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Honors Human Geography: Development and Justice: Resources


This page is designed to support projects for the Honors Human Geography course.


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Issues Based Sources

The resources listed below are designed to give both background and current information for a wide range of current topics of note. The beauty of these sources is the way they integrate reference materials (for overview and context) along with a diverse range of secondary and primary sources to allow you, the researcher, to quickly generate an informed opinion on the major issues facing the world. 

Reliable News Organizations

NOTE: News organizations have been included in this list based on a cross comparison of a number of analyses of media bias and accuracy including (but not limited to) allsides.com, adfontesmedia.com, and mediabiasfactcheck.com.
Hover your mouse over the "i" icon for a description of each source.