"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)

"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)

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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."

"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.

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 Bringing Health Information to the Community (BHIC), from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, includes on its website information about providing healthcare services to a wide range of diverse cultures and communities.

The Transcultural Nursing Society's website includes information about providing healthcare services to a wide range of diverse cultures and communities.

The DiversityRx website includes information about providing healthcare services to a wide range of diverse cultures and communities.

The website of the Cross Cultural Health Care Program includes information about providing healthcare services to a wide range of diverse cultures and communities.

The National Center for Cultural Competence website includes information about providing healthcare services to a wide range of diverse cultures and communities.

This site from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services includes information about providing healthcare services to a wide range of diverse cultures and communities.

This site from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services includes information about providing healthcare services to a wide range of diverse cultures and communities.

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."

"This fine collection from the USC Digital Library presents over 1,100 images of artifacts excavated from two sites in Southern California. The Chinatown section features 1,040 color images of artifacts from the original Los Angeles Chinatown. These items were recovered during the construction of the Metro Rail Red Line by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The online collection includes photos of wine bowls, ink stone boxes, and other fragments of items from daily household life. The second segment includes items excavated in 1992 from an old adobe structure in Santa Barbara that housed a Chinese laundry from the mid 1880s to 1905." (Internet Scout Report, February 3, 2012)

This online image collection includes over 1500 floats and close to 4000 costumes designed for Mardi Gras in New Orleans, dating back to the 1800s.

Browse the newspapers and advertisements available on the Library of Congress website, ranging from the 1850s through the mid 20th century.

Browse the information about American arts & culture available on the Library of Congress website.

Watch the PBS documentary about the beginnings of Tupperware and the changing role of women in American society after World War II. The website also includes articles, interviews, additional film clips, photographs, and primary source materials.

Learn about the American experience in World War II, on both the battlefield and the home front. Includes rare color film clips, letters, and a timeline of important events.

This site, sponsored by the Supreme Court Historical Society, provides information about, and the full text of the decision in, the case of Tinker v. Des Moines, in which the Court ruled that the 1st Amendment rights of freedom of speech, both literal and symbolic, applies to students in public schools.

This site, sponsored by the Supreme Court Historical Society, provides information about, and the full text of the decision in, the case of Texas v. Johnson, in which the Court ruled that burning an American flag constituted "symbolic speech protected by ... First Amendment Rights."

This site, sponsored by the Supreme Court Historical Society, provides information about, and the full text of the decision in, in the case of Roe v. Wade, in which the Court ruled that laws prohibiting abortion violated constitutional rights to personal liberty and privacy.

A collection of images, primary documents, trial reports, maps, and other materials relating to the trial of O.J. Simpson, accused of killing Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman in 1994.

A collection of images, primary documents, trial reports, maps, and other materials relating to the trial of Patty Hearst, accused of armed robbery in the service of the Symbionese Liberation Army, the group that had kidnapped, abused, and possibly brainwashed her.

A collection of images, primary documents, trial reports, maps, and other materials relating to the trial of Richard Hauptmann, accused of kidnapping the baby of aviator Charles Lindbergh from the Lindbergh home in New Jersey in 1932.

A collection of images, primary documents, trial reports, maps, and other materials relating to the trial of Leo Frank, who was accused of murdering 13-year-old Mary Phagan in Atlanta. Anti-Semitism contributed to his condemnation by the general public, and he was killed by a lynch mob. Shortly thereafter, members of a group called the Knights of Mary Phagan established the Ku Klux Klan.

"This compilation of printed texts from the libraries at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill traces how Southern African Americans experienced and transformed Protestant Christianity into the central institution of community life. Coverage begins with white churches' conversion efforts, especially in the post-Revolutionary period, and depicts the tensions and contradictions between the egalitarian potential of evangelical Christianity and the realities of slavery. It focuses, through slave narratives and observations by other African American authors, on how the black community adapted evangelical Christianity, making it a metaphor for freedom, community, and personal survival."

"Pioneering the Upper Midwest: Books from Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, ca. 1820-1910 portrays the states of Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin from the seventeenth to the early twentieth century through first-person accounts, biographies, promotional literature, local histories, ethnographic and antiquarian texts, colonial archival documents, and other works drawn from the Library of Congress's General Collections and Rare Books and Special Collections Division. The collection's 138 volumes depict the land and its resources; the conflicts between settlers and Native peoples; the experience of pioneers and missionaries, soldiers and immigrants and reformers; the growth of local communities and local cultural traditions; and the development of regional and national leadership in agriculture, business, medicine, politics, religion, law, journalism, education, and the role of women."

Book publisher W.W. NORTON & CO originally created this blog for students and teachers of sociology, and it is informative and quite accessible for those familiarizing themselves with this field. Visitors will find its pledge to "keep things interesting" refreshing. The pledge is accomplished by ensuring that "all of the posts on this site will pass the ‘so what?’ test that some academic research frankly does not." Visitors who prefer to get their daily dose of sociological thought in video form should check out the "Video" tab to watch sociologists speak on a range of news stories and other timely topics. The videos are generally just a few minutes long, and have recently covered such topics as "Commodifying the ‘Ghetto’", "Communities Becom[ing] Poverty Traps" and "Fears about Halloween Candy Poisoning". (from Internet Scout Report)

This library of academic and cultural films features collections from the Academic Film Archive and the Media Burn Independent Film Archive, as well as a selection of documentaries created by Dorothy Fadiman. In addition, films from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology are presented including those by Watson Kintner who used film to document his world travels, and the popular television show from the 1950s: “What in the World?”

"Bread for the World Institute provides policy analysis on hunger and strategies to end it. The Institute educates opinion leaders, policy makers, and the public about hunger in the United States and abroad. Bread for the World Institute is a 501(c)3 organization." (from the About the Institute page)

International news from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

International news from National Public Radio, a privately-supported, non-profit media organization in the U.S.