LibGuides: Humanities 8: Current Events

Recommended Databases and Subscription Magazines for News

AES database list (with passwords)
This is the complete list of databases available through the AES library. You can access this document if you are signed in to your AES account.

These databases will be very helpful if you're interested in current events. Use the link above if you need to know login/password information.

NewsBank - Access World News This link opens in a new window
Access world News - Historical and Current.
Newsela This link opens in a new window
Newsela publishes daily news articles from leading publications like The Washington Post, Scientific American, etc. at 5 reading levels to drive gains in literacy.
The New York Times This link opens in a new window
TIME Magazine This link opens in a new window
The Economist This link opens in a new window
The New Yorker This link opens in a new window

Newsy

Newsy
"Newsy is your source for concise, unbiased video news and analysis covering the top stories from around the world. With persistent curiosity and no agenda, we strive to fuel meaningful conversations by highlighting multiple sides of every story. Newsy delivers the news and perspective you need without the hype and bias common to many news sources."

CNN Top Stories

CNN Student News

Indian Newspaper Sites

These are links to the online versions of some popular newspapers in India. Visit the MSHS library to read the print versions.

New York Times

The New York Times This link opens in a new window

BBC News - World

BBC
Use the search engine on this news site to find the information you need.

DOGO News

DOGO News
"Empowering youth literacy, reading fluency and global awareness through current events, books and movies."

Newsela

Create an account and read news stories that are leveled by Lexile. MS students - login to your acocunt.

Newsela This link opens in a new window
Newsela publishes daily news articles from leading publications like The Washington Post, Scientific American, etc. at 5 reading levels to drive gains in literacy.

Useful Websites

Online Newspapers
"Thousands of world newspapers at your fingertips."

AllSides
A site that presents news from the right, left, and center perspectives.
Knowhere News
This is a site that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to try to remove bias from the news.
Critical Media Project
"Critical Media Project (CMP) is a free media literacy web resource for educators and students (ages 8-21) that enhances young people’s critical thinking and empathy, and builds on their capacities to advocate for change around questions of identity."

Time Explains

Time has links to articles and short videos that give the background to some current events topics.

Time Explains

TIME Magazine This link opens in a new window

Tween Tribune

TweenTribune offers news from around the world. You can change the reading level of articles, search by grade level or lexile.

Tween Triibune

Newsmap

Want to know what news is big news right now? Newsmap takes the results from Google News and makes a visual representation of the numbers of stories on a topic. The bigger the box, the more stories. Compare the results between countries. Click on the box to read some of the stories about the event.

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