Homer's Odyssey

http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/ ~joelja/odyssey.html

The full text of Homer's Odyssey, translated by Samuel Butler

Feminists for Animal Rights

http://arrs.envirolink.org/ far/info.html

The Feminists for Animal Rights believe the violence by men against both women and animals derives from the same cause, and works in nonviolent ways to elminate it.

American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin

http://www.aclu-wi.org/

The ACLU of Wisconsin defends civil liberties, and constitutional and civil rights, including free speech, religious liberty, reproductive freedom, privacy, gay rights and the rights of minorities. You can subscribe to their newsletter.

The AIDS Quilt

http://www.aidsquilt.org/

Allows you to browse the AIDS Quilt, provides information about AIDS and HIV, and allows you to make a donation to support AIDS research.

San Jose Mercury News

http://www.sjmercury.com/

Newspaper

Blind Childrens Center of Los Angeles

http://www.blindcntr.org/ 

The Blind Childrens Center is a family-centered agency which serves children with visual impairments from birth to school age. The center-based programs and services help the children acquire skills and build their independence. The Center utilizes its expertise and experience to serve families and professionals worldwide through support services, education, and research.

Banned Books Online

http://digital.library.upenn.edu/ books/banned-books.html

A history of books that have been banned over the past few hundred years, along with links to the public domain text of some of the banned books.

Campaign For Our Children

http://www.cfoc.org/

A site aimed at preventing unwanted teenage pregnancies. Information for children and their parents.

British Conservative Party

http://www.conservative-party.org.uk/

The British Conservative Party: "The Common Sense Revolution"

Envirolink: The Online Environmental Community

http://www.envirolink.org/

An information resource for environmentalists. "We are committed to promoting a sustainable society by connecting individuals and organizations through new communications technologies."

Feminist Majority Foundation

http://www.feminist.org/

A site devoted to feminism, which is "the policy, practice or advocacy of political, economic, and social equality for women."

The Heritage Foundation

http://www.heritage.org/

A think tank -- whose mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense.

Institute for Global Communications

http://www.igc.org/ igc/gateway/index.html

A site promoting peace, ecology, womens' rights, and an end to racism.

Consortium on Peace Research, Education and Development

http://www.gmu.edu/ departments/ICAR/copred/

COPRED is a community of educators, activists and researchers working on alternatives to violence and war. COPRED spreads effective methods of nonviolent social change among diverse racial and socio-economic populations.

International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission

http://www.iglhrc.org/

IGLHRC's mission is to protect and advance the human rights of all people and communities subject to discrimination or abuse on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or HIV status.

Peaceable Texans for Firearms Rights

http://www.io.com/ ~velte/pt.htm

We are a grassroots politically active group that began as a rally at the Texas State Capitol on President's Day, 1994, and we have been active ever since. We are citizens who are tired of the continual, piecemeal destruction of the right to own--and use--firearms and are doing something about it.

MIT Student Association for Freedom of Expression

http://www.mit.edu/ activities/safe/home.html

MIT Students fight back against Internet Censorship

Mother Jones Magazine

http://www.mojones.com/

Irreverent news

National Abortion Rights Action League

http://www.naral.org/

Pro-choice website

National Coalition Against Censorship

http://www.ncac.org/

A collection of articles warning about efforts at Censorship. The purpose of NCAC is "To promote and defend First Amendment values of freedom of thought, inquiry and expression".

National Organization for Women

http://www.now.org/

Information about key issues of concern to women.

Time Magazine

http://www.pathfinder.com/ time/index.html

Time, the news magazine, soon to be owned by AOL

Planned Parenthood

http://www.plannedparenthood.org/

Founded in 1916, Planned Parenthood is the world's largest and oldest voluntary family planning organization. Planned Parenthood is dedicated to the principles that every individual has a fundamental right to decide when or whether to have a child, and that every child should be wanted and loved.

Ontario Center for Religious Tolerance

http://www.religioustolerance.org/

We are not like other religious web sites! We don't just promote one religion, we describe dozens of faith groups: from Asatru to Christianity to Wicca to Zoroastrianism. We cover new religious movements, including dangerous cults. We also describe other belief systems, like Agnosticism, Atheism and Humanism. We don't just explain controversial topics from one point of view; we describe all sides of of issues: from abortion, to physician assisted suicide, including capital punishment, evolution and creation science, and homosexuality. We don't concentrate only on the positive aspects of religion; we cover negative ones as well.

The Safer Sex Page

http://www.safersex.org/

Useful info including "AIDS-proofing your kids"

Stop Prisoner Rape

http://www.spr.org/

Articles describing the problem of prison rape and the strategies for coping with them

Stop AIDS Project

http://www.stopaids.org/

If you're a gay or bisexual man, you'll find lots of information on safe sex, and resources on where to go if you need help staying safe - or know someone who does.

The Vatican

http://www.vatican.va/

The official website of the Vatican

Village Voice

http://www.villagevoice.com/

New York City based newspaper that tackles social issues faced by Americans.

Community United Against Violence

http://www.xq.com/ cuav/index.html

Advocates and end to violence against gays.