Providing current event news and information via a global computer network; providing an Internet news portal featuring links to news stories and articles in the field of current events; providing a unique content management system consisting of a graph database layered on top of a relational database that allows for the definition of ad-hoc relationships as objects with attributes that can be linked as nodes; providing the organization of information into more than 20 topics, which allows objects to be organized and tagged with a high degree of granularity; providing a database containing information about civil servants including elected officials, appointed officials, and others; providing a database with information about community groups and service organizations; providing a civic-engagement tool that enables citizens to access public officials and community groups; providing a social network that allows members to join, interact, and participate in discussions and campaigns; providing polling functionality that allows individuals and organizations to conduct polls; providing online news in the nature of current events reporting; providing online non-downloadable news; providing an online non-downloadable general interest news portal; providing an online non-downloadable publication of current event news; publication of electronic newspapers accessible via a global computer network; publishing of electronic and online newspapers; publishing of electronic publications; providing news and information services to mobile and stationary devices in the field of current events