Social Issues

General Sites
Abortion
Capital Punishment
Cultural Diversity
Euthanasia
Homelessness
Juvenile Crime
Poverty
Racial Profiling
Religion

Smoking
Teen Pregnancy

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General Sites
Homework Center
This site produced by a library provides links to all social issues popular with students.

SIRS Online
Links to help students, teachers and librarians find information on different issues.

Social Issues Research Center
This website based in the United Kingdom offers articles on numerous social issues.

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Abortion
Abortion
Links to all sides of the issue are available from this site.

Abortion Rights
Fact sheets and reports provided by Planned Parenthood.

History of Abortion
Learn about the history of abortion.

Pro-Life
This comprehensive site discusses all aspects of the pro-life issue.

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Capital Punishment
Bureau of Criminal Statistics
Statistical information on capital punishment.
Death Penalty Information Center
Comprehensive links on this issue are available at this site.

History of Capital Punishment
Historical information by country and state.

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Cultural Diversity
About Italian Culture
This comprehensive site provides links to Italian-American resources.

American Institute of Polish Culture
Learn more about Polish culture, history, and Poland by following the links provided by the Institute.

Blackquest
Comprehensive source for African-American history, culture, and resources.

The German-American Corner
Biographies of famous German-Americans, recipes and poetry are some of the links that can be accessed from this site.

Native American Websites
Explore Native American culture, language, genealogy, literature, music, health, social issues and more.

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Euthanasia
Euthanasia
All sides of this controversial topic are addressed at this site.

Final Exit
This site provides information in favor of euthanasia including laws, euthanasia in practice, and media coverage.

Ultimate Pro-Life Resource
Links to Euthanasia sites with a pro-life point-of-view.

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Homelessness
Homelessness
Statistics, profiles, and publications are available at this Health and Human Services site.

Homelessness and Mental Illness
Facts from the Treatment Advocacy Center with a focus on mental illness and the homeless.

Michigan Coalition Against Homelessness
News, programs and relevant links to sites that help the homeless.

National Coalition for the Homeless
Fact sheet summarizing various aspects of homelessness.

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Juvenile Crime
Amnesty.org
Children tried and convicted as adults is the focus of this report from Amnesty International.

Boysville
This site brought to you by Boysville of Michigan uncovers the myths and realities of juvenile crime.

Criminal Justice Resources
Provided by Michigan State University, this site offers links to juvenile crime resources, articles and publications.

Juvenile Crime
A glossary of terms, facts on the causes of juvenile crime, state-by-state statistics, and links to internet resources.

NCJJ
Information and analysis is given for each state's juvenile justice system.

Office of Juvenile Justice
Facts and figures, highlights, grants and funding, resources, programs, and publications highlighting juvenile crime.

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Poverty

US Health and Human Services
Poverty guidelines, research and measurement data including articles and reports.

World Bank News
Data, related topics, and reports on poverty around the world.

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Racial Profiling
Department of Justice
This detailed report on racial profiling was prepared by Northeastern University for the Department of Justice.

 

Gallup Poll
This report on racial profiling includes statistics taken from adults 18 or older surveyed by the gallup news organization.

Race Relations
This site provides several links to articles dealing with racial profiling.

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Religion
About Darwin
Learn more about the man who gave us his theory of evolution

Creation Research
This site is dedicated to scientists and laypersons who are committed to the study of creationism

Evolution Resources
The creation/evolution debate is presented at this site.

Religious Tolerance
History of the conflict between the theories of creation science, naturalistic evolution, theistic evolution are discussed on this site.

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Smoking
CDC'sTips
Learn more about this issue by reading reports and facts sheets.

Philip Morris
This site provided by a cigarette manufacturer offers information on issues pertaining to smoking.

Tobacco News
Top stories, tobacco facts, and tobacco links.

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Teen Pregnancy
National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
Fact sheets, tips for teens and parents, weekly teen survey, and a teen tells all section make this site especially useful.
Photo Documentary
First hand testimony by a teen mother and a pregnant teen and information on programs that help young mothers.

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