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Newspaper & Magazines Online

The New York Times - The newspaper of record. Your first source for national and international news reported daily. 

Time Magazine - America's premier news magazine. 

Google News - Find out what’s happening in the world and in places you care about. Read stories from different points of view. Choose the news sources you use.

Slate - Slate is a daily magazine on the web. Slate is a general-interest publication offering analysis and commentary about politics, news, business, technology, and culture. 

The Huffington Post - Current news reports analyzed. 

Politicocovers politics and policy in the United States and internationally.

BBC News the world's largest broadcast news organization. 

Politico - covers politics and policy in the U.S. and abroad. 

The Wall Street Journal - a business-based international newspaper. 

Blogs & Podcasts

NPR Hourly Now - Five minutes of NPR News updated hourly. Plus links to other news podcasts. 

BBC Podcasts - Links to BBC produced podcasts.

CNN Podcasts - Breaking News podcasts from the authority in news, CNN. CNN podcasts are available for our most popular television shows and original political podcasts.

Fact Checking Sites

Factcheck.orga nonpartisan, nonprofit “consumer advocate” for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics.

 Snopes.com - the oldest and largest fact-checking site on the Internet.

Politifact.comfocuses on looking at specific statements made by politicians and rating them for accuracy.