Some Sources of Policy-Relevant Information (Many related sites are found on the US Government links page)

General sites on public policy issues:

· Interested in tracking money in politics? Try Open Secrets, from the Center for Responsive Politics.

· Annenberg Policy Center’s Fact Check calls folks on being loose with truth.

· The Vanderbilt University Libraries maintain an exhaustive list of policy links, categorized by issue

· The organization Public agenda has information about many policy issues, very centrist.

· The Pew Research site has polling information on policy issues.

· Lots more polls at Pollster

· The Urban Institute researches many policy questions.

· The Brookings Institution is often called “center-left,” meaning more Democrat than Republican but not “progressive” Democrat.

· The Tax Policy Center (joint product of Urban and Brookings) is THE place to go for information about taxes and related policies.

· Care2.com is an organization that wants to put you in touch with green and cosmopolitan groups that emphasize participation

· The American Political Science Association has a section devoted to public policy

· An environmental group that uses economic analysis is Resources for the Future

· If you want to see how Democrats see policy go to: (Partisan does not equal untrustworthy)

· The Democratic Party national organization and the Democratic Leadership Council

· the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities

· the Progressive Policy Institute

· the Economic Policy Institute.

· If you want to see how Republicans see policy, go to: (Partisan does not equal untrustworthy)

· The Republican Party national organization

· the American Enterprise Institute

· the Cato Institute

· the Heritage Foundation.

· Public-Policy.org

· The Federalist Society

· the Competitive Enterprise Institute

· To check on who’s who on the right, try RightWeb (they define “right” as anyone advocating military approaches to international issues, so include many Democrats as well)

· Check the Joint Center on Political and Economic Studies, for a look at African Americans in the political system

Sources of Policy Analysis on Defense-Related Issues (see also the page on International Relations, Security, War and Peace)

· The Rand Corporation

· The Center for Strategic and International Studies has an Iraq Briefing page

· The Council on Foreign Relations has lots of material on Iraq, and a Middle East page; they also have a page of Iraq-related links. 

· The United States Institute of Peace has a variety of publications, check their various categories. 

· The National Security Advisors blog is written by some people who are very good on the topic. 

· The Strategic Studies Institute, at the US Army War College, publishes many interesting studies. 

Keep Up With Politics

· Some of the most popular sites for aggregating and analyzing news about the political world are

§ The Cook Political Report publishes predictions and analysis of US politics

§ Five Thirty Eight is rather good at using data to investigate politics

§ Politico (the morning email of Politico Playbook, which you can sign up for, is read by insiders)

§ Real Clear Politics

§ Townhall is perhaps the best aggregator of right wing opinion

§ Mother Jones is perhaps the best place for left wing opinion .

Blogs about Economics and Economic Policy

· Paul Krugman’s Conscience of a Liberal, at http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/\

· Grasping Reality with Both Hands, at http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/movable_type/

· Real World Economics Blog, at http://rwer.wordpress.com/

· Angry Bear, at http://www.angrybearblog.com/

· Naked Capitalism, at http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/