Research Guides: POLS 249: Politics of Economic Development (BMC): News & Current Events

Current Events: U.S. & Global

Atlantic Monthly
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The Economist
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Respected weekly magazine with news coverage of financial, business and policy matters.

Financial Times
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An international daily newspaper with a special emphasis on business and economic news.

Foreign Affairs
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An American magazine of international relations and U.S. foreign policy, published by the Council on Foreign Relations.
Foreign Policy
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An American news publication focused on global affairs, current events, and domestic and international policy.

New York Times
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Full-text access to news articles, blog posts, videos, images, and multimedia features. Coverage from 1851-present.

Wall Street Journal
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WSJ is the largest US newspaper by circulation (as of 2012) with emphasis on business and economic news. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company since July 8, 1889.

Access World News
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Newspaper collections from NewsBank provide full-text articles from the electronic editions of record for nearly 8,000 newspapers around the globe. Database covers 1977-present.
Ethnic Newswatch
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Find articles from newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press in America. Searchable in both English and Spanish, with titles in both languages. Articles from 1959-present.
Nexis Uni
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Formerly LexisNexis, find newspaper and magazine articles, news transcripts, reference works, and legal materials, including Supreme Court cases. Includes the New York Times from 1980-present.

Current Digest of the Chinese Press
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Provides an understanding of current events as reported by mass media in the People's Republic of China. Presents articles from key Chinese newspapers on such topics as politics, international relations, economics, public health, education, culture and more. Articles are selected from sources in China which are explicitly targeted on a domestic audience. Each article is translated into English, with great attention given to conveying the "sense and spirit" of the Chinese text.
MideastWire
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Provides translated daily news coverage of political, cultural, economic and opinion pieces appearing in print, online, radio and television media in all Arab countries, Iran and the Arab Diaspora. Covers 2005-present