POLI 054: The American Worker: Gov Info & Think Tanks
Government Information
- Congress.govProvides access to legislative information, including the full text of the Congressional Record, a directory of congressional committees and members of Congress, the weekly floor schedule for the House, and a schedule of daily committee hearings.
- Social ExplorerProvides web-based access to United States Census data from 1790 to the present, and to other U.S. and international data, with the ability to make tables and interactive maps easily or export data for analysis. Data include the most commonly used variables and geographies.
Think Tanks
- Google Think Tank Search EngineCustom Google search, indexing the sites of 300+ think tanks in the US and abroad.
- RAND Publication DatabasePapers and reports on topics of current public policy interest, including criminal justice, education, health, national security and international affairs, energy, environment, and science and technology. Contains indexing records for all of RAND's publicly available documents, many with links to full text reports.
- National Bureau of Economic ResearchPrivate, nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to promoting a greater understanding of how the economy works. Conducts & disseminates unbiased economic research in a scientific manner without policy recommendations.
- Economic Policy Institute (EPI)Conducts research and analysis on the economic status of working America so that the needs of low- and middle-income workers are included in economic policy discussions. Nonprofit & nonpartisan.
Advocacy groups and labor organizations
This is a short list of labor unions and organizations, but there are thousands at national, state and local levels. If the specific population you're researching is not represented below, do a Google search for an organization that might advocate for them.
- AFL-CIOThe American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
- American Postal Workers UnionThere is also the National Association of Letter Carriers (http://www.nalc.org) and others.
- American Federation of TeachersThere's also the National Education Association (http://www.nea.org) and NC chapters of both.
- International Labour OrganizationThe official United Nations labor organization.
- 9to5.orgNational Association of Working Women
- SEIUService Employees International Union
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