"Serious-Popular" sources include newspaper articles, magazine articles, and webpages that are written by professional writers/journalists who gather information from credible sources, confirm the validity of the information, and present the information objectively. Not all newspapers and magazine articles or webpages meet this criteria (for example, tabloids are generally not objective or reliable).
For a full description of “Serious-Popular” please refer to The Humble Argument and The Humble Essay chapters on types of evidence. “Serious-popular” is not as widely used as source descriptions like “peer reviewed” or “scholarly” so someone who is not familiar with the Humble books may not be familiar with that terminology. The Humble textbooks are often used in the Chemeketa writing sequence and copies may be available to borrow from the library.
The Atlantic Monthly or The Atlantic: Features articles on politics, foreign affairs, business and the economy, culture and the arts, technology, and science.
American Prospect: American political and public policy magazine dedicated to American modern liberalism and progressivism.
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American Scholar
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Christian Science Monitor
Contexts: Understanding People in Their Social Worlds: A peer-reviewed academic journal designed to be a more accessible source of sociological ideas and research.
Environment
Harper's: A monthly magazine of literature, politics, culture, finance, and the arts.
Hastings Center Report: A peer-reviewed journal of bioethics.
National Review: American conservative editorial magazine of news and commentary pieces on political, social, and cultural affairs.
Phi Delta Kappan
The Nation:
Academic OneFile description: An independent weekly journal of opinion from the viewpoint of the left, affiliated with no political party or corporation. Editorial focus is on exposing prejudice, discrimination, and abuse of power, using investigative reporting, analysis, commentary, and cultural reviews, covering issues often ignored by the mainstream media.
Technology Review: Publication of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The New York Times
Congressional Digest