This category is designed to house links to sites that deal with political and social controversy.
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Regular Websites
The APFA (Aboriginal Peoples Family Accord) lobbies for aboriginal child protection, adoption, child and youth mental health, foster care, guardianship, supported childcare, youth justice and youth services. - APFA
http://apfabc.org/
Big Mouth Productions is an independent social-issue documentary production company based in New York City and founded in 1997 by Katy Chevigny and Julia Pimsleur. - Big Mouth Productions
http://www.bigmouthproductions.com/
Developed by a group that seeks to raise awareness about suicide awareness, specifically suicide by jumpers from the Golden Gate Bridge, this site contains proposals about how the bridge's safety can be improved, testimonies of those whose loved ones have jumped to their deaths from the bridge, and methods by which readers may contribute. - Bridge Rail
http://www.bridgerail.org/
A central resource for Canadians interested in promoting a democratic media encourages people to take action regarding media reform matters, including Net Neutrality, trends at the CBC, and the ongoing development of Canadian democracy. - Campaign for Democratic Media
http://democraticmedia.ca/
Petition from organizations and individuals and includes a variety of online petitions on animal welfare, corporate accountability, education, environment and wildlife, health, human rights, politics, media, arts and culture as well as spirituality and religion. - Care2 - PetitionSite
http://www.thepetitionsite.com
The Center for Consumer Freedom is a non-profit organization that supports the rights of customers. Much of the website's content is concerned with food and diet issues, including a wealth of resources on the obesity debate. You can also read the organization's Op-Ed articles here. - Center for Consumer Freedom
http://www.consumerfreedom.com
Concerned Women for America is a coalition of conservative women which promotes Biblical values and family traditions in the United States of America. - Concerned Women for America
http://www.cwfa.org/
Provides news stories that the corporate press shies away from, including editorials and commentaries regarding the complicity of Big Pharma and corporate television, ethnic cleansing's role in the transfer of land and wealth, and healthcare reform. Also available are subscription information, a bookstore, archived entries, and links to political sites. - CounterPunch
http://www.counterpunch.org
The Ethics Resource Center is a nonprofit organization that aims for the advancement of ethical standards and practices by means of research, partnership and education. The website provides resources such as the Ethics Toolkit, Resource Database and listing of articles and other publications focused on Ethics and the ERC as well. The website also has an online store where you can order the PDF version of the National Business Ethics Survey 2007 or subscribe to the ERCommunity. - Ethics Resource Center
http://www.ethics.org
Christian ministry maintains this site which is dedicated to protecting people and families from persecution, exploitation, divorce, socialism, crime, and sin provides research studies and information on personal liberty, personal responsibility, constitutional and governmental accountability as well as sovereignty and religious faith. - Family Guardian
http://www.famguardian.org
Organization that monitors governance and corruption issues around the world provides a special section for journalists and those who want to know about the organization itself or about corruption issues generally. Also available are the organization's research assessments on government corruption and its corruption index. - Global Integrity
http://www.globalintegrity.org/
A multi-ethnic public policy and research institute based in Berkeley, California exhibits details about the organization's policy initiatives and publications. Additionally, it contains a leadership academy section where a reader can get trained in advocacy and related practices. - Greenlining Institute
http://www.greenlining.org/
Guardian: Notes and Queries Section
The Notes and Queries Section of the British newspaper provides a website where readers can ask questions on a variety of concerns, encompassing ways to deal with government bureaucracy, sports or moral dilemmas. - Guardian: Notes and Queries Section
http://www.guardian.co.uk/notesandqueries/
This center, made up of academic units based at the University of Washington, is devoted to improving the life of communities, children and families, this center focuses on the challenges faced by the disadvantaged. The site includes studies on academic achievement, rural communities and caring for children. - Human Services Policy Center
http://www.hspc.org/
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
The official website of United States immigration and customs enforcement provides information that at this American federal government agency. The site provides information on how to immigrate to the United States and also has a dedicated section for international students interested in studying in America. - Immigration and Customs Enforcement
http://www.ice.gov/
Nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting equal immigration rights for transgendered, gay, lesbian, bisexual and HIV-positive people. The organization is mostly concerned with American immigration practices and offers a basic introduction to immigration rules and regulations here and how they impact these minority communities. - Immigration Equality
http://www.immigrationequality.org/
The Independent Institute is an American organization that conducts research in public policy issues including education, health and the environment. You can purchase the Institute's books and other materials from the site. There is a section dedicated to students. - Independent Institute
http://www.independent.org
Promotes non-motorized urban planning, economic development, bike safety education, responsible travel and bicycle tourism and cross cultural educational programs. - International Bicycle Fund
http://www.ibike.org
A collection of user-submitted articles from normal people with unnatural questions, behavior and trips allows users to know what others perceive about their situations. - Is It Normal?
http://www.isitnormal.com
Middle East Research and Information Project
MERIP is a publication dedicated to researching and understanding the Middle East and provides find back issues of the magazine as well as information about how to subscribe. - Middle East Research and Information Project
http://www.merip.org/
Provides information and commentary on various issues that are not accessible to the masses. Covers global warming, politics, economics, natural heritage, resources, sustainability, technology and more. - Mindfully.org
http://www.mindfully.org
This organization studies different aspects of American society and makes available recent studies completed by the Center, opinions on Iraq, the role of gender in the home and other demographic trends. - Pew Research Center
http://www.pewresearch.org
Offers comprehensive background information and links on major U.S. public policy issues, including education, the environment, crime, health policy, and more. - Policy Almanac
http://www.policyalmanac.org/
Human rights group that strives to protect citizen privacy offers information about a range of privacy concerns here including data protection, communications surveillance, genetic privacy and financial surveillance. The site also has studies of the privacy practices of various countries. - Privacy International
http://www.privacyinternational.org
Social and Spatial Inequalities
University of Sheffield research group is an academic group of geographers who study social inequality and provide research papers produced by the group here and find out about identity in Britain. The website also has a variety of interesting maps focused on the problem of inequality. - Social and Spatial Inequalities
http://www.sasi.group.shef.ac.uk
Contains society oriented contents including history, gender preference, relationship issues, and advice and allows users to participate in discussions as well as to comment and rate articles. - Socyberty
http://www.socyberty.com
A clearing house and communications center for a national coalition of student organizations whose goal is to end the political abuse of the university and to restore integrity to the academic mission as a disinterested pursuit of knowledge. - Students For Academic Freedom
http://www.studentsforacademicfreedom.org/
Taxpayers for Common Sense is a political organization that seeks to bring greater transparency and eliminate government corruption. The website has commentary on government spending on energy, public lands, natural resources, and national security. The website also offers a database on spending earmarks. - Taxpayers for Common Sense
http://www.taxpayer.net
This website provides information on Inter-American Dialogue. If you are interested in free trade and other economic issues affecting countries in the western hemisphere, then this website has information for you. You also find analysis on democratic governance as well as education and social policy. - The Dialogue
http://www.thedialogue.org/
Transparency International is a non-profit organisation dedicated to increasing government accountability and the curbing of corruption. - Transparency International
http://www.transparency.org/
The WorldWideWhistleblowers web site provides information on unethical business practices, corruption, and morally reprehensible activities going on without reprisal. - WorldWideWhistleblowers
http://www.worldwidewhistleblowers.com/