LibGuides: *Homeland Security Research Guide: News and Analysis Sources

News Versus Analysis

News in the form of televised news, radio news, YouTube, social media, and of course traditional newspapers (mostly viewed on the web these days) is information with the purpose of informing the broad public. As you're well aware, some news sources have a perspective on events that causes them to choose different framing angles for their stories. "Analysis" from these sources is often highly partisan and comes in the form of opinion or of consulting one voice on "both sides" of the issue. Seeing international news sources can be highly helpful for understanding public perception and opinion around world events, and can be a good source of up-to-date facts.

Analysis of current events typically is more driven by data and takes a problem-solving or informational approach that targets a higher level of customer. The Congressional Research Service, for example, writes for members of Congress and the US Government. Several of these "beyond-news" sites are collected below and are recommended for providing deeper analysis and data-driven perspectives on events.

Canonical News Sources

New York Times via ProQuest This link opens in a new window
Provides full text access to New York Times (1980-current), New York Times Magazine (1997-current), and New York Times Book Review (1997-current).
International Newsstream This link opens in a new window
International Newsstream provides information from more than 660 of the world's top newspapers, including The Times (London), The Bangkok Post, El Norte, Financial Times, The Guardian, Jerusalem Post, South China Morning Post, The Daily Telegraph, Asian Wall Street Journal, and the BBC Monitoring series of publications.

Current Events and Analysis

AllAfrica.com
AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing news and information from over 140 African news organizations and our own reporters to an African and global public.
Congressional Research Service Reports
CRS works exclusively for Congress, providing timely, objective, and authoritative research and analysis to committees and Members of both the House and Senate, regardless of political party affiliation.
International Crisis Group
The International Crisis Group is an independent organisation working to prevent wars and shape policies that will build a more peaceful world.
Freedom House
Freedom House covers aspects of every country that contribute to democratic freedom, or detract from it. Analysis by country is updated annually.

Other Information Sources

CIA FOIA Reading Room
Here you can view documents released through the FOIA and other CIA release programs. If you would like to view our previously released documents and collections, visit our Frequently Requested Records, our Historical Collections, and our CREST: 25-Year Program Archive.
CIA Studies in Intelligence
The mission of Studies in Intelligence is to stimulate within the Intelligence Community the constructive discussion of important issues of the day, to expand knowledge of lessons learned from past experiences, to increase understanding of the history of the profession, and to provide readers with considered reviews of public literature concerning intelligence.