Approved Popular Press Articles
If you find that you are unable to find an appropriate article, you may use one of the articles below. Hopefully, these articles can also provide you with examples of appropriate resources and types of articles to use.
| Group |
Article |
| Native American |
Hayden, Thomas, et al. "A Modern Life." U.S. News and World Report 137:11 (October 4, 2004), pg. 44-51. |
| Muslim |
Curiel, Jonathan. "Muslims Find Bay Area Leans Toward Tolerance." San Francisco Chronicle, September 10, 2004, pg. A1. Available in Lexis-Nexis--ask a reference librarian for assistance with finding articles in Lexis-Nexis. |
| Italians |
Laurino, Maria. "From the Fonz to 'The Sopranos,' Not Much Evolution." The New York Times, Dec. 24, 2000, pg. 2.31. |
| Italians |
" 'Shark Tale' Offensive to Italian Americans?" The Associated Press, April 6, 2004. Accessed through MSNBC [7 February, 2005].
Breznican, Anthony. "Cartoon fish tale draws stereotyping complains [sic] from Italian-American group." The Associated Press [via Lexis-Nexis Academic], March 29, 2004. [Do a "Guided News Search," select "News Wires" for your category, then select "All available wire reports" as your news source] |
GLBT
(Homosexuals) |
Quittner, Jeremy. "Keeping the Faith." The Advocate no. 919 (July 20, 2004), p. 34-42.
Cloud, John. "The Battle Over Gay Teens" Time 10/10/2005, Vol. 166 Issue 15, p42-51
Shapiro, Joseph. "Straight Talk About Gays" U.S. News and World Report, 7/5/93, Vol. 115 Issue 1, p42 |
| African Americans |
Dickerson, Debra. "An Army-style prep school for minorities" U.S. News & World Report; 12/29/97, Vol. 123 Issue 25, p73
Glater, Jonathan. "Memo Emerges As a Key Part Of Bias Lawsuit" New York Times. New York, N.Y.: Feb 23, 2005. pg. C.1
Smith, Vern. "Debating the Wages of Slavery". Newsweek August 27, 2001, Vol. 138 Issue 9, p20
"Blacks Hurt by Race Gap in Home Values" Chicago Sun Times, Sunday November 13, 2005 [via Lexis-Nexis Academic] [Do a "Guided News Search", select "General News" for your category, "Major Papers" for your source, and search for the article title].
"Surviving stressful process of being black male" MSNBC, July 2, 2006
Brandon, Karen "Computer Age Leaving Many Blacks, Hispanics Out Of Touch"
Chicago Tribune
.
Chicago, Ill.:
Jul 9, 1999.
pg. 1
O'Connor, Brian Wright. "Are Advertising Agencies Serious About Hiring African Americans?" Black Enterprise; Mar1993, Vol. 23 Issue 8, p88 |
| African American Women |
"Angry Black Women Take Aim at Rappers: Spelman Students Don't Like Misogynistic Images in Videos." Associated Press, April 23, 2004. Accessed through MSNBC.com [7 February, 2005].
Staples, Gracie Bonds, and Vickie Conwell. "Spelman women dis sex-laden rap videos; Protesters hit at raunchy degradation." The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, April 21, 2004, pg. 1A. [same topic, different source] |
| Women |
Morris, Betsy, Bonamici, Kate, Kaufman, Susan M., Neering, Patricia. "How Corporate America is Betraying Women" Fortune, 0015-8259, January 10, 2005, Vol. 151, Issue 1
Metzl, Jonathan M. "Selling Sanity Through Gender". Ms. Fall 2003, Vol. 13 Issue 3, p40-45. Available in print only. Call Number: PER MS19
Bernstein, Nina. "Study says equality eludes most women in law firms" New York Times. (Late Edition (East Coast)). New York, N.Y.: Jan 8, 1996. pg. A.9 |
| Latino |
Mihalopoulos, Dan. "Culture Clash Fuels Housing Fight: Hispanics, Elgin Argue Meaning of Overcrowded" Chicago Tribune, August 3rd 2003
Higgens, Michael. "Lawsuits Bring Profiling Into Open" Chicago Tribune January 23, 2003.
Headen, Susan. "The Hispanic dropout mystery." U.S. News & World Report. October 20, 1997.vol 123 issue 15 p64.
Thornburgh, Nathan. "Inside the Life of the Migrant Next Door" Time; 2/6/2006, Vol. 167 Issue 6, p34-45 |
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