Albion Monitor Albion Monitor is an web-only newspaper with an international readership. It covers the environment, human rights, politics, health, media criticism, and coverage of "news you're missing" in the American mainstream press.
AlterNet.org AlterNet.org is a project of the Independent Media Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening and supporting independent and alternative journalism. AlterNet's offers a mix of news, opinion and investigative journalism on the environment, the drug war, technology and cultural trends to policy debate, sexual politics and health issues.
American Prospect American Prospect publishes articles for the general reader that attempt to break through conventional understanding and creatively reframe public questions.
Bandelier.net Bandelier.net is a collection of columns and news article selections, occasionally interjected with a piece of humor.
BorowitzReport BorowitzReport is Borowitz's humorous takes on news.
BuzzFlash BuzzFlash provides headlines, news, and commentary for a geographically-diverse, politically-savvy, pro-democracy web audience.
Campusactivism.org
CampusActivism.org is an interactive web site for progressive student activists. The site provides tools for sharing contacts, event information, ideas and resources.
Center for American Progress Center for American Progress is a nonpartisan research and educational institute dedicated to promoting a strong, just and free America that ensures opportunity for all Americans.
Centre for Political Song Centre for Political Song is part of Research Collections at Glasgow Caledonian University. The Centre is apolitical and for research purposes only. It exists to promote and foster an awareness of all forms of political song; an appreciation of the role of political song in the social, political and cultural life of communities; and to facilitate research in all relevant areas of study.
Common Dreams Common Dreams is a national non-profit citizens' organization working to bring progressive Americans together to promote progressive visions for America's future.
CounterBias.com Fairness and balance with a friendly subjective skew.
CounterPunch CounterPunch is a bi-weekly newsletter with stories that the corporate press doesn't print.
Democracy Now! Democracy Now! is a national, daily, independent, award-winning news program airing on over 140 stations and broadcast on Pacifica, community, and National Public Radio stations, public access cable television stations, satellite television (on Free Speech TV, channel 9415 of the DISH Network), shortwave radio and the internet. It is hosted by journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez.
Doonesbury Garry Trudeau's comics reflecting a watchful eye on the people, trends and issues facing Americans.
Eat The State! Eat The State! is a forum for anti-authoritarian political opinion, research and humor.
Edge Foundation The Edge Foundation is a 501(c)(3) and it's mandate is to promote inquiry into and discussion of intellectual, philosophical, artistic, and literary issues, as well as to work for the intellectual and social achievement of society.
Foreign Policy In Focus (FPIF) FPIF seeks to make the U.S. a more responsible global leader and global partner. It is a "think tank without walls" that functions as an international network of more than 650 policy analysts and advocates. Unlike traditional think tanks committed to advancing a citizen-based foreign policy agenda fundamentally rooted in citizen initiatives and movements.
Freedom of Musical Expression (Freemuse)
Freemuse is an independent international organization advocating freedom of expression for musicians and composers worldwide. It is a membership organization with its secretariat based in Copenhagen, Denmark and it was born out of the 1st World Conference on Music and Censorship in Copenhagen in November 1998.
Free Speech TV
Free Speech TV is a publicly-supported, independent, non-profit TV channel that is available nationally, 24/7, on DISH Satellite Network working for progressive social, economic, and political transformation.
Good News Agency Good News Agency carries positive and constructive news from all over the world relating to voluntary work, the work of the United Nations, non-governmental organizations, and institutions engaged in improving the quality of life. It is a service of Associazione Culturale dei Triangoli e della Buona Volontà Mondiale, NGO associated with the United Nations Department of Public Information.
Humor Gazette Humor Gazette uses humor to spotlight activities in politics, culture, media and society.
Impact Impact press is a nonprofit, bi-monthly, socio-political magazine that features aggressive journalism, biting commentary and satire.
Indymedia
Indymedia is a collective of independent media organizations and journalists offering grassroots, non-corporate coverage. Indymedia is a democratic media outlet for the creation of radical, accurate, and passionate tellings of truth.
Information Clearing House Information Clearing House is an independent media source comprised of a synthesis of wire-services, international press, opinions, etc. It is funded by reader contributions.
In These Times In These Times is a national, biweekly magazine of news and opinion that covers issues on the labor movement, environment, feminism, grassroots politics, minority communities and media.
Link TV Link TV is a national network offering a global perspective on news, current events and culture, first-run documentaries on global issues, current affairs series, international news, classic foreign feature films, and world music. Link TV is operated by Link Media, Inc. a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.
Middle East Report Middle East Report provides news and perspectives about the Middle East not available from mainstream news sources. The magazine has developed a reputation for independent analysis of events and developments in the Middle East. It is published by Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP), a non-profit, non-governmental organization based in Washington, DC.
MotherJones.com Mother Jones is an independent non-profit commited to social justice.
MoveOn.org MoveOn connects ordinary people and politics via grassroots involvement and electronic advocacy groups on issues such as campaign finance, environmental, energy, impeachment, gun safety, and nuclear disarmament.
Music for America Music for America is an independent organization driving a movement to unify youth culture and 21st Century progressive political participation through live concerts and an interactive website.
National Left Review (NLR) NLR topics include world politics, the global economy, state powers and protest movements, contemporarysocial theory, and more.
New Democracy Project (NDP) NDP is a New York City-based national/urban affairs public policy institute that seeks to provide policymakers and the public with thoughtful solutions that promote democratic participation, economic fairness and social justice.
News Insider News Insider aims is to assemble and highlight alternative content and news stories that are under-reported or absent from the mainstream news media.
OpEdNews OpEdNews provides useful, informative, entertaining, cutting edge news and opinion with a tough, left-of-center edge. They also cover the arts, sciences, health, media, business, technology, sports, travel, and unusual stuff.
Online Journal Online Journal provides news, views and analysis with a perspective that is missing from major print and broadcast media. Online Journal depends on its readers for financial support.
Peacework Peacework offers news and analysis from the peace movement worldwide.
PollingReport.com PollingReport.com is an independent, nonpartisan resource on trends in American public opinion.
Pollyticks.com Bipartisan site featuring political cartoons, polls, news and satire site.
Project for the OLD American Century Project for the OLD American Century is a non-profit grass-roots organization that strives to protect and strengthen our democracy through disseminating truthful and unbiased independent news stories untainted by corporate ownership.
Protest.Net
Protest.Net is a collective of activists that publishes a public record of political activities on the web in search of creating a better world.
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) PBS is a private, non-profit media enterprise owned and operated by the nation's 349 public television stations. PBS uses the power of noncommercial television, the Internet and other media to enrich the lives of all Americans through quality programs and education services that inform, inspire and delight.
Rabble News Rabble offers original news stories, in-depth features, provocative interviews, commentaries, and columns from a few progressive voices in mainstream media.
Salon.com Salon covers news, politics, opinion, technology, business, arts & entertainment, books, life and comics and contains two online communities - Table Talk and The WELL.
The Artists Network (AN) of Refuse & Resist! AN is a group of artists in film, video, music, poetry, theater, visual art, dance, and literature that are creating and promoting art that contributes to cultural resistance. AN is part of Refuse & Resist!, a national resistance organization formed in 1987 by lawyers, artists, activists, students and others who saw an trend in the U.S. toward greater state control and repression.
The Christian Science Monitor The Christian Science Monitor is a periodical published Monday through Friday by The First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston, Mass. It has a public-service mission to cover the world. It relies on its own writers based in 11 countries, including Russia, China, France, the UK, Kenya, Mexico, Israel and India, as well as throughout the US.
The Daily Howler The Daily Howler provides articles on a variety of political and social issues.
The Government Of Tibet In Exile The site is maintained and updated by The Office of Tibet, the official agency of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in London.
The Nation The Nation is a weekly magazine of opinion.
The Nonviolent Activist The Nonviolent Activist is published by the War Resisters League. The War Resisters League believes war to be a crime against humanity and advocates Gandhian nonviolence as the method for creating a democratic society free of war, racism, sexism, and human exploitation.
The Onion The Onion is a satirical weekly newspaper.
The Progressive Magazine The Progressive Magazine seeks to be a journalistic voice for peace and social justice. It steadfastly opposes militarism, the concentration of power in corporate hands, the disenfranchisement of the citizenry, poverty, and prejudice in all its guises and champions peace, social and economic justice, civil rights, civil liberties, human rights, a preserved environment, and a reinvigorated democracy.
The Progressive Review The Progressive Review is the most recent iteration of a series of alternative journals started in 1964.
The Raw Story The Raw Story is an online alternative for news, politics, and the arts and aims to be relevant to a young-minded audience.
The Smoking Gun The Smoking Gun assembles documents obtained from government and law enforcement sources, via Freedom of Information requests, and from court files nationwide in a cool, quirky format.
The Talking Points Memo Document Collection The Talking Points Memo Document Collection is a collection of letters, documents, and dossiers relating to the conduct of affairs in Washington, DC, and worthy of public notice.
This Modern World This Modern World is an award-winning weekly cartoon of social and political satire created by Tom Tomorrow (Dan Perkins).
TomPaine.com TomPaine.com is a public interest journal inspired by the patriot Thomas Paine, author of Common Sense and The Rights of Man. It is a project of The Florence Fund, a 501.c.3 non-profit corporation based in Washington, D.C.
Toward Freedom Online Magazine Toward Freedom offers “a progressive perspective on world events” and seeks to strengthen and extend human justice and liberties.
Truthdig Challenging conventional wisdom by exploring topics and drilling down to unusual depth.
Truthout Truthout provides critical news and commentary on world events free of charge and depends on donations from their readers to meet expenses.
Unknown News Unknown News features news from mainstream professional journalistic sources and independent sources, and tries to spotlight news that hasn't gotten enough attention in American media, along with opinions.
Utne Magazine Utne Magazine is a bimonthly magazine of alternative ideas with reprints of some of the best articles from over 2,000 alternative media sources. The site also offers online discussion communities on culture, photography, politics, and peace.
Village Voice Village Voice is the nation's first and largest alternative newsweekly.
Voltaire Network International A network of non-aligned press groups that syndicates, edits the multilingual website Voltairenet.org, and information databases 911investigations.net and Gulf investigations.net.
War Times War Times magazine seeks to be a free, mass produced, biweekly, and nationally distributed newspaper and to be an entryway into the peace and justice movement.
Washington Monthly Washington Monthly is a DC-based publication covering politics, government, culture and the media.
WatchingAmerica WatchingAmerica provides news and views about the United States published in other countries, and claims an aim in helping Americans and non-Americans understand what the world thinks of current issues that involve the U.S., in an accurate manner without a political agenda.
WorkingForChange WorkingForChange is an online journal of progressive news and opinion published by Working Assets. Working Assets is a long distance, wireless, credit card and broadcasting company that was created to build a world that is more just, humane and environmentally sustainable.
WorldChanging.com WorldChanging.com links to and provides analysis of positive tools, models and ideas to form a toolkit for changing the world. They focus on resources that help people collaborate and cooperate, and believe that working together is the revolution that is changing the world.
World Policy Journal World Policy Journal covers issues concerning policy, international economics, human rights, and American hegemony.
YaleGlobal Online YaleGlobal is an online magazine that explores the interconnectedness of the world, analyzing and promoting debate on all aspects of globalization. It is published by the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization.
YES! Magazine YES! Magazine explores ways to create a more just, sustainable, and compassionate world and publishes essays, reports, and personal narratives. The majority of each issue is focused on a theme.
Z Magazine Z is an independent monthly magazine dedicated to resisting injustice, defending against repression, and creating liberty and covers political, cultural, social, and economic issues in the U.S.
ZNet ZNet is a gathering place for large sectors of progressive intellectual and activist communities. ZNet offers information through diverse watch areas and sub-sites, translations, archives, links to other progressive sites, daily commentary, and more.
BlondSense Fearlessly mixing up a batch of religion and politics, with just the right touch of estrogen.
Brooklyn Vegan Music, Photos, & News from a Vegan in Brooklyn.
CampusAntiwar.Network Largest and leading independent, democratic, grassroots network of students opposing the occupation of Iraq and military recruiters in schools at campuses all over the US.
Cursor.org Cursor.org's mission is to expose corporatized, sanitized and celebrity-driven news media and to provide local and national links to sites of integrity and fresh insight, which exhibit a depth of news analysis or criticism.
Daily Kos Daily Kos is a partisan Democratic blog.
Echidne of the Snakes Liberal feminist blog, whose pseudonymous author, Echidne, has adopted the persona of a part-human snake goddess.
Global Voices Global Voices Online is a non-profit global citizens’ media project, sponsored by and launched from the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at the Harvard Law School. Global team of regional blogger-editors work to find, aggregate and track global conversations.
Hullabaloo Political blog based in Santa Monica, California.
Informed Comment Blog providing thoughts on the Middle East, History, and Religion.
Informed Dissent Site expressing dissent and sharing information on American government.
Majikthise Blog maintained by New York City freelance writer Lindsay Beyerstein that provides daily coverage of local, national, and international politics from a left liberal perspective.
MyDD MyDD is a group blog designed to discuss the progressive movement and political power, along with polling, research, commentary, analysis, and activism.
My Left Wing Blog dedicated to the dissemination of liberal political views of the issues facing the United States and the rest of the world.
No Quarter Blog with a focus on issues of national security.
Orcinus Left wing oriented political blog with a broad focus.
Political Wire Blog maintained by author and journalist Taegan D. Goddard featuring political column updated around the clock with news, buzz and commentary.
Skippy the Bush Kangaroo Political blog by founder and publisher Skippy, with broad focus including community, media, social culture, and science and medicine.
Talking Points Memo Political discussion by publisher and columnist Joshua Micah Marshall and other political journalists and contributors.
The Carpetbagger Report Blog reality-based commentary, analysis, and tirades on politics in America.
The European Tribune A forum for political dialogue among European, American, Canadian, and other countries on their national affairs and on world affairs.
The Huffington Post News and opinion site from author and U.S. nationally syndicated columnist Arianna Huffington. Features a collaborative blog with contributions by celebrities, journalists, authors, and editors.
The Ostroy Report Left oriented blog addressing and countering issues and political stance taken by and Bush, the Republican Party and conservative media.
The Rude Pundit Blog proudly lowering the level of political discourse.
The Sideshow Political blog from the UK covering wide spectrum of topics.
The Washington Note Blog maintained by Steve Clemons covering public policy debates.
Think Progress Blog supported by the Center for American Progress Action Fund, a nonpartisan organization, aiming to provide a forum that advances progressive ideas and policies.
Tomdispatch.com Blog compiled and edited by Tom Engelhardt covering alternative voices.
TPMmuckraker.com News blog chronicling, explaining and reporting on public corruption, political scandal and abuses of public trust.
War and Piece Blog offering international commentary by Laura Rozen.
Alan Watts: Library & Gallery Alan Watts earned a reputation as a foremost interpreter of Eastern philosophies for the West and was widely recognized for his Zen writings and for The Book On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are.
Joseph Campbell Foundation The Joseph Campbell Foundation is a 501(c)3 corporation founded in 1991 to preserve, protect, and perpetuate the work of Joseph Campbell, further Campbell's pioneering work in mythology and comparative religion, and help individuals enrich their lives.
Krishnamurti Foundation of America (KFA) Krishnamurti Foundation of America (KFA) is a 501[c](3) non-profit charitable trust. KFA's mission is to preserve and disseminate the teachings of Krishnamurti. “It is the truth that frees, not your effort to be free.” —Krishnamurti
Official Website For Ram Dass & The Ram Dass Tape Library Official Website For Ram Dass & The Ram Dass Tape Library is a Non-Profit site that provides many treasured lectures by Ram Dass on CD, cassette and video and a complete selection of Ram Dass' books.
FAIR FAIR is a national media watch group that offers criticism of media bias and censorship. They advocate for greater diversity in the press and scrutinize media practices.
Institute for Public Accuracy Institute for Public Accuracy is a nationwide consortium of policy researchers seeking to broaden public discourse and to promote the inclusion of alternative outlooks.
Mainstream Media Project (MMP) MMP is a nonprofit public education and strategic communications organization that uses mainstream broadcast media to raise public awareness about new approaches to longstanding societal problems and to the most urgent challenges facing our nation.
MediaChannel.org MediaChannel.org is a nonprofit, public interest Web site dedicated to global media issues. It is concerned with the political, cultural and social impacts of the media.
Media Matters for America Media Matters for America is a Web-based, non-profit progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting news or commentary presented in the media that is not accurate, reliable, or credible.
News Watch News Watch is a project of the Center for Integration and Improvement of Journalism of the San Francisco State University Journalism Department for bringing unbiased, fair coverage of minorites, people of color, and lesbians/gays to the news.
PR Watch PR Watch offers investigative reporting on the public relations industry.
The Center for Public Integrity The Center for Public Integrity is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, tax-exempt organization seeking to provide the American people with the findings of their investigations and analyses of public service, government accountability and ethics related issues.
Today's Front Pages Today's Front Pages is a collection of more than 250 newspapers from around the world that submit their front pages to the Newseum via the Internet. Sixty-eight of the front pages are selected for an outdoor exhibit located at Pennsylvania Avenue and Sixth Street in downtown Washington, D.C.
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