The 9-11 Commission Report...Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, Official Government Edition...The Full Report (2.3 MB, 585 pages) has been made available in its entirety, as a single PDF file.

Air America Radio...a strong, progressive voice on the airwaves in contrast to Conservative Talk Radio. Air America's programs have content that is well researched and their sources are linked to from the web site.

Animated guide: The tsunami disaster - How the tsunami occurred along with full coverage of the disaster from the BBC. Includes video.

Breathing Earth is an interactive map demonstrating CO2 emissions, birth rates, and death rates globally and by individual countries. From the moment that you first visit Breathing Earth it starts counting the number of births occurring worldwide. Placing your cursor over any country on the map reveals information about birthrate, death rate, and rate of CO2 emissions

Bringing the Future to the People ...(PBS) site demonstrates how technology, invention and innovation affect the future while exploring social and economic issues facing people in developing countries. It describes the deliberate process of invention, and explores ethical issues of research.

CBS News Videos Online
Extreme oil - his interesting web site tracks oil production from four oil-producing areas of the world, showing all that is entailed in bringing the precious stuff up from the ground and into our gas tanks. Additional sections cover the history of oil refinement...
Amnesty International - a worldwide campaigning movement that works to promote all the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international standards. In particular, Amnesty International campaigns to free all prisoners of conscience;...

Big Think, newly opened, hopes to be "a YouTube for ideas." The site offers brief interviews with academics, authors, politicians, and other thinkers. And it's interactive. You can access hundreds of hours of direct, unfiltered interviews with today's leading thinkers, movers and shakers. You can search by question or by topic, and respond in kind.

Drudge Report...Around in various forms since 1994, The Drudge Report breaks important stories like no one around. When Matt Drudge posts about politics, people pay attention.
CNN.com...like cable news and a newspaper got together and made a baby on the Internet. CNN.com has the best of both: video news footage and timely articles.
FactCheck.org, Annenberg Political Fact - "Holding politicians accountable," the site creators examine recent statements by politicians or political organizations from any political party, and print the claim, test its truthfulness, and cite their sources.

Guerrilla News Network...Combine CNN and Wikipedia and you've got Guerrilla News Network. It's an independent news organization that strives to bring global issues to the masses through articles, headlines, videos, and blogs. Articles are completely original, written by GNN users or contributors. Become a member to create your own home page and blog, establish a network of friends, and participate in the forum. You can filter content on the site by countries, keyword, and/or topics.

Huffington Post...It's been called "the most influential blog in the world," and HuffPo's list of contributors reads like a who's who in the fields of politics, journalism, and entertainment.
iReport.com from CNN!...uncensored, user-powered news. CNN built the tools, you take it from there. All the stories here are user-generated and instant: CNN does not vet or verify their authenticity or accuracy before they post. The ones with the "On CNN" stamp have been vetted and used in CNN news coverage.

MediaStorm...Photojournalist and technological innovator Brian Storm's MediaStorm is an online collaboration of multimedia storytelling from around the globe, incorporating video, audio, photography, and personal essays...This beautifully crafted multimedia Web site is sponsored by WashingtonPost.com and welcomes online submissions, but it's a great site for browsing, too.

Narrated tour of Afghanistan. You can view the tour using the Google Earth browser plug-in. In the tour viewers will learn a little bit about the history of Afghanistan and receive an overview of events in Afghanistan since 2001. The tour is six minutes in length.

NPR... a fantastic cross section of original content and, as you'd expect from the Web site for National Public Radio, podcasts galore.

Newseum's Today's Front Pages application is a series of nine maps that display the current front page of major newspapers around the world. Little orange colored dots on each map correspond to the publishing location of each newspaper. Placing your mouse pointer on one of the dots generates a preview of that newspaper's current front page. Click on the preview and you can read that front page or click through to the newspaper's website.

NYTimes.com...The Web site of record, the NYTimes.com has all the news that's fit to code.

Online News Hour for Students - informative and engaging web content that will make your job easier...very comprehansive and useful site!!!
Skeleton Closet - All the Dirt on All the Candidates - Because character DOES matter You’ve come to the right place for dirt, attitude and opinionated character reviews of all the Presidential Candidates. No-one escapes unscathed!!!

Slate Magazine...It may be owned by The Washington Post, but this online current affairs magazine is anything but stodgy, with sharp opinion writing and more than a little wit.

Statistics (Grades 9-12)...Follow a year in a fictitious election campaign for an inside look at the mathematics behind the polls and the news you hear everyday
The New York Times Learning Network - A free service of the Times’ website that includes daily a daily news quiz and lesson plan.
THE POLLING REPORT - An independent, nonpartisan resource on trends in American public opinion.

Teen Kids News is a dynamic television news program for teens and pre-teens-by teens. The half-hour weekly program provides information and news to students in a way that’s educational as well as entertaining.

Track This Now:: Track articles across the world on a map...Enter your search term and this site searches for articles about that topic from around the world, putting push pins on the global map to show you. Click the pins to see articles. EXCELLENT!
The Whitehouse - News: Current News, Press Briefings, Proclamations, Nominations, Executive Orders, Radio Addresses, Discurso Radial; Policies in Focus; Major Speeches, etc.
Unosat satellite imagery - goal is to provide the international community with updated and accurate geographic information and to universalize access to satellite imagery.
Web Lab - Web Lab is a non-profit organization dedicated to developing innovative Web-based projects that bring fresh perspectives and new voices to the discussion of public issues. Our goal is to use the Web as a positive, transformative force in people’s lives.