Excellent Information Sources for Speech & Debate:
NATIONAL & GLOBAL PRINT NEWS SOURCES:
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Associated Press (AP) - http://www.newsday.com/news/politics/wire/
Christian Science Monitor - http://www.csmonitor.com/
Foreign Affairs - http://www.foreignaffairs.org/
Foreign Policy - http://www.foreignpolicy.com/
Huffington Post - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
The Los Angeles Times - http://www.latimes.com/
New York Times - http://www.times.com/pages/todayspaper/index.html
Newsweek - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032542/site/newsweek/
Reuter’s News Service – www.reuters.com
Time Magazine - http://www.time.com/time/
U.S. News and World Report - http://www.usnews.com/
USA Today - http://www.stltoday.com/
Voice of America - http://www.voanews.com/english/portal.cfm
Wall Street Journal - http://online.wsj.com/home-page
Washington Post - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/front.htm
World Press Review - http://www.worldpress.org/index.htm
NATIONAL & GLOBAL BROADCAST NEWS SOURCES:
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ABC News - http://abcnews.go.com/
British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC) - http://news.bbc.co.uk/
Cable Network News (CNN) - www.cnn.com
CBS News - www.cbsnews.com/
Fox News – www.foxnews.com
National Public Radio (NPR) – www.npr.org
NBC News - http://www.nbcnews.com/
News Hour with Jim Lehrer - http://www.pbs.org/newshour/
ECONOMY:
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Business Report - http://www.busrep.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=552&fSetId=260
Business Week - http://www.businessweek.com/
The Economist - http://www.economist.com/
Fortune Magazine - http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/
Financial Times - http://www.ft.com/home/us
POLITICAL
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CNN All Politics - http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2000/resources/polls.html
Directory of US Political Parties - http://www.politics1.com/parties.html
Democratic National Committee - http://www.democrats.org/
Governing.com - http://www.governing.com/
Republican National Committee - http://www.rnc.org/
Politics 1 - http://www.politics1.com
Politifact - http://www.politifact.com/
Politico Magazine - http://www.politico.com/magazine/
Propublica Online - http://www.propublica.org/
STATISTICAL:
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CIA Country Info - https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/docs/profileguide.html
Country Briefings (The Economist) - http://www.economist.com/countries/
Country Profiles In Depth (BBC) - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/default.stm
Country Profiles (CACU) - http://www.essex.ac.uk/armedcon/world/atoz/default.htm
International Data Base (US Census Bureau) - http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idbnew.html
Maps of the World - http://www.mapsofworld.com/
Worldometers - http://www.worldometers.info/
World Populations - http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/population-by-country/
ENVIRONMENTAL:
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Action for our Planet - http://www.actionforourplanet.com/
National Geographic - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
Natural Resources Defense Council - http://www.nrdc.org/
GENERAL RESEARCH:
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The Brookings Institute - http://www.brookings.edu/
The Bureau Investigates - http://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/
Frontline - http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/
The Gallup Organization - http://www.gallup.com/
The Pew Research Center - http://people-press.org/
Smithsonian Institute - http://www.smithsonian.com/
DEBATE RESOURCES:
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Debate Central - http://debate-central.ncpa.org/
International Debate Education Association - http://idebate.org/
National Speech & Debate Association - http://www.speechanddebate.org/
ProCon.org – http://procon.org
QUOTATIONS:
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The Quotations Page - http://www.quotationspage.com/
Bartleby.com (Bartlett’s) - http://www.bartleby.com/100/