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Sources of independent news, from wire services and nonprofit newsrooms to opinion and policy sites across the spectrum, plus fact-checkers, press freedom groups, and legal free movies, TV, ebooks, music and archives.
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Links last checked Oct 11, 2026.
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| Wire services and public media | ||||||||
 apnews.com - AP News (Associated Press) |
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 c-span.org - C-SPAN (unfiltered government and public affairs video) |
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 npr.org - NPR |
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 pbs.org/newshour - PBS News Hour |
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 reuters.com - Reuters |
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 theconversation.com - The Conversation (news written by researchers) |
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| Independent and nonprofit newsrooms | ||||||||
 calmatters.org - CalMatters (California nonprofit news) |
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 consumerreports.org - Consumer Reports (Consumerist now goes here) |
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 democracynow.org - Democracy Now! (independent daily news hour) |
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 littlesis.org - LittleSis (who-knows-who database of the powerful) |
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 propublica.org - ProPublica (nonprofit investigative journalism) |
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 texastribune.org - The Texas Tribune (Texas nonprofit news) |
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 themarshallproject.org - The Marshall Project (criminal justice news) |
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| International news | ||||||||
 bbc.com/news - BBC News |
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 independent.co.uk - The Independent (UK) |
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 ipsnews.net - Inter Press Service (news from the Global South) |
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 thelocal.se - The Local Sweden (Swedish news in English) |
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| Opinion, policy and commentary | ||||||||
 antiwar.com - Antiwar.com (non-interventionist news and opinion) |
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 buzzmachine.com - BuzzMachine (Jeff Jarvis on media and journalism) |
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 cato.org - Cato Institute (libertarian think tank) |
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 city-journal.org - City Journal (Manhattan Institute; conservative urban affairs) |
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 craigmurray.org.uk - Craig Murray (former UK ambassador; blog) |
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 hotair.com - Hot Air (conservative news and commentary) |
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 ips-dc.org - Institute for Policy Studies (progressive think tank) |
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 longwarjournal.org - FDD's Long War Journal (military and security news) |
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 mises.org - Mises Institute (Austrian economics) |
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 motherjones.com - Mother Jones (progressive investigative magazine) |
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 reason.com - Reason (libertarian magazine) |
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| Fact-checking and media bias | ||||||||
 allsides.com - AllSides (headlines from left, center and right) |
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 factcheck.org - FactCheck.org (Annenberg Public Policy Center) |
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 ground.news - Ground News (compare coverage and source bias) |
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 politifact.com - PolitiFact (Poynter Institute) |
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 snopes.com - Snopes (rumors and urban legends) |
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| Press freedom | ||||||||
 cpj.org - Committee to Protect Journalists |
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 freedom.press - Freedom of the Press Foundation |
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 rcfp.org - Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (free legal help for journalists) |
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 rsf.org - Reporters Without Borders (RSF) |
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| Free movies and TV (legal) | ||||||||
 hoopladigital.com - Hoopla (free movies, music and ebooks with a library card) |
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 kanopy.com - Kanopy (free films with a library or university card) |
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| pbs.org - PBS (free shows and documentaries online) |
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 plex.tv/watch-free - Plex (free ad-supported movies and live TV) |
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 pluto.tv - Pluto TV (free live TV channels and movies) |
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 therokuchannel.roku.com - The Roku Channel (free movies and TV) |
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 tubitv.com - Tubi (free ad-supported movies and TV) |
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| Free ebooks, audiobooks and library apps | ||||||||
 gutenberg.org - Project Gutenberg (free public-domain ebooks) |
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 librivox.org - LibriVox (free public-domain audiobooks) |
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 openlibrary.org - Open Library (borrow ebooks free) |
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 overdrive.com/apps/libby - Libby (free ebooks and audiobooks from your library) |
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| Free music, images, video and archives | ||||||||
 archive.org - Internet Archive (free books, movies, music and the Wayback Machine) |
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 commons.wikimedia.org - Wikimedia Commons (free-to-use images and media) |
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 freemusicarchive.org - Free Music Archive (free, legal music downloads) |
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 images.nasa.gov - NASA Image and Video Library |
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 khanacademy.org - Khan Academy (free lessons and videos) |
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 loc.gov/free-to-use - Library of Congress: Free to Use and Reuse |
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 musopen.org - Musopen (free classical recordings and sheet music) |
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 ted.com - TED Talks |
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