Some good media sources:

 

A great way to search many newspapers simultaneously is to use Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe, which is available through the CSUS library electronic databases.  Get to it through the library website.

 

Newsmagazines will also be very helpful.  You might try:

 

The New Republic                 http://www.tnr.com

The Nation                             http://www.thenation.com

The Weekly Standard            http://www.weeklystandard.com/

The New Yorker                    http://www.newyorker.com/

Harper’s                                 http://www.harpers.org/

The National Review             http://www.nationalreview.com/

 

 

Also, newspapers that are most reputable and national:

 

The Washington Post                         http://www.washingtonpost.com

The Wall Street Journal                    http://online.wsj.com/public/us

For international Newspapers           http://www.ipl.org/div/news/

New York Times                                http://www.nytimes.com/

 

Broadcast media sites that might be relevant:

 

National Public Radio            http://www.npr.org

PBS                                         http://www.pbs.org/

This American Life                http://www.thislife.org (note: need to search archived editions)

CNN                                       http://www.cnn.com/

Fox News                                http://www.foxnews.com/

ABC                                        http://abcnews.go.com/

CBS                                        http://www.cbs.com

NBC                                        http://www.nbc.com/nbc/NBC_News/

 

For Congressional or Courts information:

 

Thomas (congress)                 http://thomas.loc.gov/

Jurist                                       http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/issues/issue_scotus.htm

 

 Women and Politics Sources:

Women's World (literature and global rights

http://wworld.org

Feminist Majority Foundation

http://www.feminist.org

Gender Gap

http://www.gendergap.com

Emily's List

http://www.emilyslist.org

International Women's Democracy Center (all sorts of great links here)

http://www.iwdc.org/links

The Eagle Forum - anti-feminist (among other things) organization featuring Phyllis Schlafly - see especially the April 2003 column "Who Pays for Feminist Ideology?"

http://www.eagleforum.org/column

Family Research Council - group committed to "traditional family values"

http://www.frc.org

Traditional Values Coalition - plenty of links concerning the "homosexual agenda"

http:www/traditionalvalues.org

Women's Policy Inc. - Women in Congress