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Social Issues
American Firearms Association

http://www.firearms.org/afa/

Visit this page if you feel that the NRA is too extremist, but you still believe in a gun owner’s rights. Here you can read about the group’s position on many issues dealing with the right to bear arms.

The Center for Aids Prevention Studies (CAPS)

http://www.epibiostat.ucsf.edu/capsweb/

Comprehensive site on aids prevention efforts at the University of California in San Francisco. Includes a bibliography of scholarly research reports, description of various programs, press releases, newsletters, job postings, and much more. Special features and links.

Center for Defense Information OnLine

http://www.cdi.org

Independent source of authoritative information and analysis of national security issues. CDI publishes the Defense Monitor newsletter and produces the America's Defense Monitor TV series. A popular site.

Drug Use is Life Abuse/Project: No Gangs

http://www.duila.org/

Looking to empower families to help young people resist the temptations of drugs and gangs, this site provides three primary links to groups that help accomplish these goals.

EZ Connect

http://ezconnect.web.aol.com/socia.htm

A very well-managed site that doesn’t just link to its own articles and journals. It has gone out and found the best of the Web at other sites and links you to social issues from homelessness and abuse to guns, disasters, and so on.

Gunfree

http://www.gunfree.inter.net/

Concerned primarily with eliminating handgun violence, this group has put together pages of information and links to data on crimes and accidents that involved guns, as well as what you can do to help (besides just joining their organization).

Institute for Global Communications

gopher://gopher.igc.apc.org/1

With the ability to link to five major social action groups, PeaceNet, EcoNet, ConflictNet, LaborNet, and WomensNet, as well as to general information on current social issues, this Gopher page is a good place to begin your search.

just

http://libertynet.org/~zelson/publish/just.html

This collection of personal experiences and encounters with real social issues is invaluable. The goal here is to put a human face to issues that are too often decided upon by people who will never feel the ramifications of their actions.

The Knowledge Source

http://www.sirs.com/tree/social.htm

This page is set up by a larger group called SIRS. Their intention is to provide an easier means of access to information for schools and libraries. What they have a complied here are meta-links to most of the relevant social issues of the day.

NARAL

http://www.naral.org/publications/facts/fact.html

A very political wing of the pro-choice movement, this site is an effort to keep Americans informed of current trends in the battle to defend reproductive rights.

National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information

http://www.health.org/

Find searchable databases, related links, online forums, and a lot more at this site. Programs for reaching kids, conference calendar and research and statistics included.

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/

This government organization provides a lot of useful information on this aspect of culture and life and what is being done about it. Contents include information about the organization’s mission, its staff, and open positions. Along with its publications list, it also offers grants and contract information and online databases (ETOH and Quick Facts).

National Right to Life

http://www.nrlc.org/

Visit this page for an informed introduction to the Right to Life’s stands and beliefs. Links to politicians’ voting records and articles to keep you up-to-date on the newest developments in the movement.

Planned Parenthood Federation of America

http://www.ppfa.org/ppfa/index.html

Access links to a varied list of resources, find out how to contact them to either utilize their services or volunteer time, or read about PP’s past and where it’s going.

Sexual Assault Information Page

http://cs.utk.edu/~bartley/saInfoPage.html

Extensive information and links to resources for victims. Issues include professional abuse, ritual abuse, incest, acquaintance rape, and many more. Part of the WWWomen WebRing.

Soapbox Issues

http://www.pangalactic.com/soapbox/

Pick a topic, any topic. This site picks an issue a month, features an article about it, and gives you a forum to voice your opinion on how to fix what’s wrong with society. Each topic then has links to experts in the field.

Soundprint Historical and Social Issues

http://soundprint.brandywine.american.edu/~soundprt/historical_and_social.html

Partially funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, this page introduces many topics of historical and social importance, along with where to find out more. Some of the topics included also have reading and resource lists.

Today in Perspective

http://www.iquest.net/~gtemp/

This online journal covers the right and the left, not trying to placate, just deliver from both sides of the spectrum. There are links to issues such as family violence and poverty, as well as other, more political matters.

Urban Legends Archive

http://www.urbanlegends.com/

Our urban legends say a lot about us as a society, what we’re afraid of and what we hope for. This site is aiming to be the most comprehensive one out there, and the stories that it doesn’t have links to can be found through links to other urban legends pages.

U.S. Pro-Life Directory

http://user.mc.net/dougp/prolist1.html

There are several extensive lists to be found at this site. Many non-denominational groups, as well as some that are affiliated with organized religions can be found. Information on the pro-life movement also is available.

Vote Smart Web

http://www.vote-smart.org/

This page not only helps voters make informed choices in their voting, it also introduces those who might not be familiar with the electoral college to some of the nuances of how our government works.