Library: Civic Literacy: News & Newspapers

Newspaper databases

New York Times Academic Pass This link opens in a new window
Anyone with a valid UWP email address can sign up for free access to the NYTimes.com website and smartphone apps.
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Wall Street Journal (2010-present) This link opens in a new window
Washington Post This link opens in a new window
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American daily newspaper. Anyone with a valid UWP email address can sign up for free access to washingtonpost.com.
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FactCheck
Evaluates the accuracy of political claims, and responds to user-submitted inquiries. Archives cover the 2004 and 2006 elections. From the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center.
Politifact
Published by CQ and the St. Petersburg Times, Politifact "scores" candidates, chain emails, national party committees, and unsourced attacks for accuracy.
ProCon.org
A nonprofit nonpartisan public charity that provides well-sourced pro, con, and related research on more than 50 controversial issues. ... With more than 12,000 pages of highly curated, referenced content, ProCon.org provides a platform for people to question information, evaluate opposing views, and debate them in a respectful way.
AllSides.com

AllSides is a multi-partisan revolution and set of technologies fueled by data and people like you. The AllSides Bias Rating is based on a crowd-driven, patent-pending technology. From bias ratings to AllSides for Schools to Civil Conversations (in development), it's people-powered tech.

Snopes

Fact-checks and documents rumors, urban legends, news, and other information that spreads across the internet..