Useful Newsmagazines and Websites

(There are others, but these are probably the best)

All of these have links to the web page, but many of them require subscriptions to view the content.  VCU should have access to all of these through their on line system or hard copiers in the library.

 

 

American Prospect

Leans liberal

 

American Spectator

Solidly conservative

 

Atlantic Monthly

General editorial magazine focusing on contemporary social and cultural issues.

 

Bloomberg Business Week

Centrist weekly focusing on politics and business

 

Commentary

Neo-conservative leaning

 

Economist

Weekly; best magazine on the planet for solid coverage of political and economic events; conservative in its editorial pages

 

Harper's Magazine

Center-Left leaning monthly

 

Mother Jones

Solidly on the left

 

Nation, The

Solidly on the left

 

National Review

Flagship magazine of American Conservative establishment

 

New Republic

center-left, but often just contrarian

 

New Yorker

centrist

 

Politico

Real Clear Politics; a compendium of articles right-center-left

 

Roll Call

Source for Congressional news and information.

 

Salon

Investigative online news magazine, slightly to the left.

 

Slate

Politics and culture

 

Time

Centrist, Provides daily updated news articles

 

Weekly Standard

Neo-conservative

 

 

All major television news networks have web sites

ABC

BBC

CBS

CNN

Fox

MSNBC

NBC

 

All major newspapers have web sites too; these are the best

Chicago Tribune

Christian Science Monitor

Los Angeles Times

New York Times

Wall Street Journal

Washington Post