Recommended News
Mainstream media has failed at keeping the people informed on the news that matters. Here are some excellent media outlets you can trust for important, fact-based news coverage.
The Hill: "Rising" with Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti
One of the best political talk shows, and most definitely one of the most informative. Great for keeping up with current events. Krystal is on the left, and Saagar the right, and both are equally critical of both parties. It's refreshing to see a bipartisan news segment where both sides can see their views represented in non-toxic conversations.
Subscribe to The Hill on YouTube, and check out Krystal and Saagar on Twitter! Click here to watch their Joe Rogan interview.
A 100% grassroots-funded media outlet founded by journalist David Sirota, specifically with the goal of holding the Democratic Party accountable.
One of the best leftist media sites out there; they are excellent at breaking down the fundamental economic principles of capitalism. While all of their segments are exemplary, D@W is best known for their show "Economic Update" with Richard D. Wolff. Wolff is Professor Emeritus of Economics at UMass
Amherst and is currently a Visiting Professor in the New School University in New York. Give Democracy at Work a follow/subscribe across social media platforms; they are all linked on their website.
An independent nonprofit media org aimed at challenging power. They're on Twitter.
This is the independent news outlet that broke both the Christine Blasey Ford and the Tara Reade allegations.
The country's oldest continuously published weekly magazine. Not independent, but very good. It was founded in 1865 as a successor to an abolitionist newspaper called The Liberator.
A nonprofit media organization dedicated to highlighting human rights issues worldwide.
From their website: "By relying on our readers and tens of thousands of small donations to keep us moving forward – with no advertising, corporate underwriting or government funding – Common Dreams maintains an editorial independence our readers can count on."
An independent media outlet whose priority is exposing and uncovering corruption in US politics.
Led by their charismatic editor, Nathan Robinson, Current Affairs is a fantastic magazine that also puts out fantastic articles on their website.
Founded and edited by the great Max Blumenthal, it's been independent since 2018 with a focus on "analysis on politics and empire".
While not an independent media outlet, it's a good and generally reliable source of news for current events in the Middle East.
Like Al-Jazeera, Telesur is not independent - it's owned by the Venezuelan government - it is chock-full of great journalism and is the leading alternative Latin American media outlet. Obviously take their stories with a grain of salt - again, they are not independently funded - but they are worth your time anyhow. They're worth a follow on Instagram and Twitter as well.
While more comedic journalism, creator Andrew Callaghan doesn't get enough credit for interviewing different groups of Americans and showing different facets of our culture, both the good and the bad. His coverage of the Minneapolis riots is exemplary.