Current Events and Issues

Current Events

The contest focuses on a basic knowledge of current state, national and world events and issues. The contest consists of 40 multiple-choice questions and an essay that challenges students to understand not just what is happening in the world today, but why and how it’s happening and what it means to us as citizens of the United States.

Current Events

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Links to News Sources

• Time Magazine

• Newsweek

• Reuters

• BBC

• New York Times

• PBS Newshour

• Washington Post

• Christian Science Monitor

• Dallas Morning News

• Austin American Statesman

• Houston Chronicle

• The Economist

• National Public Radio

• Info Please - Current Events Overview

• Topix - Seach for topics to access archives