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Looking Back on Jesse Helms' Life
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:14:00 -0400
Sen. No, as he was often called, "was a real throwback," says Merle Black, a professor of southern politics at Emory University. One of a select group of politicians who helped solidify Republican control in the South, he had a loyal constituency of working-class whites in North Carolina.
Financial Aid Woes Make Community College More Appealing
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:05:00 -0400
Despite efforts by the Bush Administration and Congress to quell turmoil in the student loan market, some students are still struggling to find money for college. We examine the case of two recent high school graduates who have been promised financial aid, but don't know how much they can count on.
When Did Flag Pins Become So Important?
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:00:00 -0400
Sen. Barack Obama Obama was questioned about why he doesn't always wear a flag pin during a Democratic debate in April. His critics say his lack of pin casts doubt on Obama's patriotism, and recently the Democratic candidate has been wearing one.

The Talk of the Town

The Chill
Nick Paumgarten Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:00:00 -0000
If you had stumbled into Banjo Jim’s, in the East Village, on a recent Wednesday night and encountered a sixty-something guy leading a band through a fervent rendition of “Wild Thing,” for an audience of two dozen or so, you might have concluded, “This is lame,” and slipped back . . .
Oily Speculations
James Surowiecki Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:00:00 -0000
When bad things happen, it’s always nice to have a scapegoat. So, with Americans furious about soaring oil prices, Congress has gone in search of someone to blame. There are a number of usual suspects to choose from, depending on your politics--OPEC, greedy oil companies, lily-livered environmentalists opposed . . .
Obama’s Iraq Problem
George Packer Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:00:00 -0000
In February, 2007, when Barack Obama declared that he was running for President, violence in Iraq had reached apocalyptic levels, and he based his candidacy, in part, on a bold promise to begin a rapid withdrawal of American forces upon taking office. At the time, this pledge represented conventional thinking . . .

 

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American Library Association Office for Information Technology Policy - Deals with a variety of Internet related issues including copyrights, the digital divide, Internet governance, and telecommunications. Has links to legislation and other important sites.
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Child Online Protection Act - Text of 1998 House Report 105-775 from EPIC.

Closing the Digital Divide - Provides survey and demographic information on access to the internet, as well as data on underserved populations and areas. Created by the US Department of Commerce.

Computer underground Digest - A more-or-less weekly digest/newsletter/journal of debates, news, research, and discussion of legal, social, and other issues related to computer culture.

Electronic Privacy Organizations and Resources - On site information and links to electronic privacy resources from Cornell University's Computer Policy and Law Program.

How Stuff Works: How the FBI's Carnivore Works - In-depth narrative explains what exactly the FBI's Carnivore is, where it came from, how it works, and what its purpose is, with many related links.
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500 InfoReading - A variety of computer related issues from stopping the Motion Picture Association's fight for tougher copyrights to on-line tutorials for web page codes. Many links to other sites.

500 Interasia - Social Usage of Internet in Asia - Part of the Institute for Design and Technology Assessment Program headquartered in Austria. This particular organization focuses on the social impact of the Internet in Malaysia and Vietnam. Has links to news articles about other developing areas.
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Internet Misuse Survey 2002 - Conducted on the Personneltoday.com website during May 2002 among 544 personnel managers and officers employing an average of 2,500 staff. An analysis of the results was carried out by NSM research company.

404 Littering the Information Superhighway - Homepage link to information about privacy, spam, and issues concerning data quality.
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NYTimes.com - Dirty Laundry, Online for All to See - Cincinnati, Ohio has put public documents online at courtclerk.org, and this has had a divisive impact on the community. [Requires free NYTimes.com registration to view.]

NYTimes.com - Pop Go Those Blasted Pop-Up Ads, iVillage Decrees - Pop-up windows have earned the scorn of readers, who say they find the ads' multiplying images annoying. iVillage, a network of Web sites for women, says it is heeding its readers' complaints and plans to eliminate most pop-up advertising by Sept. 30, 2002 on all its sites.

W.H.O.A. - Working to Halt Online Abuse - The mission of W.H.O.A. is to educate the Internet community about online harassment, empower victims of harassment, and formulate voluntary policies that systems can adopt in order to create harassment-free environments.
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Web Epistemology - The Web as Distributed Knowledge - Research project for the study of the web from an epistemological standpoint: relevance, authority and epistemic deference, democratization of knowledge, distributed cognition.

404 Women-Related Internet Info Email Lists - List of news and discussion groups for women interested in the digital divide based on gender.
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