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