News and Opinion Sources
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New York Timeslimited access to current and recent articles and opinion pieces - See Nexis Uni for more comprehensive coverage or the NY TImes historical database
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Washington Postlimited access to current and recent articles and opinion pieces - See Nexis Uni for more comprehensive coverage.
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Washington Post Monkey CageH.L. Mencken said “Democracy is the art of running the circus from the monkey cage.” Here at The Monkey Cage, we talk about political science research and use it to make some sense of the circus that is politics.
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Wall Street Journallimited access to current articles
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The Economistpolitical articles from a British and European perspective
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National JournalCurrent material only. Archived articles are not included.
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BallotpediaThis site contains lots of information about federal, state and local elections. The section on 2018 Battlegrounds is especially useful this semester.
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Politifactthis site includes a "truth-o-meter" that evaluates the accuracy of political speeches and remarks
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FactCheckIncludes a tab for the 2016 Election