophical and racial antagonisms.

"The Independent Media Center is a network of collectively run media outlets for the creation of radical, accurate, and passionate tellings of the truth." (from their About page)

An independent and international news source broadcast on public TV and radio.

"A weekly syndicated program produced by WPKN Radio, a noncommercial, listener-supported station in Connecticut. It provides alternative coverage of political, economic, and social topics from progressive points of view." (C&RL News, January 2011)

Monthly magazine covering politics, culture, and policy from a liberal perspective.

AlterNet, from the Independent Media Project, covers the environment, public policy, political and social issues, technology, and cultural trends.

This independent news organization aims to provide "an alternative insight to conventional reporting of foreign policies." It also includes links to news sites around the world.

The Utne Reader gathers articles from more than 2,000 alternative news sources, covering art, media, politics, the environment, people, and more.

A magazine covering peace and social justice issues.

A weekly magazine covering social and political issues.

An independent, non-profit magazine covering social justice, the environment, politics, and culture.

A national, biweekly magazine of news and opinions covering the labor movement, the environment, feminism, grassroots politics, minority communities and the media, corporate malfeasance, and government wrongdoing.

The European Library provides free online access to digital materials from more than 45 national libraries across Europe. It includes maps, photographs, artworks, letters, articles, essays, and books. Keep in mind that the titles of individual files aren't always translated; for example, if you're searching for material on the Spanish Inquisition, you'll find even more if you also search for "inquisicion espanola".

The C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40) is a network of large and engaged cities from around the world committed to implementing meaningful and sustainable climate-related actions locally that will help address climate change globally.

The Egypt's 21st Century Revolution Visual Art digital collection showcases artwork created by American University in Cairo students in response to the January 25th Revolution.

Part of the the nonprofit organization Miller-McCune Center for Research, Media and Public Policy, "Pacific Standard provides a unique perspective and insight into the social, political, and economic forces defining the world today. With an emphasis on fact-based, research-driven content; the magazine publishes fresh, compelling articles on the global economy, environmental issues, education, and health penned by foremost journalists, scholars, and subject matter experts."

Find congressional and other government records on Nixon's impeachment trial, Kennedy's assassination, supreme court nomination hearings, and more.

Find information about United States presidents and first ladies.

"Founded in 1985 by journalists and scholars to check rising government secrecy, the National Security Archive combines a unique range of functions: investigative journalism center, research institute on international affairs, library and archive of declassified U.S. documents ("the world's largest nongovernmental collection" according to the Los Angeles Times), leading non-profit user of the U.S. Freedom of Information Act, public interest law firm defending and expanding public access to government information, global advocate of open government, and indexer and publisher of former secrets." (from their About page)

The mission of the HNN is "to help put current events into historical perspective."

Watch the PBS documentary about the Kennedy family. The website also includes articles, biographies, a timeline of important events, photographs, and primary source materials.

Primary source documents related to World War II, including declarations of war, peace treaties, and records of international conferences, the Nuremberg Trials, the attack on Pearl Harbor, and more.

A guide to online resources related to the New Deal, including image collections, articles, and primary sources.

Information about and primary source documents related to the administration of George W. Bush (2001-09), covering the September 11th attacks, the War in Afghanistan, the Iraq War, the No Child Left Behind Act, and Hurricane Katrina.

Information about and primary source documents related to the administration of Bill Clinton (1993-2001), covering the creation of NAFTA, welfare reform, his impeachment trial, welfare reform, U.S. intervention in Somalia, the bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa, and NATO intervention in the former Yugoslavia.

Information about and primary source documents related to the administration of George H.W. Bush (1989-93), covering the fall of the Berlin Wall, the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Gulf War, and the negotiations leading to the creation of NAFTA.

Information about and primary source documents related to the administration of Ronald Reagan (1981-89), covering the end of the Cold War, the air traffic controllers' strike, the Lebanese Civil War and the bombing of the American barracks in Beirut, the invasion of Grenada, the arming of the mujaheddin fighters in Afghanistan, the beginning of the war on drugs, and the Iran-Contra affair.

Information about and primary source documents related to the administration of Jimmy Carter (1977-81), covering the Cold War, the energy crisis of the 1970s, the creation of the Departments of Education and of Energy, the Camp David Accords and the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt, the American response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and the Iran hostage crisis.

Information about and primary source documents related to the administration of Gerald Ford (1972-77), covering the Watergate scandal, the Vietnam War, and the Cold War.

Information about and primary source documents related to the administration of Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-69), covering the assassination of JFK, the Vietnam War, the Cold War, the civil rights movement, Johnson's "Great Society" agenda, the creation of Medicare and Medicaid, and the space race.

Information about and primary source documents related to the administration of John F. Kennedy (1961-63), covering the Cold War, the Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis, the beginning of the space race, the creation of the Peace Corps, the lead-up to the Vietnam War, and the civil rights movement.

Information about and primary source documents related to the administration of Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-61), covering the Cold War, the end of the Korean War, and the civil rights movement.

Information about and primary source documents related to the administration of Herbert Hoover (1929-33), covering the stock market crash of 1929 and the beginning of the Great Depression.

Information about and primary source documents related to the administration of Harry S. Truman (1945-53), covering the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the end of World War II, the creation of the United Nations and NATO, the Korean War, and the beginning of the civil rights movement.

Learn about women in American from colonial times to the present. Primary source documents cover influential, famous and infamous women from Susan B. Anthony to Lucille Ball, from Rosa Parks to Ethel Rosenberg.

Find primary source documents from all eras of American history. The National Archives and Records Administration is responsible for preserving and organizing all the documents generated by the U.S. government, including the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and Bill of Rights, congressional records and legislation, and much, much more.

Learn about World War II and the United States propaganda campaigns through these posters.

Learn about the rights granted to citizens of the United States since its founding. Includes links to primary source documents and images.

This page lists the various timelines available on the PBS website. Each timeline covers an important period, theme, person or event in American history, ranging from Amelia Earhart to Bill Clinton, from the Hoover Dam to the Triangle Fire and other workplace disasters, from the Civil War to 9/11.

Beginning with the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and ending with the Brown v. Board of Education case in 1954, this website covers segregation and the civil rights movement.

Information about the New Deal, the Dust Bowl, the Great Depression, and the WPA.

This report provides an overview of the Works Progress Administration, one of the organizations created as part of the New Deal. Although the WPA completed large infrastructure projects such as bridges and airports, it also employed people to build or improve roads, water lines, sidewalks, playgrounds, hospitals, and schools. The WPA also paid people to write novels, produce plays, paint murals, run lending libraries, and a wide variety of other tasks.

This report provides an overview of the Public Works Administration, one of the organizations created as part of the New Deal. The PWA focused on large infrastructure projects such as bridges, highways, airports, and government buildings.

A report about the Civilian Conservation Corp, one of the organizations created as part of the New Deal. The CCC focused on the infrastructure of conservation - park trails, dams, bridges, fire prevention, and more.

A radio segment looking back at the New Deal

An academic working paper about the effects of FDR's New Deal programs.

Read the full text of nearly 300 documents related to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Read the full text of more than a dozen treaties during the Cold War, including the treaty establishing NATO.

Read the full text of important documents from the 20th century, including international treaties, the Civil Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, declarations of war, presidential papers, and much more.

The full text of important speeches throughout history. Most of the speeches were given by American leaders from the 1800s to the present. It includes speeches by Frederick Douglass, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, FDR, Eisenhower, JFK, LBJ, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, both Presidents Bush, Clinton, and more. (It does not, however, include any of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s speeches.)

Primary source documents related to the struggle for racial equality, starting with writings by Booker T. Washington and WEB Du Bois in the late 1800s and continuing through Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcom X, the Black Panthers, the Civil Rights Act, and Jesse Jackson. (It also covers feminism and lesbian & gay rights, but neither of those sections is very good.)

Primary source documents related to the changes that swept America during the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Covers McCarthyism, the rise of the Conservative Movement, immigration, civil rights, and free speech issues.

Primary source documents related to America's role in the world since 1945, focusing on the Cold War, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.