News Sources

Identify RELEVANT stories by checking out these web news outlets:

List of News Sources

New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/
The Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/
The Atlantic http://www.theatlantic.com/
Utne Reader http://www.utne.com/daily.aspx
The New Republic http://www.tnr.com/
National Review http://www.nationalreview.com/
The Nation http://www.thenation.com/
BlackNews.com list of African American newspapers http://www.blacknews.com/directory/black_african_american_newspapers.shtml
The Economist http://www.economist.com/
U.S. News and World Report http://www.usnews.com/
Time http://www.time.com/time/
Salon http://www.salon.com/
Slate http://www.slate.com/
Newsweek http://www.newsweek.com/
eTalkinghead http://www.etalkinghead.com/
The Progressive http://www.progressive.org/
Mother Jones http://motherjones.com/
In These Times http://www.inthesetimes.com/
Harper’s Magazine http://www.harpers.org/
CounterPunch http://www.counterpunch.org/
Dissent Magazine http://www.dissentmagazine.org/
The Root http://www.theroot.com/
Reason http://reason.com/
Daily Kos http://www.dailykos.com/
The Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/home-page
The Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/
The Chicago Tribune http://www.chicagotribune.com/
The Dallas Morning News http://www.dallasnews.com/
The San Francisco Chronicle http://www.sfgate.com/
The Boston Globe http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution http://www.ajc.com/
The Philadelphia Inquirer http://www.philly.com/inquirer/
The Detroit Free Press http://www.freep.com/

Education

Choose a current story related to African American Studies and education from the list of online sources in the handout and on the introduction page. Try to choose a news outlet that you don’t read regularly so that you can use this assignment to become more familiar with it. To find a relevant story, you should scan the headlines on the home page of whatever magazines or journals you may choose, but also be prepared to do a search of recent published stories. The names of the specific fields may be too broad as search terms; depending on the numbers of links that come up in your initial search, you will have to refine those terms by focusing on a specific issue. Education/sociology issues include Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), black middle class, National Baptist Convention, Church of God in Christ, African Methodist Episcopal Church, African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, National Black Catholic Conference, Southwest Athletic Conference, National Urban League, United Negro College Fund, National Black Chamber of Commerce, National Pan-Hellenic Council, The Links, National Council of Negro Women, Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association, Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.

History

Choose a current story related to African American Studies and history from the list of online sources in the handout and on the introduction page. Try to choose a news outlet that you don’t read regularly so that you can use this assignment to become more familiar with it. To find a relevant story, you should scan the headlines on the home page of whatever magazines or journals you may choose, but also be prepared to do a search of recent published stories. The names of the specific fields may be too broad as search terms; depending on the numbers of links that come up in your initial search, you will have to refine those terms by focusing on a specific issue. Those search terms can come from the list of glossary terms that your group compiled and defined.

Politics

Choose a current story related to African American Studies and politics from the list of online sources in the handout and on the introduction page. Try to choose a news outlet that you don’t read regularly so that you can use this assignment to become more familiar with it. To find a relevant story, you should scan the headlines on the home page of whatever magazines or journals you may choose, but also be prepared to do a search of recent published stories. The names of the specific fields may be too broad as search terms; depending on the numbers of links that come up in your initial search, you will have to refine those terms by focusing on a specific issue. Politics issues include gerrymandering, desegregation, criminal justice system, restrictive covenants, white flight, reparations, employment, racial profiling, busing, voting rights, gentrification, and prison industrial complex.

Psychology

Choose a current story related to African American Studies and psychology from the list of online sources in the handout and on the introduction page. Try to choose a news outlet that you don’t read regularly so that you can use this assignment to become more familiar with it. To find a relevant story, you should scan the headlines on the home page of whatever magazines or journals you may choose, but also be prepared to do a search of recent published stories. The names of the specific fields may be too broad as search terms; depending on the numbers of links that come up in your initial search, you will have to refine those terms by focusing on a specific issue. Psychology issues include interracial identity, transracial adoption, stereotypes, personality, racism, mental health, and group identity.

Economics

Choose a current story related to African American Studies and economics from the list of online sources in the handout and on the introduction page. Try to choose a news outlet that you don’t read regularly so that you can use this assignment to become more familiar with it. To find a relevant story, you should scan the headlines on the home page of whatever magazines or journals you may choose, but also be prepared to do a search of recent published stories. The names of the specific fields may be too broad as search terms; depending on the numbers of links that come up in your initial search, you will have to refine those terms by focusing on a specific issue, for example, if your broad topic is African American Studies and economics, you may want to try searching for such specific issues as redlining, foreclosure, working poor, affordable housing, child care, health insurance, hunger, job training, earned income tax credit, living wage, family medical leave, minimum wage, or black underclass.

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