The U.S. Government

Congressional Index

Find & contact political leaders, find out about their voting records on bills & issues & get involved with your government

U.S. Senate: Reference

This site aims to help "you locate information related to the Senate, including art, buildings, history, legislation, members, officers and staff, procedures, symbols, and traditions. Information is arranged broadly by topic." Also provides statistics and lists, a Senate organization chart, bibliographies (from books about the U.S. Constitution to Capitol Hill in fiction), a glossary, and more.

Political Science

Images of American Political History

Reproductions of art from colonial times to scanned photographs from the present day

Current Issues

Newspaper Stories

HeadlineSpot

Guide to thousands of the best U.S. and international news resources on the Web

lllinois Newspapers

Links to local newspapers from a large number of Illinois towns; articles are available according to individual papers' archiving policies

Immigration

Mexico Migration Project (MMP)
Each year this project compiles a history of Mexican migration to the U.S. based on interviews conducted in Mexico during the winter. Topics include employment, earnings, and use of U.S. social services. The site features downloadable data, maps, and a list of publications. Also includes oral histories, and an online exhibit of religious folk art retablos (1900-1993).

Race

Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD)

Museum celebrates how "we all, as one world, have changed and influenced the history and cultures of the African Diaspora." The site features online exhibits such as "thousands of images contributed from visitors all over the world" relating to the African Diaspora and "narratives about people of African descent."

Fairy Tales

SurLaLune Fairy Tale Pages
Seventeen well-known childhood fairy tales are presented with selected words annotated for their symbolic meaning in the art of storytelling. Beautiful illustrations, colorful history, and many variants of the tales as they appear in numerous cultures are portrayed. In addition, each tale provides a small discussion of some of the better known treatments by authors and artists in the fields of literature, poetry, music, film, and drama. Bibliographies available. This scholarly work is still in progress by its creator, Heidi Anne Heiner, but nonetheless conjures up vivid images of magical childhood fairy tales.