Current Events

News:

Gulf Oil Spill

BBC

CNN

The Drudge Report

Livestation
Livestation gives you access to Arab, Asian and European news channels (Al Jazeera TV, France 24, Russia Today, China Central Television, BBC World Service Radio, and more).

MSNBC

Mother Jones 

NPR

The ONION
"America's finest news source," they say.

Open Secrets
The web site of the Center for Responsive Politics.

PBS

Reuters

Slatest
"The most important news and commentary to read right now," says Slate Magazine.

Village Voice

Sports News:

ESPN

Current Events:

CNN.com Archives
The CNN Archives feature special in-depth reports on key current American and World events, issues and personalities. Most special reports supply historical overviews, articles, photographs, timelines or chronologies, video clips, maps, interviews and sources.

Frontline/World 

Intute: Science, Engineering and Technology
An interesting new site from the University of Manchester. Hot topics section includes links to key sites and useful resources for topical subjects. Each month a member of the Intute sciences team selects a subject area of interest and provides links to key sites and resources for that topic.

NOW with David Brancaccio
Current issues in politics, economy, science, art, culture, community. PBS NOW hosted by David Brancaccio.

Today's Document from the National Archives
Each day, a new document relevant to current issues is presented, along
with related classroom resources and research resources.

Youthink!
Produced by a group of young people at World Bank in an effort to educate today's youth about current issues, to encourage them to share stories, and empower them to take action.

Newspapers and News Magazines

For the full text of past and current articles in The Christian Science Monitor, The Economist, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and other national newspapers and news magazines, see ProQuest on the Databases library web page.

The Christian Science Monitor

The Daily Progress

The Economist

The New York Times