News
News & Journalists
✦ Newspaper Map - Find and translate all newspapers in the world.
404media.co [website] [mastodon] [podcast] [yt] - journalist-founded digital media
AlterNet.org - telling the hard truths that corporate media won't touch
AnarchistFederation.net - anarchist news agreggation
AnarchistNews.org - To provide a non-sectarian source for news about and of concern to anarchists and a location for community moderated discussion about such news. The website has been online since 2004 in various incarnations.
AssignedMedia.org [website] [bsky] [mastodon] - transgender news
ChalkBeat.org is a nonprofit news organization committed to covering one of America’s most important stories: the effort to improve schools for all children, especially those who have historically lacked access to a quality education.
China Fact Chasers - Current events related to China every single day.
FreedomNews.org.uk - An independent, radical co-op controlled by its volunteers, Freedom runs Britain’s oldest anarchist press and its largest bookshop. Freedom is the oldest continuous collective of its kind in the world. More on our history in the book A Beautiful Idea.
Gaslit Nation [podcast] [mastodon] provides a deep dive on the news, skipping outrage to deliver analysis, history, context, and sharp insight on global affairs. Hosted by journalist and filmmaker Andrea Chalupa, an expert on authoritarian states who warned America about Russia and election hacking before the 2016 election.
GoodNewsNetwork.org [website] [yt] is an antidote to the barrage of negativity experienced in the mainstream media. The website, with its archive of 21,000 positive news stories from around the globe, confirms what people already know—that good news itself is not in short supply; the broadcasting of it is. From our 5-star app, to our new book (And Now, The Good News: 20 Years of Inspiring News Stories), to our weekly Good News Gurus podcast, and Morning Jolt email newsletter, GNN is a daily dose of hope for millions of fans.
ItsGoingDown.org [website] [bsky] [mastodon] - digital community center and media platform featuring news, opinion, podcasts, and reporting on autonomous movements across so-called North America (shutdown announced Oct 18, 2025)
InequalityMedia.org [website] [yt] - a nonpartisan digital media company with a mission to inform and engage the public about inequality and imbalance of power. From former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich and filmmaker Jacob Kornbluth
InTheseTimes.com [website] [mastodon] - In 1976, author and historian James Weinstein, along with a handful of journalists, moved to Chicago to launch an independent publication to inform and critically analyze the emerging new movements on the American Left. They called the publication In These Times.
JakeBroeShow.blogspot.com - Ukraine war & US news
Laowhy86 - "China's a wild place. I lived there for a decade, and I have the knowledge and insight to tell you what's happening there now, and to help you make sense of it all."
LiveLikeTheWorldIsDying.com - Your podcast for what feels like the end times. Hosted by Margaret Killjoy whonis currently based in the Appalachian mountains
MeidasNews.com - US pro-democracy news network
ProfessorPride.com [website] [yt] - LGBTQ+ news
StateWatch.org [website] [mastodon] produces and promotes critical research, policy analysis and investigative journalism to inform debates, movements and campaigns on civil liberties, human rights and democratic standards. Operating since 1991 and based in London, Statewatch is a UK registered charity and is funded by grant-making trusts and donations from individuals.
StatusCoup.com [website] [yt] - on-the-ground and investigative reporting, covering what the corporate news covers up
Truthout.org - nonprofit news org about social justice
TheIntercept.com [website] [mastodon] - investigative journalism for change
TheRealNews.com [website] [yt] [mastodon] - media connecting you to movements, people, and perspectives that are advancing the cause of a more just, equal, and livable planet. We broaden your understanding of the issues, contexts, and voices behind the news headlines.
Some More News [videos - yt] [patreon] - "Hello, I'm a former newsperson and here's some news. Cody Johnston, myself, and Katy Stoll, my news partner, are creating weekly content about and against the, um, news. You know, that news we all love? Yeah, us neither. We're releasing (mostly) weekly episodes of Some More News and a weekly podcast."
UnicornRiot.Ninja [website] [mastodon] [bsky] [yt] is a decentralized, educational non-profit media organization that reports underrepresented stories and sheds light on alternative perspectives and systems through free, nonprofit news. Unicorn Riot is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization based in Minneapolis, MN.
UnraveledPress.com is an investigative publication uprooting narratives around systemic violence, aiming to expose abuse and injustice, as well as untangle webs of lies. Born out of the collaboration between two independent journalists in Chicago: Steve Held and Raven Geary. Based in Chicago, and with a special interest in policing and power across the Rust Belt.
Vaush.gg [website/livestream] - political news, anarchist commentator
VerdantSquare.com [website] [mastodon] - Verdant Square Network is the little leftist news site that keeps fighting. VSN is the creation of Grateful Dread Peace Media, an independent multimedia news and information portal founded by writer, editor, and activist Natalie Davis in 1996 to serve the peace-left community in the public interest.
WeWillFreeUs.org [website] [mastodon] - a mix of reporting, blog-style reflections, photojournalism, and whatever else feels important by independent journalist Alissa Azar
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CPJ.org - Committee to Protect Journalists
☺ Trying To Read News In 2025 [video - yt]
How to Find Out Anything [ebook]
✦ The Sleuth Kit - digital investigation tools (a.k.a. digital forensic tools) that run on Windows, Linux, OS X, and other Unix systems. They can be used to analyze disk images and perform in-depth analysis of file systems (such as NTFS, FAT, HFS+, Ext3, and UFS) and several volume system types.
NewsLit.org - advancing the development and teaching of news literacy in K-12 education
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✦ SecureDrop.org - Share and accept documents securely. SecureDrop is an open source whistleblower submission system that media organizations and NGOs can install to securely accept documents from anonymous sources. Available in 22 languages.
Who Wrote That? [pdf] - explores modern forensic linguistics which can aid investigations by helping authorities determine who wrote a particular text.
WikiLeaks.org is a multi-national media organization and associated library. It was founded by its publisher Julian Assange in 2006. WikiLeaks specializes in the analysis and publication of large datasets of censored or otherwise restricted official materials involving war, spying and corruption. It has so far published more than 10 million documents and associated analyses.