Current Events & Social Issues

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CQ Researcher
Reports address the most current and controversial issues of the day with detailed discussions of the various sides of the issues, summaries, bibliographies and links to related stories. Details
Subscription purchased with funding from suburban Hennepin County property taxes.

CQ Weekly
Comprehensive coverage of the week in Congress including bill status, vote reports, and updates on all committees. Details
Subscription purchased with funding from suburban Hennepin County property taxes.

FACTS.com
Search fulltext news (weekly updates) from Facts on File World News Digest back to 1974, plus wire service updates, biographies, maps, photos and primary source documents. Details
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General Reference Center Gold
Full text access to 3,033 general interest and business magazines back to 1980. Details
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Issues and Controversies @FACTS.com
Up-to-date, in-depth and objective information on the most prominent and hotly debated issues of the day. Details
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Websites

World Food Programme 
Want to help fight world hunger? Here's a great website that can get you involved feeding the hungry and you can learn w...more
http://www.wfp.org/students-and-tea
chers#

ACLU: Student Rights 
Sections on discrimination, dress codes and uniforms, drug testing, zero-tolerance policy, freedom of expression, off-ca...more
http://www.aclu.org/standup/

CNN 
U.S. and world news, updated frequently. Links to Sports Illustrated and Money Magazine content.
http://www.cnn.com/

Environmental Protection Agency 


Library Subject Guide: Current Events 
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http://www.hclib.org/pub/search/Sub
jectGuides.cfm?Topic=Current%20
Events

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Last updated: Nov. 13, 2009
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