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Contests, internships, etc.

Sons of the American Revolution Essay Contest-- $2000 prize
http://www.sar.org/youth/knightrules.html

C-Span Studentcam documentary contest
The prizes range from $5000 on down. Documentaries must be submitted to C-Span by 1/20/09.
Go to http://www.studentcam.org/ for more info. Keep in mind that for this contest groups can be a maximum of 3 students.

Being an American Essay Contest
The Prizes: 180 prizes will be awarded totaling nearly $200,000. Top prize winners will win $5,000 cash and a trip to Washington, D.C. for an Awards Gala and Weekend! Essays must be submitted by the end of November. Go to http://www.beinganamerican.org/

Government

Political Ideology & Philosophy Tests (Am I a liberal or a conservative?)
http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz.html

http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/ - A great site for looking up briefs of important court cases

Current Events:  Keep up to date with all of the online news.
The American Journalism Review is a comprehensive site of newspaper, magazine, and other media related sources that provides plenty of links.

Here are quick links to some of the more mainstream newspapers, magazines, and other media sources:
 
Newspapers Magazines Television & Other Media
Washington Post
New York Times
USA Today
Wall Street Journal
Los Angeles Times
Roll Call: The Newspaper of Capitol Hill
The Hill-the newspaper for and about the U.S. Congress
Congressional Quarterly
Time Magazine
Newsweek
U.S. News 
The Nation
National Review
The Economist
C-SPAN
CNN/Time All Politics
Washington Week in Review(PBS)
Frontline(PBS)
McLaughlin Group
ABCnews.com
CBS News
MSNBC
FOXNews.com
The O'Reilly Factor
Hardball with Chris Matthews
Meet the Press

 

Executive & Legislative Contacts

President George W. Bush  
Vice-President Richard Cheney 
U.S. Senate  
 

Unit Links
Constitutional Foundations
The Constitution
The Federalist Papers
The Declaration of Independence
The Magna Carta
Civil Rights and Liberties
National Civil Rights Museum
First Amendment Cyber-Tribune
civilrights.org
Freedom Forum
Public Opinion
Gallup Poll
Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Polling Report-Important trends in public opinion
National Elections Studies Guide to Public Opinion
Washington Post Poll Vault
Harris Interactive Poll

 

Political Culture
Turn Left-A website for liberalism & politics
Left Wing
Town Hall-Conservative news and information
ConservativeNet.com
 

 

Political Parties
Democratic Party
Republican Party
Reform Party
Libertarian Party
Green Party
Politics1 Directory of Political Parties
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

The Legislative Branch
U.S. Senate
U.S. House
U.S. Senate Committees
U.S. House Committees
U.S. Senate Leadership
U.S. House Leadership
Thomas
Congress.org
CongressLink.org
How our Laws are Made
Center on Congress-University of Indiana site in cooperation with former Congressman Lee Hamilton
The Dirksen Congressional Center-
Center for the Study of Congress-Duke University School of Law 
CapWeb-Internet Guide to the U.S. Congress
Congressional Sources on the Internet
Congressional Megasites
Elections & Campaigns
Project Vote Smart-a must look before going to the polls
Federal Elections Commission
The Electoral College Homepage
The Electoral College Calculator
 
The Executive Branch
The White House
The Electoral College
The Cabinet
White House Offices & Agencies
Inaugural Addresses(George Washington to George Bush)
Presidential Sites
POTUS (Presidents of the United States)
American Presidents-C-SPAN site dedicated to the Presidents
Vice-President Website

 

Public Policy & Think Tanks
Policy.com-The policy news & information service
National Center for Policy Analysis
Heritage Foundation
Project Vote Smart Think Tanks & Research Institutes
The Brookings Institute
The Cato Institute
 
The Judicial Branch
The Supreme Court Offical Homepage
Federal Judiciary Homepage
Supreme Court Decisions (Cornell)
Oyez, Oyez, Oyez (Northwestern)
Supreme Court Decisions (1937-1975)
USA Today Supreme Court News
LegalBrief.com
Mass Media
Freedom Channel-over 3000 political videos and ads
 

 

The Bureaucracy
Federal Agencies & Commissions
Federal Web Locator-Links to all known federal agencies
Commonly Requested Federal Services
Monument to the Unknown Federal Employee
State & Local Government
State of Nevada
Clark County 

 
 
 
 

 

Interest Groups
Public Citizen-Ralph Nader
League of Women Voters
National Right to Life Committee
National Abortion and Reproduction Rights Action League
National Organization for Women
American Civil Liberties Union
AFL-CIO
National Rifle Association
Christian Coalition
The Concord Coalition
Political Humor
Doonesbury
Socio-Political Smurfs-Are the Smurfs really about Marxism?
Political Satire-Includes the Clinton Liebrary
General  Political Sites
Political Junkie-just about everything you need!
Political Index-Fantastic website with tons of information!
CLOSEUP Foundation
About.com: Politcal Science
Political Site of the Day

Economics

www.italladsup.org