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| American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) | | This site provides an overview of the ACLU and information on its activities and positions on such issues as criminal justice, cyber-liberties, death penalty, drug policy, free speech, HIV/AIDS, immigration, national security, privacy, reproductive rights, racial equality, religious liberty, and the rights of lesbians, gays, students, women, and other groups. It includes highlights from recent ACLU actions, related legislation facing Congress, and links to other resources.
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http://www.aclu.org/
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| Brown@50: Fulfilling the Promise | | Howard University School of Law's page for "the celebration and commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education (1954)." Features a chronology of slavery, segregation, and civil rights in the United States; court decisions; and links to civil rights resources. Also provides information about events and conferences (2003-2004) related to the anniversary.
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| Civil Rights Oral History Interviews | | This site consists of a series of interviews with people who have "ties to both the civil rights movement and to Spokane [Washington state]." Conducted by a reporter for the Spokesman-Review, the interviews served as the base for "Through Spokane's Eyes: Moments in Black History," a series of articles published in February 2001. The site includes photographs, brief descriptions of the topics covered, and audio files of the interviews. Searchable. From Washington State University.
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http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/xcivilrights.html
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| Historical Publications of the United States Commission on Civil Rights | | This site provides full-text historical reports of the commission "responsible for monitoring the civil rights activities at federal agencies. It is through monitoring that it can be assured that proper enforcement is taking place and the promise of civil rights is fulfilled." Users can browse the Web site by title, subject, date of publication, and Superintendent of Documents (SuDocs) number. From the Thurgood Marshall Law Library of the University of Maryland School of Law.
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http://www.law.umaryland.edu/edocs/usccr/html%20files/usccrhp.asp
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| Feminist Theory Web Site | | This academically oriented site, divided into three parts, provides more than 80 individual feminist biographies with related bibliographies and a section divided by ethnic or national feminists within 7 geographical regions. The third section includes bibliographies relating to feminist themes within 30 different fields of study. Presented in English, French, and Spanish, this site includes links to many other feminist topics.
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http://www.cddc.vt.edu/feminism/
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| The Rise of Women in the Legal Profession | | This site presents images and documents related to American women in law and legal history. The "exhibit shows not only the high-profile successful women lawyers, but also those whose achievements are less well known but no less significant in providing career-building advice." Topics include legal education, gender bias, legal cases, and women in the judiciary and in practice. A joint project of the Committee of the Historical Records of the New York County Clerk and the Arthur W. Diamond Law Library, Columbia Law School.
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http://library.law.columbia.edu/rise_of_women/
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| Building Blocks for Youth | | Informative site on issues relating to juvenile crime and justice. Building Blocks for Youth is a group of children's advocates, law enforcement officials, and others dedicated to protecting and advocating for minority youths involved in the justice system. Topics include youths in the adult criminal justice system, race issues, "get tough" on juveniles legislation, juvenile courts, and the dangers of incarcerating juveniles with adult offenders. The Web site offers an online newsletter, reports, fact sheets, and news articles and links.
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http://www.buildingblocksforyouth.org/
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| Employment Discrimination: An Overview | | This site provides a comprehensive overview of employment discrimination laws, as well as links to federal and state statutes, federal agency regulations, federal and state judicial decisions, and other employment law topics. Part of the Legal Information Institute (LII) at Cornell Law School.
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http://wwwsecure.law.cornell.edu/topics/employment_discrimination.html
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| Glass Ceiling Commission | | Works to identify barriers and expand practices and policies that promote employment opportunities for the advancement of minorities and women into positions of responsibility in the private sector. Site contains studies and reports.
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http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/keyWorkplaceDocuments/government/federal/Glassceilingr...
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| Understanding Prejudice | | This supplement to the print anthology Understanding Prejudice and Discrimination offers" more than 2,000 links to prejudice-related resources, as well as searchable databases with hundreds of prejudice researchers and social justice organizations." The Reading Room section has bibliographies on sexism, anti-Semitism, genocide, and many other prejudice-related topics. A searchable experts directory includes listings for more than 200 media contacts, career mentors, and social scientists.
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http://www.understandingprejudice.org/
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| Families USA | | The Web site for a "a national nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the achievement of high-quality, affordable health and long-term care for all Americans." Includes news; guides, kits, and other tools for advocates; position papers; related links; and more. Searchable. Some material available in Spanish.
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| Patient Advocacy Resources: A Guide for Patients and Their Families | | A bibliography and Webliography "created to assist consumers in becoming advocates for their own health." It includes citations for books and annotated links to Web sites on such topics as self-help groups, medical records, rights and privacy, informed consent, disabilities, and end of life decisions. From Healthnet, a project of the Lyman Maynard Stowe Library, University of Connecticut Health Center, but not limited to Connecticut resources.
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http://library.uchc.edu/departm/hnet/advocacy.html
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| U.S. Census Bureau: Health Insurance Data | | Medical insurance—who has it and who doesn't? Reports and statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau's Current Population Survey and other figures covering various periods from the late 1980s on.
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http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/hlthins.html
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| America's Uninsured: A Closer Look | | The National Academy of Sciences presents facts and myths about uninsured people in the United States, demographics, and how people gain and lose coverage. The site includes Coverage Matters: Insurance and Health Care (2001), the Academy's Institute of Medicine's report on health insurance and how the lack of it affects people and communities. An extensive summary of the report is available in Spanish, and there are links to resources for getting and keeping health insurance.
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http://www4.nationalacademies.org/onpi/webextra.nsf/web/uninsured
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| National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) | | This organization proposes to "identify and promote strategies that prevent child poverty in the United States and that improve the lives of low-income children and their families." The Web site offers facts, statistics, reports, news, analyses, and policy recommendations. Users can view issues of the Child Poverty News & Issues and other publications online. From Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.
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http://www.nccp.org/
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| National Coalition for the Homeless | | Web site offers facts, legislation, projects, calendar of events, searchable library of citations and abstracts for research on homelessness, housing, and poverty, directories of local, state, and national homeless/housing organizations, and a directory of annotated links to other homelessness sites, worldwide.
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http://www.nationalhomeless.org/
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| A Profile of the Working Poor, 2000 | | "This report presents data on the relationships between labor force activity and poverty in 2000 for individual workers and their families." It explains the concepts and definitions of poverty and provides related links to the Current Population Survey (CPS), a comprehensive body of data on the labor force conducted monthly by the Bureau of Census.
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http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpswp2000.htm
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| America's Second Harvest | | This Web site of "the largest domestic hunger-relief organization" addresses many aspects of hunger: who is hungry in America, childhood hunger, and public policy affecting hunger. Includes a directory of food banks. There are state-by-state statistical profiles (in Public Policies) relating to "food insecurity" and participation in nutrition programs. Recommended for insight into the problem of hunger and how it can be addressed nationally, locally, and personally.
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http://www.secondharvest.org/
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| Poverty Guidelines, Research, and Measurement | | The site features the current poverty thresholds from the Census Bureau (used for statistical purposes, for example, preparing estimates of the number of Americans in poverty each year) and the guidelines as published in the Federal Register (used for administrative purposes, for example, determining financial eligibility for certain federal programs). Includes links to research organizations and background papers on poverty research. From the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/poverty/
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| Homelessness: Programs and the People They Serve | | Called "the most comprehensive study ever of homelessness in America," this 1999 study reports "that most people who become homeless have suffered severe hardships—including physical and sexual abuse, childhood trauma, poverty, a poor education, disability and disease—but are successful in escaping homelessness when they get help from federal and other programs." The opening page has basic statistics and leads to summary and technical reports. From the U.S. Housing and Urban Development department.
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http://www.hud.gov/library/bookshelf18/pressrel/pr99-258.html
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| Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) | | The Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) is a "center for research into the causes and consequences of poverty and social inequality in the United States." The site includes a FAQ on poverty; IRP discussion papers, reports, and abstracts; events information; and related links. Searchable. From the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/irp/
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| American Indian Reservations and Trust Areas | | "A compendium of information about the economic infrastructure of these areas. The material is arranged geographically and is presented in small files based on location." Information includes size of territory, government, community facilities, and brief statistics about employment and labor force. About half the United States are represented. From the U.S. Economic Development Agency (EDA).
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http://www.eda.gov/xp/EDAPublic/Research/AmerIndianRes.xml
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| Bureau of Labor Statistics | | Web site provides easy entry into the full range of economic data and analysis produced by BLS. Users can access statistics and reports on employment and unemployment, price (such as the Consumer Price Index), living conditions, compensation, productivity, and more.
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| Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (FDAC) | | "A government-wide compendium of Federal programs, projects, services, and activities that provide assistance or benefits to the American public. It contains financial and nonfinancial assistance programs administered by departments and establishments of the Federal government."
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| Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) | | This nonpartisan organization watches state and federal governments and "conducts research and analysis on a range of government policies and programs, with an emphasis on those affecting low- and moderate-income people." Analyses and policy recommendations are available at this site.
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| EconData | | A guide to regional economic data on the Web, the site contains more than 400 annotated links to socioeconomic data sources arranged by subject and provider of data. Also lists its ten best sites for finding regional economic data. Additionally, it provides a 100-page User's Guide to finding and using socioeconomic data to analyze local and regional economies (in PDF). Sponsored by the Economic Development Administration, the site offers free registration to get e-mail notification of updates to the site.
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| Economic Policy Institute (EPI) | | Contains discussion, analysis, and links to other sites about current economic matters, including statistics, labor, income, economic snapshots and indicators, opinion pieces, unemployment, foreign trade, and demographics. Searchable.
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http://epinet.org/
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| Economic Statistics Briefing Room | | "The purpose of this service is to provide easy access to current Federal economic indicators. It provides links to information produced by a number of Federal agencies," including statistics about output, income, employment, production, transportation, and international matters.
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http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/esbr.html
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| GovBenefits | | Use a simple three-step process to "identify the government benefits you're entitled to." While "many benefit programs are not featured yet in the GovBenefits web site," it is "expanding regularly to include more programs." Representative categories include veterans, disaster victims, farmers, ranchers, students, seniors, unemployed, home owners, health professionals, and widows. This site is that rare and beautiful bird, "a partnership of many Federal agencies and organizations."
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| State and County QuickFacts | | "Quick, easy access to facts about people, business, and geography" at the national, state, and county levels. "People Facts" include recent population estimates; racial, age, and gender breakouts; high school and college graduates; households; and children under the poverty level. "Business Facts" include retail sales, minority- and women-owned businesses, and building permits. From the U.S. Census Bureau.
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2005 McGraw-Hill Higher Education