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Divided into 14 sections, this expansive resource list provides a slew of websites on the most frequently discussed sociology topics.

 


Overviews of Social Inequality

Explorations in Social Inequality: links and bibliographic resources relating to social class, stratification, and inequality: http://www.trinity.edu/mkearl/strat.html

The Progress of Nations: The nations of the world ranked according to their achievements in child health, nutrition, education, family planning, and progress for women: http://www.unicef.org/pon00

 

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Understanding Race, Ethnicity and Racial/Ethnic Discrimination

100 Questions and Answers about Arab Americans: http://www.freep.com/jobspage/arabs

American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee: http://www.adc.org

Asian Pacific American Network: http://www.apanet.org

Black Facts Online: http://www.blackfacts.com

History of Jim Crow Segregation Laws: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/~ljones/Jimcrow/index.html

Japanese American Internment: On-line Exhibit: http://www.scu.edu/SCU/Programs/Diversity/exhibit2.html

Leadership Education for Asian Pacifics: Asian American Experiences in the U. S.: http://www.askasia.org/image/maps/t000015.htm

National Latino Research Center: http://www.csusm.edu/nlrc

Native Web: Resources for Indigenous Cultures Around the World http://www.nativeweb.org

Race data from the U. S. census: http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/race.html

Racial and Ethnic Stratification: A sociological exploration of racial and ethnic inequality in the U. S.: http://www.trinity.edu/mkearl/race.html

Southern Poverty Law Center: http://www.splcenter.org

 

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Socioeconomic Status and Class Inequality

Center for Urban Poverty: http://povertycenter.cwru.edu

Corporate Welfare Information Center: http://www.corporations.org/welfare

Covington’s Homeless: A Documentary: http://www.intac.com/~jdeck/Covdex2.html

Current data on poverty from the U. S. census: http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/hhes/www/poverty.html

The Forbes 400: Forbes annual ranking of the 400 richest people in the U. S.: http://www.forbes.com/2001/09/27/400.html

Inequality.org: News, Information, and Expertise on the Divide in Income, Wealth, and Health: http://www.inequality.org

Institute on Race and Poverty: http://www1.umn.edu/irp

Institute for Research on Poverty: http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/irp

National Center for Children in Poverty: http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/nccp/index.html

National Coalition for the Homeless: http://www.nationalhomeless.org

People Like Us: Social Class in America: http://www.pbs.org/peoplelikeus

Poverty and Race Research Action Council: Race, Poverty & Corporate Welfare: http://www.prrac.org/topics/mar00/leroy.htm

PovertyNet: Inequality, Poverty, and Socio-economic Performance: http://www.worldbank.org/poverty/inequal/index.htm

United Nations Development Program World Income Inequality Database: http://www.wider.unu.edu/wiid/wiid.htm

Welfare Information Network: http://www.welfareinfo.org

 

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Understanding Sex, Gender and Sexism

Boys to Men Sports Media: Messages About Masculinity: http://www.childrennow.org/media/boystomen/report-sports.html

European Pro-Feminist Men’s Network: http://www.europrofem.org

Feminism and Women’s Issues Links: http://www.pscw.uva.nl/sociosite/TOPICS/Women.html

Gender Education and Advocacy (GEA): http://www.gender.org

Gender Stats: A Database of Gender Statistics: http://genderstats.worldbank.org

Gender Stratification: A sociological exploration of sex and gender inequality: http://www.trinity.edu/mkearl/gender.html

Homophobia and Masculinities among Young Men: Lessons in Becoming a Straight Man: http://www.xyonline.net/misc/homophobia.html

Institute for Women's Policy Research: http://www.iwpr.org

The International Foundation for Transgender Education: http://www.ifge.org

The Intersex Society of North America: http://www.isna.org

The National Organization for Men Against Sexism: http://www.nomas.org

 

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Perspectives on Sexualities

American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists: http://www.aasect.org

Cornell Human Sexuality Collection: http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/HSC/faq/hscfaq.htm

Kinsey Institute: http://www.indiana.edu/~kinsey

Magnus Hirschfeld Archive for Sexology: http://www2.hu-berlin.de/sexology

Planned Parenthood Federation of America: http://www.ppfa.org

Planned Parenthood resources for teens: http://www.plannedparenthood.org/teens

SexQuest: http://www.SexQuest.com

Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States: http://www.siecus.org

Sexuality Research Council: http://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/sexuality

SIECUS links page: http://www.siecus.org/links/links.html

Society for Human Sexuality: http://www.sexuality.org

The American Board of Sexology: http://www.sexologist.org

The Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality: http://www.iashs.edu/

World Association for Sexology: http://www.worldsexology.org/

 

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Work, Employment and the Economy

AFL-CIO Executive Pay Watch: http://www.aflcio.org/paywatch/index.htm

Bureau of Labor Statistics: http://www.bls.gov

National Partnership for Women and Families: http://www.nationalpartnership.org

Sweatshop Watch: http://www.sweatshopwatch.org

The National Committee on Pay Equity: http://www.feminist.com/fairpay

Understanding the Unemployment Rate: http://www.mnwfc.org/lmi/review/0899supp.htm

The Wage Gap: A history of pay inequity and the equal pay act: http://www.infoplease.com/spot/equalpayact1.html

 

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Families

Alternative Family Institute: http://www.altfamily.org

Alternative Family: http://www.alternative-family.com

Center for Working Families: http://workingfamilies.berkeley.edu

Center on Fathers, Families, and Public Policy: http://www.cffpp.org

Familes and Work Institute: http://www.familiesandwork.org

Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics: http://www.childstats.gov

Kearl’s Guide to the Sociology of the Family: http://www.trinity.edu/~mkearl/family.html

Kids Count: http://www.aecf.org/kidscount

Love Makes a Family: http://www.familydiv.org/lovemakesafamily

National Center for Policy Research for Women and Families: http://www.cpr4womenandfamilies.org

 

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Education

The Chilly Climate: How Men and Women are Treated Differently in Classrooms and at Work: http://www.bernicesandler.com/id4.htm

Gender and Ethnic Bias in Instruction: An ERIC information guide: http://askeric.org/Old_Askeric/InfoGuides/alpha_list/Gender-bias07-98.html

How Selective Colleges Heighten Inequality: http://chronicle.com/free/v47/i03/03b00701.htm

Institute for Education and Social Policy: http://www.nyu.edu/iesp

Latina High School Leaving: Some Practical Solutions: http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed423096.html

National Center for Education Statistics: http://nces.ed.gov

National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education: http://www.ncbe.gwu.edu

The Native American Boarding School Experience: http://www.heard.org/exhibits.php

Native American Education: Documenting Native American Boarding Schools: http://www.duke.edu/~ehs1/education

Unequal Schools, Unequal Chances: The Challenges to Equal Opportunity in the Americas: http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog/REIUNE.html

 

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The State, Public Policy & the Criminal Justice System

Affirmative Action Review: Report to the President: http://clinton2.nara.gov/WH/EOP/OP/html/aa/aa-index.html

Criminal Injustice Links: http://www.radiovolta.org/criminalinjusticelinks.html

Economic Policy Institute: http://www.epinet.org

Human Rights Watch: Race and Incarceration in the United States: http://www.hrw.org/backgrounder/usa/race

Latino Youth and the U. S. Justice System: http://www.buildingblocksforyouth.org/latino_rpt

Racial Profiling in America: http://www.aclu.org/profiling/report/index.html

The Roots of Sprawl: Highway Building: http://www.plannersweb.com/sprawl/roots_highway.html

The Sentencing Project: http://www.sentencingproject.org

Welfare Reform Reauthorization: An Overview of Problems and Issues: http://www.brook.edu/dybdocroot/wrb/publications/pb/pb02/pb02.htm

 

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Media

About-Face: Representations of Women in Media and Advertising: http://www.about-face.org

Children and the Media: Children’s Perceptions of Race and Class on Television http://www.childrennow.org/media/fc2002/fc-2002-highlights.htm

FAIR: The National Media Watch Group: http://www.fair.org

Gay Images: TV’s Mixed Signals: http://www.gaylib.com/text/rept20.htm

HYPE: Monitoring Black Images in the Media: http://www.ayaed.com/hype

Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia: http://www.ferris.edu/news/jimcrow

Latino Representations in the Media: http://www.nlci.org/press/Past%20articles/whosontheair.htm

Media Action Network for Asian Americans: http://www.manaa.org

Media Portrayals of Wheelchair Users: http://www.youknow.com/disability/portrayals.html

Representations of American Indians in Film and Culture: http://subject.lib.umn.edu/socsci/amerindfilm.html

We Rarely See Those Who Labor: http://www.tbwt.com/views/feat/feat1433.asp

 

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Language and Images

"American Indian" Sports Team Mascots: http://earnestman.tripod.com/1indexpage.htm

Disability is Natural: People First Language: http://www.disabilityisnatural.com/peoplefirstlanguage.htm

English Only Movement: Information and Resources: http://usliberals.about.com/cs/englishonly

English Only: An ACLU Briefing Paper: http://www.aclu.org/library/pbp6.html

Language Matters: Language and Disability: http://www.equity.uts.edu.au/resources/ablist.html

Living in a Symbolic World: http://www.trinity.edu/mkearl/socpsy-4.html

Studies on Gay and Lesbian Language: http://www.msu.edu/~greenm14/outil/gaybib.html

Wisconsin Indian Education Association: "Indian" Mascot and Logo Taskforce: http://pages.prodigy.net/munson

Youall: A site concerned with Sexist Language: http://www.youall.freeservers.com

 

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Health, Illness and the Body

Alan Guttmacher Institute: Sexual and Reproductive Health Research, Policy Analysis and Public Education http://www.guttmacher.org

The Association of Reproductive Health Professionals: http://www.arhp.org

The Body: An AIDS and HIV Information Resource: http://www.thebody.com/index.shtml

Coming of Age: From Facts to Action for Adolescents Sexual and Reproductive Health: http://www.sexplained.com

Fat!So?: For People Who Don’t Apologize about their Size: http://www.fatso.com

Institute on Race, Health Care, and the Law: http://academic.udayton.edu/health/index.htm

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS: http://www.unaids.org

Links to information on men’s health and sexual concerns: http://www.health-library.com/men/

MacArthur Network on Socioeconomic Status and Health: http://www.macses.ucsf.edu

Men’s Health: http://www.vix.com/men/health/health.html#physical

Michigan Initiative on Inequalities in Health: http://www.sph.umich.edu/miih

Mirror Mirror: Eating Disorders: http://www.mirror-mirror.org/eatdis.htm

National Women’s Health Information Center: http://www.4woman.gov

Q Web Sweden - Women’s health issues in cross-cultural perspective: http://www.qweb.kvinnoforum.se

Reproductive Rights and Women with Disabilities: http://www.crlp.org/pub_art_disabilities.html

Sexual Health Network: http://www.sexualhealth.com

Something Fishy: A Website on Eating Disorders: http://www.something-fishy.org

U.N. Report: Gender and Health: http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm?aid=293&mode=today;

Women and Health Concerns: http://www.womenshealth.org

World Health Organization Statistical Information System: http://www.who.int/whosis

 

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Violence and Social Control

Andrea Dworkin On-line Library Catalog: materials against pornography: http://www.nostatusquo.com/ACLU/dworkin

Communities Against Violence Network: http://www.cavnet2.org

FBI Civil Right Program—Hate Crimes: http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/civilrights/hate.htm

Impact: Feature Issue on Violence Against Women with Developmental or Other Disabilities: http://ici.umn.edu/products/impact/133/default.html

National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect: http://www.calib.com/nccanch

National Clearinghouse on Family Violence in Canada: links to resources on child sexual abuse: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hppb/familyviolence

National Clearinghouse on Marital and Date Rape: http://members.aol.com/ncmdr/index.html

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence: http://www.ncadv.org

The New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project: Reports and Publications http://www.avp.org

Rape 101: resources and education for stopping rape: http://www.rape101.com

Sexual abuse of child, child pornography and the internet: http://www.unesco.org/webworld/child_screen/conf_index_2.html

U. S. Department of Justice Violence Against Women Office: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/vawo/welcome.html

Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act 2000: Trafficking in Persons Report: https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/4107.pdf

Violence Against Women and Sexual Harassment: http://www.feminist.com/violence

 

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Organizations Working for Social Justice

Action Without Borders: http://www.idealist.org

Advocates for Youth: http://www.advocatesforyouth.org

AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power—New York: http://www.actupny.org

American Civil Liberties Union: http://www.aclu.org

American Disability Association: http://www.adanet.org

Amnesty International: http://www.amnesty.org

Anti-Defamation League: http://www.adl.org

Black Radical Congress: http://www.blackradicalcongress.com

Boggs Center to Nurture Community Leadership: http://www.boggscenter.org

Campaign to End Homophobia: http://www.endhomophobia.org

Center for Economic Justice: http://econjustice.net/wbbb

Center for Third World Organizing: http://www.ctwo.org/index.html

Chicago Direct Action Network: http://www.chicagodan.org

Child Sexual Exploitation (National Center for Missing and Exploited Children): http://www.missingkids.com/html/ncmec_default_ec_cse.htm

Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking: http://www.trafficked-women.org

Coalition for Positive Sexuality: http://www.positive.org

The Disability Rights Activist: http://www.disrights.org

End Child Prostitution, Pornography and Trafficking International: http://www.ecpat.net/eng/index.asp

Equality Now: http://www.equalitynow.org

Feminist Majority Foundation: http://www.feminist.org

Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation: http://www.glaad.org/org/index.html

The Green Party: http://www.greenpartyus.org

Gender Watchers: http://www.genderwatchers.org

Hetrick-Martin Institute: seeks to create safe environments for l/g/b/t teens and their families: http://www.hmi.org

International Action Center: http://www.iacenter.org

Jews for Racial and Economic Justice: http://www.jfrej.org

Kensington Welfare Rights Union: http://www.kwru.org

Labor Party News: http://www.igc.apc.org/lpa

Men Can Stop Rape: http://www.mencanstoprape.org

Men Stopping Violence: http://www.menstoppingviolence.org

MIFTAH: The Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy: http://www.miftah.org

Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse: http://www.mincava.umn.edu

The National Coalition for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth: http://www.outproud.org

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force: http://www.ngltf.org/index.cfm

The National Organization for Women: http://www.now.org

A New Contract With The Planet: http://www.truemajority.org

Prison Activist Resource Center: http://www.prisonactivist.org

Progressive Majority: http://www.progressivemajority.org

Project Underground: Supporting the Human Rights of Communities Resisting Mining and Oil Exploitation http://www.moles.org

Prostitutes’ Education Network: http://www.bayswan.org/penet.html

The Rainbow/PUSH Coalition: http://www.rainbowpush.org

Refuse and Resist: http://www.refuseandresist.org

Resist, Inc.: http://www.resistinc.org

Solidarity: A Revolutionary, Socialist, Democratic, Feminist, Anti-Racist Organization: http://www.igc.apc.org/solidarity

Stop the Hate: http://www.stopthehate.org

Student Liberation Action Movement: http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/6353

Syracuse Cultural Workers: http://www.syrculturalworkers.org

Teachers for a Democratic Culture: http://www.tdc2000.org/home.html

The United Auto Workers: http://www.uaw.org

U.S. Network for Global Economic Justice: http://www.50years.org

UNITE! Sweatshops Campaign: http://www.uniteunion.org/sweatshops/index.htm

United Farm Workers of America: http://www.ufw.org

United for a Fair Economy: Inspiring Action to Close the Economic Divide: http://www.ufenet.org

University of the Poor: http://universityofthepoor.org

War Times: http://www.war-times.org

Welfare Law Center: http://www.welfarelaw.org

 

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