Current Events

News & Newspapers

The New York Times: Create an account by visiting here and using your HNHS email. If you have previously used an account, you need to log-in every year to reactivate the account.

Center for Investigative Reporting - Award-winning organization that produces well-researched investigative reports on important current events.

Pulitzer Center - Award-winning crisis reporting on Global Affairs.

BBC News - Coverage of internationally important news stories.

Politico - United States political news.

All Sides - All Sides is an excellent news aggregation site that displays headlines side-by-side to show media bias. If you want to see how different news organizations are reporting the same stories, visit this site first.

Current Topics in Debate

Issues & Controversies - This database explores current issues and controversies, and is more robust than procon.org. If you're accessing at school, no password is required - if accessing from home, use username: hnhs password: monarchs

ProCon.org - This site attempts an unbiased look at the pros and cons of current controversial topics.

Media Bias & Fact Checking

Politifact - It can be hard to figure out what news is real and what news isn't real, especially when it comes to politics. This Pulitzer-Prize wining site runs articles on major news events and politics that you can count on for accuracy, and also fact checks viral news stories.

FactCheck.org - Another excellent fact checking website for current events.

Snopes - A fact checking website for viral news, videos and memes.

National Statistics & Data

Pew Research Center - Non-partisan research and statistics.

USA.gov - Government statistics