Bureau of Labor Statistics - Contains information and data sets on labor market activity, working conditions and the economy.

Pew Research Center - Conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research. Datasets and articles based on the research are available. Topics include U.S. Politics & Policy, Journalism & Media, Internet & Technology and Global Attitudes & Trends. 

Population Reference Bureau Data Center - A data searching tool from the nonprofit Population Reference Bureau, including information on income, housing prices, health, and labor force.

Statista -  Data and statistics website with global information on a wide variety of facts and topics.

UNdata - Easy way to search and download across multiple United Nations' databases. Includes current information on populations, trade, standard of living, and the environment.

US Census Bureau - Provides access to datasets, publications, and infographics on population-related information including geography, economics, business and social structures. 

USA Facts - A not-for-profit, nonpartisan civic initiative making government data easy for all Americans to access and understand.

USA Spending - Search by agency, recipient, state funding, or even your own neighborhood to see how federal money is being used.  Developed as part of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act. 

CIA World Fact Book -  Provides information on the history, people and society, government, economy, energy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities.

Congress.gov  - Is the official website for federal U.S. legislative information including committee hearings and reports, congressional and senate communications, members and legislation. 

New York Heritage Digital Collections - Search and browse digital collections about New York State's extensive history. Includes letters, diaries, photographs, newspapers, and maps from over 160 museums, libraries and archives. 

US Department of State - The United States Department of State, or simply the State Department, is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy and relations.

Center for Young Women's Health - Offers quality health info on a broad range of topics, and each is available in English and Spanish. The articles are arranged alphabetically and by topic.

Go Ask Alice - Contains a wide array of reliable health and wellness information for teens supported by a team of Columbia University health promotion specialists, health care providers, and other health professionals, along with a staff of information and research specialists and writers.

Healthfinder.gov - Contains information on over 120 health and wellness topics from several government agencies including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

MedlinePlus - National Library of Medicine’s database of health information for consumers and health professionals. Includes information on over 750 health topics, drugs and supplements, medical encyclopedia, dictionaries, interactive tutorials, and surgery videos. Also includes health information in over 40 languages.

National Institute of Health - Provides information on science and healthcare topics.

PubMed - Comprises more than 36 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books.

Young Men's Health - An educational health site produced by Children’s Hospital Boston includes health guides for young men on a wide range of topics, including general physical health, emotional health, and sexual health. 

The websites below are news sites. Please be aware that some of them have paywalls, or offer a limited number of free articles if you sign-up with an email, you can also access newspapers through our databases (must be signed in with a school google account) if you are looking for a particular news article.

The Associated Press - A not-for-profit news agency, produces news reports that are distributed to its members, major U.S. daily newspapers and radio and television broadcasters.

CBS Evening News - Offers a weeknight survey of major news stories.

The Economist - A British weekly newspaper published in printed magazine format and digitally. It focuses on current affairs, international business, politics, technology, and culture.

Financial Times - A British daily newspaper printed in broadsheet and also published digitally that focuses on business and economic current affairs.

Fox News - Is an American multinational conservative news and political commentary television channel and website based in New York City. 

National Public Radio - An American non-profit media organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. It serves as a national syndicator to a network of more than 1,000 public radio stations in the United States.

The New York Times - An American daily newspaper based in New York City. The New York Times covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews.

PBS NewsHour - Serves as public television’s marquee news program and features the latest news, analysis, field reports from around the world, and live studio interviews and discussions.

ProPublica -  News site that aims to produce investigative journalism in the public interest.

Reuters - One of the largest and most trusted news agencies in the world.

United Nations News - An online news publication of the United Nations, a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a center for harmonizing the actions of nations.

Voice of America (VOA) - Is the state-owned news network and international radio broadcaster of the United States of America. It is the largest and oldest of the U.S.-funded international broadcasters.

Vox.com -  Is a general interest news site.

The Wall Street Journal - Is an American business- and economic-focused international daily newspaper.

The Washington Post - Is an American daily newspaper. It is the most widely circulated newspaper in the Washington metropolitan area and has a national audience.

Digital Public Library of America -  A portal that provides access to primary source digital collections across the US. Contains over 35,000,000 image, text, video, and sound files. 

JStor Daily - Provides background—historical, scientific, literary, political, and otherwise—for understanding our world. All of our stories contain links to free, publicly accessible research on JSTOR.

Library of Congress - Provides access to a variety of digital collections for primary source documents, images, recordings and video.

ProCon.org -  Sourced pros and cons of debatable issues, as well as a host of reference information relevant to those issues.

Teen Drive 365 - Includes digital interactives, quizzes, videos and virtual field trips.