Essay 1 Resources - Freedom vs. Equality - ENGL 150 (N. Nelson)

Suggested Keywords

"marriage equality"

"marriage equality" AND laws

"same sex marriage" AND laws

Obergefell v. Hodges

transgender AND athletes

transgender AND sports

transgender AND athletes AND (laws OR legal)

transgender AND athletes AND legislation

"anti-trans legislation" AND sports

"affirmative action" AND court

[Names of specific court cases like "Fisher v. University of Texas" or "Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard"]

"Federal affirmative action programs"

"State affirmative action bans"

"Tax credits for private schools"

"Charter school funding"

"State funding for education"

"Public education funding"

"Electoral college reform"

"Direct election of president"

"Presidential election" AND "popular vote"

"National Popular Vote Interstate Compact"

Suggested Databases

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) This link opens in a new window
Full text articles from over 8,500 publications including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. Also contains citations for over 25,000 publications including white papers, reports, conference proceedings, etc.
Opposing Viewpoints In Context (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Viewpoints from all perspectives on the most controversial issues using a variety of sources including journals, primary sources, reference sources, biographies, images, videos, audio recordings, news, magazines, statistics, and websites. Browseable by topic in categories such as business and economics, energy and environmentalism, health and medicine, law and politics, society and culture, science, technology, and ethics, and war and diplomacy.
Facts on File This link opens in a new window
Essential news facts distilled from articles in over 100 major newspapers, news magazines, other periodicals, and government and online sources from the U.S. and around the world. Editors verify all facts for accuracy and edit summaries for maximum clarity. Browseable by topic, landmark event, country, person, or resource type such as editorial cartoons or statistics.
Access World News This link opens in a new window
News coverage at the local, state, regional, national, and international level from over 12,400 print and online newspapers, blogs, newswires, journals, broadcast transcripts, and videos.

Marriage Equality

Journey to Marriage Equality in the United States (Human Rights Campaign)
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is an American LGBTQ advocacy group. It is the largest LGBTQ political lobbying organization within the United States.[2] Based in Washington, D.C., the organization focuses on protecting and expanding rights for LGBTQ individuals, most notably advocating for same-sex marriage, anti-discrimination and hate crimes legislation, and HIV/AIDS advocacy. The organization has a number of legislative initiatives as well as supporting resources for LGBTQ individuals.
Same Sex Marriage (Reports & Stats from the Pew Research Center)
The Pew Research Center (also simply known as Pew) is a nonpartisan American think tank based in Washington, D.C. It provides information on social issues, public opinion, and demographic trends shaping the United States and the world. It also conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, random sample survey research and panel based surveys, media content analysis, and other empirical social science research.

The Pew Research Center does not take policy positions, and is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts.
Short article about Respect for Marriage Act (PBS)

The Limits to Union: Same-Sex Marriage and the Politics of Civil Rights
Call Number: Ebook
The Limits to Union documents a legal struggle at its moment of greatest historical importance [S]ame-sex marriage is an important issue...that finds itself caught in the friction points of much larger debates over the nature of rights, the limits of sovereignty and the proper role of courts and law in a democratic society. The Limits to Union should therefore be of interest even to those who do not think of themselves as interested in gay and lesbian rights issues." -Evan Gerstmann, Loyola Marymount University, Law and Politics Book Review

Transgender Issues in Sports

Get the Facts about Transgender & Non-Binary Athletes (Human Rights Campaign)
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is an American LGBTQ advocacy group. It is the largest LGBTQ political lobbying organization within the United States.[2] Based in Washington, D.C., the organization focuses on protecting and expanding rights for LGBTQ individuals, most notably advocating for same-sex marriage, anti-discrimination and hate crimes legislation, and HIV/AIDS advocacy. The organization has a number of legislative initiatives as well as supporting resources for LGBTQ individuals.
Sport Regulators Must Restrict Female Sports Competition to Female Athletes and Provide Equitable, Inclusive Accommodations for Transgender Athletes Within the Women’s Sports Umbrella (Women's Sports Policy Working Group)
Stated mission: "Our mission is to affirm and strengthen girls’ and women’s legal right to separate, single-sex sports competitions. We encourage any accommodations for males who identify as transgender so long as those accommodations do not diminish females’ opportunities, scholarships, or prize money, nor females’ right to fair, safe, separate sports experiences."

Affirmative Action

Affirmative Action (Reports and Stats from Pew Research Center)
The Pew Research Center (also simply known as Pew) is a nonpartisan American think tank based in Washington, D.C. It provides information on social issues, public opinion, and demographic trends shaping the United States and the world. It also conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, random sample survey research and panel based surveys, media content analysis, and other empirical social science research.

The Pew Research Center does not take policy positions, and is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts.
Affirmative Action Debate
Guiding principles of the website:
We will aim to convey not only the wide range of opinion that exists on the issues the site covers, but also provide references and resources that will allow the user to explore the key reasons underlying different views;
We will carefully fact-check data presented on the site, with links, where possible, to original sources;
We will eventually provide annotated bibliographies on major issues;
We will clearly identify and distinguish “reporting” and “data presentation” from debates, opinion, and advocacy.

School Funding

Public education funding in the U.S. needs an overhaul
The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) is a 501(c) non-profit American think tank based in Washington, D.C., that carries out economic research and analyzes the economic impact of policies and proposals. Affiliated with the labor movement, the EPI is usually described as presenting a left-leaning and pro-union viewpoint on public policy issues.
How School Funding Works in Michigan
The Mackinac Center for Public Policy is the largest U.S. state-based free market think tank in the United States. The Mackinac Center conducts policy research and educational programs. Mackinac Center scholars generally recommend lower taxes, reduced regulatory authority for state agencies, right-to-work laws, school choice, and enhanced protection of individual property rights; they avoid socially conservative issues such as reproductive or marriage rights.

Electoral College

Electoral College
Information on the Electoral College from the National Archives and Records Administration.
National Popular Vote
National Popular Vote Inc. is a non-profit organization based in Los Altos, California, launched in 2006 by Barry Fadem and John Koza. Its purpose is "to study, analyze and educate the public regarding its proposed interstate compact providing for the nationwide popular election of the President of the United States," and it developed and champions the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.
Majority of Americans continue to favor moving away from Electoral College (Pew Research Center)
The Pew Research Center (also simply known as Pew) is a nonpartisan American think tank based in Washington, D.C. It provides information on social issues, public opinion, and demographic trends shaping the United States and the world. It also conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, random sample survey research and panel based surveys, media content analysis, and other empirical social science research.

The Pew Research Center does not take policy positions, and is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts.
The Electoral College Explained (Brennan Center for Justice)
The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law (NYU Law) is a liberal or progressive nonprofit law and public policy institute. The Brennan Center advocates for public policy positions including raising the minimum wage, opposing voter ID laws, and calling for public funding of elections. The organization's stated mission is to "work to hold our political institutions and laws accountable to the twin American ideals of democracy and equal justice for all.”