Web Sites

• Electronic Policy Network
  EPN (Electronic Policy Network) brings together a highly selective list of quality liberal and progressive web sites, including journals, think tanks and research centers. The emphasis is on government and social policies, such as family issues, public welfare, media, health issues, etc. The virtual magazine maintained at this site is called Idea Central. The entire site is searchable by keyword.

• People for the American Way
  A nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, this group is very active in civil liberties, right to privacy, censorship and other issues impacting civil rights. It is highly critical of the "religious right," and has amassed a large document file on the activi ties of this conservative political movement.

• Treehuggers; Web Resources for Social, Political, and Spiritual Liberals
  This site brings together about 300 annotated links to liberal and progressive web sites. Despite its name, it is not limited to environmental causes, but rather includes a wide range of issue-oriented links, from the death penalty to organic gardening to recycling.

• Turn Left; the Home of Liberalism on the Web
  This site takes as its first mission the task of explaining liberalism. It includes a glossary and other helpful information.

Materials in the UW Libraries

• American Prospect
  Suzzallo Periodicals
  E838 A54
  Subtitled "a journal for the liberal imagination," this quarterly seeks to renew "America's democratic traditions by presenting a practical and convincing vision of liberal philosophy, politics and public life." An additional resource is the American Prospect website

• Contemporary Review
  Suzzallo Periodicals
  051 CO
  Published in Great Britain, this monthly takes a global view of public affairs. Intellectual in presentation, and generally liberal in perspective, it is written in a comprehensible style and well researched. It covers the arts and religion, as well as more clearly political issues of the day.

• Dissent
  Suzzallo Periodicals
  335.05 DI
  A "magazine of the left," Dissent publishes articles examining U.S. politics and society. It also covers the issues in European politics. The Dissent website maintains a selective archive.

• George
  Suzzallo Periodicals
  E839.5 G39
  A chatty, gossipy, glossy effort, George is a new publication, trying to carve out a reputation for behind the scenes information. It is edited by John Kennedy, Jr.

• Mother Jones
  Undergraduate Periodicals
  AP2 M69193
  One of the classic alternative magazines to come out of the 1970's, Mother Jones describes itself as liberal, but goes after all sides in any political controversy. The Mother Jones web site has several years of fulltext, searchable archives.

• NACLA Report on the Americas
  Suzzallo Periodicals and Undergraduate Periodicals
  F1401 N662
  

• The Nation
  Suzzallo Periodicals and Undergraduate Periodicals
  051 N
  One of the foremost liberal journals, The Nation, the oldest continually published weekly in the U.S., takes an unapologetic left-wing stance on the issues of the day. It even has a sense of humor about itself. The Nation has recently opened a website.

• New Republic
  Suzzallo Periodicals and Undergraduate Periodicals
  051 NER
  More balanced than its soulmate The Nation, the New Republic publishes even-handed commentary on public issues. It has been criticized by some liberals for losing its political fervor in the last several years.

• New Statesman
  Suzzallo Periodicals
  AP4 N65
  Published in London, the New Statesman represents the perspectives of the British Labour Party and covers the U.K. political scene in a substantive fashion, but also reports on American politics. It continues to devote a good part of its pages to a review of the arts and culture.

• Village Voice
  Microform and Newspaper Collections
  Current newspapers and microfilm A7015
  An alternative press paper that grew up, the Village Voice is very lively and entertaining, anything but objective. Look here for commentary on modern life and politics.

• Washington Monthly
  Suzzallo Periodicals
  AP2 W32
  This jaunty and outspoken journal takes on every troublesome issue it can find. Extremely opinionated, it has a clear editorial bias and covers federal political issues with liberal logic.