ABORTION

Abortion All Sides of the Issue
<http://www.religioustolerance.org/abortion.htm>
This site provides a great overview of the issue of abortion as well as the religious and ethical aspects of abortion.

Abortion Alternatives
<http://www.abortionalternatives.com/>
Information is organized into four categories of Adoption, Single Parenting, Getting Help and Facts & Stats. You can also browse adoptions agencies within a national directory or by state.

Prolife
<http://www.lifenews.com/>
Links to a variety of pro-life advocacy sites.

National Abortion Federation
<http://www.prochoice.org/>
This is an extensive site with informative links categorized by Abortion Fact Sheets, If You're Pregnant, Taking Action/On the Issues, Clinic Violence, News Media Center, Resources for the Providers, Providers and Patients Speak as well as additional links within these categories.

National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action league
<http://www.naral.org/choice/index.html>
This site supports pro-choice providing information organized under subjects of abortion and women's health, contraception and education, facts and news as well as women's personal stories regarding their choice.

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION

American Association for Affirmative Action
<http://www.affirmativeaction.org/>
This site is geared toward helping Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action (EEO/AA) professionals to be more successful and productive in their work.

ANIMAL RIGHTS

PETA Online
<http://www.peta-online.org/>
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is dedicated to establishing and protecting the rights of all animals. This site is divided into two sections with information regarding the treatment of animals both nationally and internationally entitled Action Alert and In the News. Also, helpful are its categories Companies Who Test on Animals, and Charities Who Test on Animals.

Animal Right Resource Site
<http://arrs.envirolink.org/>
This site includes links to information supporting the rights of all animals around the world.

CHILD/FAMILY ADVOCACY

Child/Family Advocacy
<http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/>
This site contains current information regarding family issues both nationally and internationally and is searchable by topic, program and/or office.

The Children's Partnership
<http://www.childrenspartnership.org/>
This is a national non-partisan, non-profit organization whose mission is to keep leaders and the public informed and engage them in ways that will benefit America's 70 million children. The site is searchable by categories such as Parents guide to the Information Highway which provides rules and tools for families on line offered in both English and Spanish.

National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse
<http://www.childabuse.org/>
This sites links include Child abuse facts, info for kids (provides 24-hour hotline numbers for kids in need of help), Tips for parents, Press releases, state chapters and other links and resources.

CRIME/GANGS

Community Policing
<http://www.policing.com/>
This site targets police officers and other organizations/communities interested in the concept of community policing believing that nothing can out perform dedicated people working together to make their communities better and safer places to live, work, and raise their children. This site is organized into categories including articles of interest, books to buy. Killology Research Group under links to other sites is worth checking out.

Coroner's Report
<http://www.gangwar.com/>
Two categories of interest on this site are Street Gang Dynamics which gives an overview of the history and identification of gangs and Parents Resource guide for parents and educators on the warning signs of gang activity.

National Youth Gang Center
<http://www.iir.com/nygc/>
Information is organized into nine categories including Gang related legislature, Data collection and analysis, Gang literature review, Survey of Gang Programs as well as GANGINFO which is a discussion group for sharing information about youth gangs.

Justice Information Center
<http://www.ncjrs.org/>
An extensive site with links to information regarding criminal and juvenile justice including law enforcement, criminal justice statistics, drugs and crime, juvenile evaluation as well as an international link to help criminological institutions to share information around the world electronically.

DEATH PENALTY

Angel on Death R ow
<http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/angel>
This site not only provides an informative link to opposing viewpoints by two Supreme Court judges and two law scholars, but also provides a chronological listing of capital punishment.

Justice: Denied
<http://www.justicedenied.org/>
This site is sponsored by the magazine Justice Denied and explores the possibility of innocence. This magazine is dedicated to the freedom of innocent people everywhere and to those valiant enough to fight for them and to educate the public in these matters. Provides links to full-length articles via a table of contents.

DRUGS/ALCOHOL

D.A.R.E.
<http://www.dare-america.com/>
This site provides information for parents, kids, and educators regarding Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.). It also salutes the K9 officers and their dogs, D.A.R.E. Ambassadors, and DARE Police officers around the country who work diligently to stop drug abuse.

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
<http://www.health.org/>
This site lives up to its name by offering a number of excellent resources regarding alcohol and drug information categorized by subject, audience, and other publications.

ENVIRONMENT

For additional sites please see our Environment page.
Environmental Defense Fund
<http://www.edf.org/>
The Environmental Defense Fund is a not for profit organization whose mission and goals are to stabilize the earth's climate, safeguard the world's oceans, protect human health and defend and restore biodiversity. A good site for teachers and their students.

Environmental News Network
<http://www.enn.com/>
Here you have the choice to either read or listen to current information regarding a variety of environmental issues worldwide.

EUTHANASIA

Euthanasia and Physician Assisted Suicide
<http://www.religioustolerance.org/euthanas.htm>
This site is sponsored by the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance. It represents through a variety of links of different topics all sides of the issue.
A good educational site for student reports.

National Right to Life
<http://www.nrlc.org/>
This organization supports anti-euthanasia. It provides up to date legislative activity regarding this issue as well as other pertinent articles regarding the right to life.
Suicide Machine
<http://www.freep.com/suicide/>
This site consists of a number of news articles provided by the Detroit Free Press regarding Jack Kevorkian and his participation in assisted suicides.


GAY AND LESBIAN

The Advocate
<http://www.advocate.com/>
This online magazine provides full length articles and up to date news stories covering issues and events regarding gays and lesbians in the United States and the world. Their affiliate online gay.com offers a multitude of general topics in relation to the gay and lesbian lifestyle including home and family, health and nutrition, sports and fitness, and finance to name just a few.

International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission
<http://www.iglhrc.org/>
The mission of this organization is to protect and advance the human rights of all people and communities subject to discrimination or abuse on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or HIV status. Provides information under the categories of World Watch, News & Events, Publications, and Asylum.

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
<http://www.ngltf.org/>
NGLTF is a progressive on the front-lines organization dedicated to building coalitions with other communities working for social change and to represent and work on issues of concerned to the full depth and breadth of diversity within the gay and lesbian community. This site provides a multitude of resources covering several different topics/issues of concern to the lesbian and gay community.

Queer America
<http://www.queeramerica.com>
This site offers a large collection of information and resources regarding a multitude of organizations in support of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender communities. Simple search by area code/postal code for organizations or advanced search provides organizations by topic and state.

GUN CONTROL

National Rife Association
<http://www.nrawinningteam.com/>
This NRA site opposes gun control. Up to date legislative reports and profiles pertaining to gun control issues.

HATE CRIMES

HateWatch
<http://hatewatch.org/>
HateWatch Incorporated is an educational resource that combats the ongoing and evolving threat of online bigotry.

Hate Crimes Today
<http://www.apa.org/pubinfo/hate/>
This site provides information regarding the psychological aspects of hate crimes.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Amnesty International
<http://www.amnesty.org/>
Provides the latest news and reports concerning human rights issues internationally. Also offered is an archive of articles back to 1995 which is searchable by date, geographical area, or subject as well as a Library link to full text articles regarding civil rights issues searchable alphabetically by country.

United Nations Human Rights
<http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf>
This site provides information on Human Rights documents searchable by country, language, symbol, treaty or type.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights
<http://www.udhr50.org/index.htm>
This site is sponsored by the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute and provides the history and full text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as well as other resources pertaining to human rights.

POVERTY

Hunger Web
<http://www.brown.edu/Departments/World_Hunger_Program/index.html>
This site is organized into four categories-Research, Field Work, Advocacy and Policy and Education and Training. Their index of links is the place to check out at this site.

Texas Homeless Network
<http://www.thn.org/>
This organization provides information services to direct service providers and individual members all across the state of Texas. Searchable by region.

WELFARE REFORM

Welfare Reform Resource Project
<http://www.welfarereform.org/>
This site is organized into categories that link to state and federal information, welfare articles, principles of welfare and other welfare sites.
Women's Rights

Documents from the Women's Liberation Movement
<http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/wlm/>
This site offers a archival collection of documents with focus on various aspects of the Women's Liberation Movement in the United States during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The documents are from the Special Collections Library of Duke University and include full text writings as well as plays. Searchable by subject, keyword, or link.

WWWomen
<http://www.wwwomen.com/>
Extensive search engine searchable by category or keyword.

Last Updated: June 12, 2007