Los Angeles Mission Library: Communication Studies (Prof. Barker).: Recommended Websites

Online Collections of Speeches

American Rhetoric is an online speech bank of 5000+ full text, audio and video versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews and other recorded media events.

International women's voices on a variety of topics.

Research Websites

Pew Research Center
Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world
Census.gov
Great source for statistical data about everything the US government researches.
Real Clear Politics
Political Articles from newspapers and websites that support liberal and conservative ideals. Great place to find both sides of political issues.

Recommended Websites

TED Talks
Ideas Worth Spreading
Prager University
5 min videos by world-renowned thinkers!

USA Government Info.

USA Government
The U.S. government's official web portal, USA.gov makes it easy for the public to get U.S. government information and services on the web.

Skeptoid.com

Skeptoid.com
Skeptoid is a weekly science podcast dedicated to furthering knowledge by blasting away the widespread pseudosciences that infect popular culture, and replacing them with way cooler reality.
Real Clear Science
Daily postings from US Newspapers and websites about anything related to science.