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- Congress.org
Tracks current bills, issues, and legislation. Includes form which allows you to enter your zip code to see a description of local, state, and national officials.
- CREW: Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
"A nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to promoting ethics and accountability in government and public life by targeting government officials -- regardless of party affiliation -- who sacrifice the common good to special interests. CREW advances its mission using a combination of research, litigation and media outreach."
- C-SPAN | Capitol Hill, The White House and National Politics
"C-SPAN is a private, non-profit company, created in 1979 by the cable television industry as a public service. Our mission is to provide public access to the political process." Includes TV and Radio coverage and streaming coverage, archives, accompanying information, books, blogs, podcasts, teacher materials, and more.
- Directory of U.S. Political Parties
Annotated list of U.S. political parties with links to important people and sub-groups.
- Fact-Checking
- FactCheck.org
"A nonpartisan, nonprofit, 'consumer advocate' for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. We monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players..."
- Opensecrets.org: Money in Politics data
Website of "a non-partisan, non-profit research group based in Washington, D.C. that tracks money in politics, and its effect on elections and public policy." Includes a nice Lobbying Database as well as other resources.
- PoliFact.com
"PolitiFact is a project of the St. Petersburg Times to help you find the truth in politics. Every day, reporters and researchers from the Times examine statements... and then rate the accuracy on our Truth-O-Meter."
- TruthDig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines
Award-winning news site "that provides expert coverage of current affairs as well as a variety of thoughtful, provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view. The site is built around reports by authorities in their fields who conduct in-depth exploration of contemporary topics."
- Governing.com
Online site of Congressional Quarterly's "Governing" magazine. Includes information on current news, politics, legislature, governance (including their Government Performance Project report on state taxes) and much more.
- i Watch News (The Center for Public Integrity)
Non-profit, non-partisan organization providing "investigations and analyses of public service, government accountability, and ethics-related issues".
- iAmericanSpirit Political Dictionary
Definitions for terms used in the political world.
- Images of American Political History
Over 300 years of maps, cartoons, and other images pertaining to politics in America.
- Issue Coverage Tracker
"Review press coverage and opinion writing on the presidential candidates and the major issues of the 2008 campaign. ... The issue tracker includes information from the Web sites of a wide variety of sources across the political spectrum."
- MAPLight.org
"MAPLight.org, a groundbreaking public database... makes money/vote connections transparent, to help citizens hold their legislators accountable."
- The Middle Class.org
"Analyses of bills that would have a significant impact (positive or negative) on the squeezed middle class, as well as on the aspirations of low-income Americans who want to work their way into the middle class."
- National Center for Policy Analysis
"A nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy research organization... Topics include reforms in health care, taxes, Social Security, welfare, criminal justice, education and environmental regulation."
- Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
"The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, launched in 2001, seeks to promote a deeper understanding of issues at the intersection of religion and public affairs. ... it tracks and aggregates news and conducts independent research, including surveys, legal backgrounders, reports, books and Q&A interviews."
- The Political Compass
Quiz places your political opinions in a grid from left to right and authoritarian to libertarian, thus showing a more nuanced definition than the usual conservative/liberal divide.
- Political Information.com
"A search engine for politics, policy, and political news."
- Political Parties
- Political Resources on the Net: USA
"Index of political sites available on the Internet sorted by country, with links to Parties, Organizations, Governments, Media and more from all around the world."
- Policy Jargon Decoder
"This glossary contains some of the terms used in the Urban Institute's publications and in policy debates more generally."
- Project Vote Smart
Nonpartisan facts, figures, biographical information, voting records, finances, and other pertinent information on current candidates and elections.
- Public Agenda Online
"Public Agenda is a nonpartisan, nonprofit public opinion research and citizen education organization" which supplies information about current social and political issues.
- Real Clear Politics
"America’s political web site for intelligent opinion, news, polls and analysis." RCP gathers news and articles from many sources into one place.
- Source Watch
"A collaborative project of the Center for Media and Democracy to produce a directory of the people, organizations and issues shaping the public agenda."
- Urban Institute
"We analyze policies, evaluate programs, and inform community development to improve social, civic, and economic well-being. We work in all 50 states and abroad in over 28 countries, and we share our research findings with policymakers, program administrators, business, academics, and the public..."
- U.S. Electoral College: Home
"The Electoral College was established by the founding fathers as a compromise between election of the president by Congress and election by popular vote. The people of the United States vote for the electors who then vote for the President."
- The World's Smallest Political Quiz
Quiz uses just 10 questions to place respondents on a grid of economic and political ideologies.
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