POS 2041
Here is a link to the politics page of the Washington Post, that
provides in-
depth articles on recent political news.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/politics/
AMH 2020, WOH 2022
Here is a great series of interviews on the Great War (WWI) and
its effects
on the societies involved. (WWI)
http://www.pbs.org/greatwar/historian/
AMH2020
Link to a good article on the history of labor unionization in
the United
States
http://www.studyworld.com/Labor_In_America.htm
POS 2041
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the difficulties of
bureaucratic
reorganization
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/21/AR2005122102327.html
POS 2041
Supreme Court case relating to internment of terrorist suspects
without
trial.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13226-2004Jun28.html
POS 2041
Justices uphold internet pornography as free speech issue. (1st
Amendment)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A15547-2004Jun29.html
POS 2041
Congress battles to pass minimum wage law (Feb 1, 2007)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/01/AR2007020100231.html
POS 2041, AMH2010
Here is site of the National Archives that has a good amount of
information
on the constitutional convention, the Constitution itself, and
the Bill of
Rights.
http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution.html
ISS 1120
Article on the persistence of world poverty according to 2006
World Bank
data.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/07/AR2006120700427.html
POS 2041
5-4 decision outlawing capital punishments for juveniles (8th
Amendment)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62584-2005Mar1.html
POS 2041
U.S. must charge Padilla or release him. (Habeas corpus)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61026-2005Feb28.html
POS 2041 AMH 2020
Article about the groups and leaders of the civil rights movement
40 years
after Martin Luther King's death.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/04/AR2008040403589.html?hpid=topnews
POS 2041
June 2008 Supreme Court case strikes down handgun ban in
Washington DC based
on 2nd Amendment reasoning.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/26/AR2008062600615_pf.html
AMH 2020
Article on Medals of Honor issued to U.S.Army veterans at the
Battle
(Massacre) at Wounded Knee and the campaign to have those medals
removed.
http://www.tolerance.org/news/article_tol.jsp?id=1355
POS 2041
Nonprofit organization example of the use of litigation as a
method of
political involvement
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/30/AR2007053002564_pf.html
AMH2020, WOH2022
Article on on the impact of Sputnik, the first satellite in Space
in 1957 on
its 50th anniversary (October 4th, 2007.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/01/AR2007100101678.html?hpid%3Dtopnews&sub=AR
AMH 2020
50th Anniversary of the Interstate Highway System
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/27/AR2006062701830_pf.html
POS 2041
Article on Congressional approval of curbing of civil liberties
to fight
terrorism (Sept 2006)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/28/AR2006092800824.html
ALL CLASSES
This homepage link to the University of Wisconsin's website on
writing
papers is a great source for learning how to use citations when
writing
papers and how to avoid plagiarism. It has examples of how to use
Chicago,
APA, and MLA styles.
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/index.html
ALL CLASSES
Here is a website from Florida State University that examines
plagiarism,
what it is, and how students can avoid it in their writing to
merit good
grades on essay assignments.
http://www.fsu.edu/~history/plagiarism.html
POS 2041
Why are more former members of Congress becoming Lobbyists?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/26/AR2005072601562_pf.html
AMH2020, WOH2022, POS2041
American capitalism under siege
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/22/AR2009032201507_pf.html
AMH 2020, ISS 1120, WOH 2022, POS 2041
Wilsonian idealism and modern U.S. foriegn policy
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/201001/obama-wilson
AMH 2020, POS 2041
Article on the divisiveness of 19th century U.S. politics.
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/201001/mugwump
POS 2041
Some campaign finance restrictions invalidated by the Supreme
Court (January 2010)
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/26/washington/26scotus.html?pagewanted=2&ei=5124&en=a2a89904c16a7f40&ex=1340596800&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink
POS 2041
Supreme court affirms right to bear arms extends to states and
local governments in 5-4 decision (June 2010)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/28/AR2010062802134_pf.html
POS 2041
Voting methods and reform proposals
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2010/07/26/100726crbo_books_gottlieb
AMH2020, POS2041
American soldiers convicted in 2011 of killing non-combatants for
fun and taking body parts as souvenirs. Compare to My Lai
Massacre.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/11/kill-team-calvin-gibbs-convicted
POS2041
Supreme Court case overturning limits to campaign spending
(Citizens United).
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/05/21/120521fa_fact_toobin