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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.
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