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ALC On-Line Reader
Here you can find links to specific articles on subjects related
to ALC Topic Development class. The articles are listed by topic or by
title and then author/publication. Happy reading!
Topics
TOC
The Lay of the Land / How We Live / Family
/ Gender /LGBT Issues /
Race
and Identity / Immigration / Class
/ Media / Volunteerism and Civic
Participation /
Politics and the Democratic Process
/ Crime and Guns / Environmental /
Education /
Post
9-11 America / Historical / Miscellaneous
The Lay of the Land
Readings
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Nation Master Encylopedia: The Geography and Cultural Regions of the USA
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The Red
State Blue State Divide / Wikipedia
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US
Regions / Wikipedia
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Multi-Media
- Red or Blue - Which are
You? (Audio and Quiz) http://slate.com/id/2103764/
and
http://www.slate.com/Features/040712_RedBlueQuiz/quiz.html
- The
Frugal Traveler - American Road Trip / NYTimes Interactive Site
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Everyday America / NYTimes Slideshow
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How We Live
Readings
- Well, America: Is The Car
Culture Working?
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Calif.
law collides with car culture
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Two Acres of Farm Lost to
Sprawl Each Minute, New Study Says
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Fast Food Nation – A PBS
News Hour Report
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Multi-Media
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In Contrast: Smart Growth versus Sprawl
(Photos Essay)
- American
Sprawl at Night (Satellite Photo)
- USGS Aerial Photo South Bay
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California Sprawl (Photo)
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The
Past, Present and Future of Food / UC Berkeley WebCast
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Is Obesity Contagious / NYTimes Video
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Family
Readings
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"Children suffer as Single Parenting Rates Soar"
- “Teen
Moms and Out-of-Wedlock Births: Why and at What Cost?”
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"US Marriage Rates Drop Drastically with Little Explanation"
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“Executive Summary: The Changing American Family"
- Boston Marriage, Free Love, and Fictive Kin: Historical Alternatives
to Mainstream Marriage http://www.oah.org/pubs/nl/2004aug/freedman.html
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Multi-Media
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Kathleen Dalton
compares today’s moral anxieties over gay marriage (Audio)
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Aging in America / MSNBC Flash Slideshow
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Californication: Divorce California Style / NYTimes Video
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Gender
Readings
- “More
Statistics about Boys and Boyhood” / Supporting Our Sons Web Site
- “Your
Son: Nature vs. Nurture” / Supporting Our Sons Web Site
- “Women
on a Binge” / Jodie Morse
- Women and the Draft in
America / Selective Service
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Multi-Media
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Amazing Girls / NYTimes Animated Slide Show
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LGBT Issues
Readings
- Gay
Rights: An Overview / Public Agenda
- Some Quick Stats on Homophobia
- Answers to Questions About Sexual Orientation and Homosexuality
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The Prime Minister of Spain: On the Occasion of Legalizing Gay Marriage
in Spain
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Opinion Poll Results: Gay Marriage / NYTimes CBS News Poll
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Multi-Media
- New
Era / PBS News Hour Overview of Recent Event on Gay Marriage (Video Clip)
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"For Better or for Worse" Comic Strip: Coming Out
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Peter and Clifton Get Married / NYTimes Video
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Out and Alone: Gay Homeless Youth
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Race and Identity
Readings
- Official
US Racial Definitions
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Overview: The Issue at a Glance (Race)
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Racial Profiling / American Civil Liberties Union
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U.S. Attitudes Toward Interracial Dating Are Liberalizing
- New Marriages, New
Families: U.S. Racial and Hispanic Intermarriage
- Color Lines Magazine
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The New “Sleeping
Giant” in California Politics: The Growth of Asian Americans
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Multi-Media
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Race in America: Beyond Black and White (Audio)
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Race in America: Beyond Black and White (Transcript)
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Awash in Color Blind Casting - Multicultural Broadway / NYTimes Slide Show
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Immigration
Readings
- “Immigration
to the United States: 2002 Update”
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Immigration: An Overview / Public Agenda\
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The Overseas Class - LA Times article on Immigrant Workers in Japan and HK
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The Seeds of Promise - LA Times article on Mexican Farm Workers in US
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Asian
Outlook 2006 / the Asia Pacific Fund
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Our Town / NYTimes Magazine
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Santa
Clara Adding Asians / San Jose Mercury News
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Multi-Media
- Largest Ancestry Group by County / Wikepedia Map
- An Overview
of Migrant Labor Issues / PBS's NOW with Bill Moyers (Audio)
- Immigration
Benefits to the US / PBS NewsHour (Video or Audio)
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The Chinese in
America – Discussion with Iris Chang
- Beyond Borders: Video Reports on Mexican Immigration (Video)
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The Overseas Class - LA Times Narrated Slideshow
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The Seeds of Promise - LA Times Narrated Slideshow
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To Build a Fence - NYTimes Narrated Slideshow
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Senate Approves Immigration Legislation NYTimes Narrated Slideshow
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Borders open and closed - NYTimes Narrated Slideshow
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Boarder Crossing / LATimes Narrated Slideshow
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Minutemen Without a Country / LATimes Narrated Slideshow
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The Land of Opportunity -
Immigration / Roanoke Times Award Winning Interactive Website
Class in America
Readings
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"The American Paradox" / The Atlantic
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“Executive Summary: Our Changing Nation”
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“'Voodoo' Economics: Gap Between Rich and Poor Grows in U.S.”
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The New Rich-Rich Gap / Newsweek
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Silicon Valley Millionaires Who Don't Feel Rich
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Multi-Media
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"Taxing the Poor" / PBS News hour (Video)
- The NY
Times Series Discusses Class in America (Interactive Website)
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The Class Test (Flash Animation)
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Life Among the Hyper Rich / (Audio Slide Show)
- Learning Point
Associates Web site on Class, Race and Education (website)
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Working Class Millionaire / NYTimes Video
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America's Favorite Billionaire / NYTimes Video
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Media and Pop Culture
Readings
- "Amplifying
officials, Squelching Dissent" / FAIR: Fairness and Accuracy in
Reporting
- The American
Medical Association on the Impact of the Media
- Japanese manga takes humongous step
http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2005-07-05-japanese-manga_x.htm
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Asian-American Air Guitarist / SF Chronicle
Multi-Media
- The Merchants of Cool / PBS Frontline (Interactive website) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cool/
- Globalization /National Geographic Article with Photos
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/2000/culture/global/main.html
- Vanishing Cultures / National Geographic Photo Essay
http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/2000/culture/lost/main.html
Volunteerism and Civic Participation
Readings
Multi-Media
Politics and the Democratic Process
Readings
- Campaign 2004,
The Issues / PBS overview
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US Election Basics / Library of Congress
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The
Case for Impeachment / Harpers Magazine
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Multi-Media
- The
Evolution of Campaign Ads / PBS's NOW with Bill Moyers (Video Clip)
- Presidential
campaign ads for 2004 / C SPAN (Various Video Clips)
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On Impeachment / Bill Moyers (Article and Video clip)
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Crime and Guns
Readings
- Prison Statistics in
the US / US Department of Justice
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Bush Report on Shooting Omits Gun Control Option
- Gun Control vs. Gun Rights
/ The Center for Responsive Politics
- The Color of Crime / Report by
New Century Foundation (pdf)
- Hate
Crime in America / Department of Justice Report
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Violent Crime Blazing Back in America / ABC News
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Lack of Reform Contributes to Oakland's Murder Rate / New America Media
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Multi-Media
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Bowling for Columbine / Website
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Some Nations Toughened Laws
After Virginia Tech / MSNBC Website
- Crime
in Middle America / Time Mag. Photo Essay
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Gang Capital of America / NYTimes Video
- One
Nation, Under Guns / Newsweek Narrated Slideshow
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The Environment and Green Issues
Readings
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Could this be the
Global-Warming Generation? / CS Monitor
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U.S. Must Warm to Energy Efficiency / The Financial Times
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Multi-Media
- Environmental Issues in North Carolina (Audio)
- Winona La Duke
discusses Sustainable Energy (Audio)
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Malaysian Student Focuses on Environmental Issues (Audio and Text)
- Before and
After Katrina / MSNBC Narrated Slide Shows
- An Inconvenient Truth /
Website
- An Inconvenient
Truth / Trailer
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The Power of Green / NYTimes Video
- Blighted Homeland /
LATimes Narrated Slideshow
- The Seas are in Crisis / LATimes
Narrated Slideshow
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Eductaion
Readings
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Multi-Media
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Critical Years: A Model Middle School / NYTimes Narrated Slideshow
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Inequality in Schools / NYTimes Narrated Slideshow
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Coping with the high cost of Education / NYTimes Audio
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Bilingual Education - Learning Mandarin in SF / NYTimes Narrated Slideshow
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Post 9-11 America
Readings
- Presidential
Speech on 9-11 / George W. Bush – Transcript of Speech
- ACLU
Files First-Ever Challenge to USA PATRIOT Act / ACLU
- "Danger
to civil liberties when security is strengthened" / CNN
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Multi-Media
- Remarks
to MoveOn / Al Gore (Video Clip: Requires Real Player)
- Commentary
on Patriotism / Kathy Wilson, NPR (Audio)
- "America
Remembers 9-11" / CNN (Interactive Website)
- Faces of the Fallen (Interactive Website)
http://www.facesofthefallen.org/
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Farewell
to an American Soldier / NYTimes Narrated SLideshow
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Buddies Bound for the Marine Corps / LATimes Narrated Slideshow
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Historical
Readings
- US Library of Congress Countrry Studies History of the US http://countrystudies.us/united-states/
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Multi-Media
- Malcolm X: "Message To
The Grass Roots" 10 Nov, 1963 in Detroit, MI http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/malcolmxgrassroots.htm
- Edward M. Kennedy: “Truth
and Tolerance in America” 3
October 1983 http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/edwardkennedytruth&tolerance.htm
- The origins and
history of Independence Day (Audio) http://talkinghistory.oah.org/shows/2005/IndependenceDay.mp3
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Miscellaneous
Readings
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"The
Values Americans Live By" / L. Robert Kohls
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CNN Article -
Most Young People Cannot Find Iraq on a Map
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Multi-Media
- VOA Special English http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/
- Goodbye Speech (Baz Luhrmann)
Everybody’s Free http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/bazluhrmannsunscreen.htm
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Chasing 714 (Barry Bonds) - NYTimes Narrated Slideshow
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EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
- Virtual Presentation Assistant / University of Kansas - Communication Department
- http://www.ku.edu/~coms/virtual_assistant/vpa/vpa.htm
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