Explore the sites listed for information outside corporate American mainstream media — especially for news about media — and for ways to become involved, politically, culturally and socially.
This list does NOT include mainstream media outlets, nor does it include the plethora of sites spewing political agendas nor those oriented to skewing incontrovertible facts.
“I won’t apologize for the United States of America, ever — I don’t care what the facts are.” — Former President George H.W. Bush
350.org — a global movement to solve the climate crisis
Action Coalition for Media Change
Adbusters — working against advertising
Aljazeera — online material from the Arab TV network
AlterNet — an issue-focused magazine
American Civil Liberties Union
Bloomberg Billionaires: Today’s ranking of the world’s richest people
Center for Counting Digital Hate
Center for Responsive Politics
Climate Desk — from Mother Jones
The Community — with links to sites like Amnesty International
Common Cause — Citizens working against special interest and for reform government
Corporate Watch — doing just that
Counter Punch — “America’s best political newsletter”
Crosscut.com — News of the Seattle area
Doomsday Clock — Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Earth911 — more ideas, less waste
EWG — know your environmnent. protect your health.
FactCheck.org — nonpartisan site against deception & confusion in U.S. politics
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
FairWarning — news of safety, health & corporate conduct
FlackCheck.org — using parody & humor to debunk false political ads
France24 — a news source from France
Freepress — working to craft policies for more democratic media
Free Speech TV — a progressive & independent TV & multimedia network
Gathering of Nations — promotes Native American culture and tradition
Global Footprint Network — advancing sustainability
Global Zero — a world without nuclear weapons
Good Jobs First — a resource for grass roots groups
Goodnet — gateway to doing good
Green America — growing the green economy
Gregory Palast — British media critic
Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action
High Country News — for people who care about the West
Independent media center — a grassroots, noncorporate news coverage
Information Clearing House — a one-person alternative news site
In These Times — independent news and views
Iraq Body Count — still counting
Livingeconomies.org –Business Alliance for Local Living Economies
Media Tenor — an international media research site
Media Watch — the U.S. anti-media-sexism site
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
Mother Jones — a progressive magazine
MoveOn.org — nonpartisan education
The Nation — a progressive magazine
National Organization for women
Newslink — links to American and world newspapers and other media
A site for Naoimi Klein’s NO IS NOT ENOUGH
Nomorefakenews.com — news reported by Jon Rappoport
Northwest Citizen — Internet News for Whatcom County
OccupyWallStreet — the revolution
Ocean Conservancy — starting a sea change
OpenSecrets.org — tracking money’s effects on U.S. elections and public policy
Open the Government — a site that fights government secrecy
The Persuaders — from PBS Frontline
PEW Research Center — numbers, facts and trends shaping the world
Poets Reading the News — Journalism in verse
Project Censored — news that goes uncovered by mainstream media
ProPublica — journalism in the public interest
Public Knowledge — promotes freedom of expression, open internet & access
PublicCitizen — defending democracy, resisting corporate power
Radio.com — CBS site for online & internet radio stations
Real Climate — Climate science from climate scientists
Responsible Shopper — being consumer saavy
Reveal News — Center for Investigative Reporting
Riveters Collective — progressive action for Whatcom and surrounding counties, Washington state
Salish Current — news from northwestern Washington areas bordering the Salish Sea
Source Watch — a Center for Media & Democracy project
Snopes.com — researching rumors
Sunlight Foundation — making government accountable
Too Much — a commentary on excess and inequality
TreeHugger — sustainability for all
Trendsmap — real-time mapping of Twitter trends
Unkoch my campus — Opposing Billionaires Efforts to Infiltrate Higher Education
Utne Reader — a dead-on progressive magazine
Vision of Humanity — a site of peace and sustainability
Vote Smart — independent site with voting facts
Washington Against Nuclear Weapons
Whatcom Watch — a local resource
Yes Magazine — a journal of positive futures
Updated April 2024