Independent and Nonprofit Media

These are all nonprofit, independent, or worker‑owned news sources. They are all a little different but one of the general themes for many of them is to aim to amplify truth, accountability, and power for working people — outside the incentives of billionaire-owned media. If this helps, please subscribe, share, and support your favorites.

You can visit each outlet’s site to subscribe to their newsletters and follow their social accounts — even on platforms you don’t use much. It helps boost reach and puts their work in front of people who might not otherwise see it.

Organizations

National / General

More Perfect Union - (perfectunion.us)

Nonprofit newsroom building power for working people through video journalism and investigations.

Democracy at Work - (democracyatwork.info)

Nonprofit media and education on worker cooperatives, economic democracy, and a more just economy.

PolitiFact - (politifact.com)

Fact-checking from the Poynter Institute; rates claims with the Truth-O-Meter.

ProPublica - (propublica.org)

Nonprofit investigative newsroom focused on accountability and abuses of power.

Democracy Docket - (democracydocket.com)

Reporting and analysis on voting rights litigation and democracy issues.

The Marshall Project - (themarshallproject.org)

Nonprofit newsroom focused on the U.S. criminal justice system.

Center for Public Integrity - (publicintegrity.org)

Nonpartisan investigative journalism on inequality, politics, and policy.

Reveal (CIR) - (revealnews.org)

Investigative reporting from The Center for Investigative Reporting; audio, data, and visual storytelling.

Inside Climate News - (insideclimatenews.org)

Nonprofit newsroom covering climate, energy, and environmental justice.

OpenSecrets - (opensecrets.org)

Nonpartisan research on money in U.S. politics; campaign finance and lobbying data.

The Intercept - (theintercept.com)

Investigative journalism on politics, national security, and civil liberties.

Talking Points Memo (TPM) - (talkingpointsmemo.com)

Independent political news, analysis, and investigations.

Rest of World - (restofworld.org)

Global nonprofit newsroom covering technology's impact beyond the West.

ONEST Network - (onestnetwork.com)

Independent newsroom with global focus — daily recaps, video journalism, and cultural preservation.

News from the States - (newsfromthestates.com)

State-focused reporting from across the U.S., aggregating journalism from state-based newsrooms.

The Lever - (levernews.com)

Reader-supported investigative journalism on power, politics, and business.

Current Affairs - (currentaffairs.org)

Independent, ad‑free magazine of politics and culture — essays, reporting, and analysis.

Regional

Hell Gate (NYC) - (hellgatenyc.com)

Worker-owned local newsroom for New York City; reporting, investigations, culture.

THE CITY (NYC) - (thecity.nyc)

Independent nonprofit newsroom serving New Yorkers with accountability reporting and service journalism.

The 51st (DC) - (51st.news)

Washington, DC local news; policy, community, and impact reporting.

The Texas Tribune (TX) - (texastribune.org)

Nonpartisan, member-supported public-interest newsroom covering Texas policy and politics.

CalMatters (CA) - (calmatters.org)

Nonprofit newsroom explaining California policy and politics.

Racket (Twin Cities) - (racketmn.com)

Writer-owned, reader-funded local news for Minneapolis–St. Paul.

Individuals

Robert Reich - (robertreich.substack.com)

Economist and former U.S. Labor Secretary; commentary on economics, democracy, and labor.