Ideal for those looking for pro and con arguments on a wide variety of contemporary social issues. Includes the opposing viewpoints series as well as links to reference materials, statistics, selected magazine and newspaper articles, images and more.
A "fact tank" whose goal is to provide information about current issues and trends in America and the world. Here you can find public opinion polling, demographic research, and content analysis.
This venerable research company has become synonymous with its public opinion polls. Its website offers polling data and articles on political and economic topics such as presidential approval ratings and national job performance.
This is considered the official U.S. newspaper because it publishes the complete text of important documents, speeches and presidential press conferences. The paper's reporters have won scores of Pulitzer Prizes throughout the publication's 150-year history.
Full-text coverage of the LA times from 1985 to the present.
Global Newsstream enables users to search the most recent global news content, as well as archives which stretch back into the 1980s featuring newspapers, newswires, blogs, and news sites in active full- text format.
Nexis Uni (formerly known as Lexis Nexis Academic Universe) features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790.
Factiva includes the Dow Jones and Reuters news wires, The Wall Street Journal and over 8,000 other magazines, newspapers, and trade journals from a wide variety of disciplines.
Speeches on various topic by world leaders and thinkers.
Transcripts of women's speeches from around the world, hosted by Sweet Briar College.
History Channel: Famous Speeches & Audio
Video and audio for historic speeches on a variety of topics.