Soror Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 I'm not exactly liberal or conservative and I'm trying to think of a label of sorts that would be appropriate. I've got more energy now and would love to be better able to keep up with the world around me. I'm so sick of being in the land of uber-conservative-fundamentalism and I guess I'm feeling a little feisty would like to brush up on the world around me so I can present a different pov than that which is so overwhelmingly around me. So, do you have anything to recommend that would be in that bent? *not that I want to just focus on one source but quite often regular news entirely ignores the plight of regular people or drastically downplays the struggles of others and I'm just sick of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Not quite news, but do you follow Humans of New York? He's a photographer on a world tour of countries in crisis for the UN and the images and captions are absolutely breathtaking and heartbreaking. I follow it on Facebook, but if you're not on there, the same images/captions are posted on the website http://www.humansofnewyork.com Here's an article about the project: http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/sep/05/-sp-humans-new-york-world-brandon-stanton-world-tour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 Not quite news either, but http://philosophersmail.com provides a different pov. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soror Posted September 7, 2014 Author Share Posted September 7, 2014 Not quite news, but do you follow Humans of New York? He's a photographer on a world tour of countries in crisis for the UN and the images and captions are absolutely breathtaking and heartbreaking. I follow it on Facebook, but if you're not on there, the same images/captions are posted on the website http://www.humansofnewyork.com Here's an article about the project: http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/sep/05/-sp-humans-new-york-world-brandon-stanton-world-tour Not quite news either, but http://philosophersmail.com provides a different pov. :) Checking this out right now, many thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umsami Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Bill Moyer seems to focus a lot on social justice….so would "Mother Jones". The Christian Science Monitor used to be known for a more balanced, world-view approach, but I'm not sure how things have changed since they went 100% digital. You can follow Human Rights Watch, the Zinn Educational Project, Bill Moyers, Amnesty International, Half the Sky by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDen on Facebook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingiguana Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Democracy Now http://www.democracynow.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 The Christian Science Monitor used to be known for a more balanced, world-view approach, but I'm not sure how things have changed since they went 100% digital. Their editorial focus and news coverage have not changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denise in Florida Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 I am going to add the 'American Conservative' to this list. I am a political moderate with social liberal leanings :cool: , in a deep red religious conservative county. This magazine, print and online, has excellent writing and gives well thought out discussions of many issues. http://www.theamericanconservative.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth in OH Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 I find that BBC and Al Jezeera provide a solid, non-American perspective on the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommymilkies Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 I prefer BBC and I follow Amnesty Int'l on Facebook which provides me with some news. I don't go out of my way for the rest. I have a lot of social activist friends, so it shows up on my FB a lot from various sources. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Have you considered using a news aggregator? I find I get a better set of options when I use flipboard or even google news than when I try to find stuff from one source at a time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristyB in TN Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 I read Slate, the Wall Street Journal, NPR and BBC. Slate is questionable but I like to read all the opinions for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristyB in TN Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Also, thanks for bringing it up! I am adding to my list by reading the other options posted here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbutton Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 I am going to add the 'American Conservative' to this list. I am a political moderate with social liberal leanings :cool: , in a deep red religious conservative county. This magazine, print and online, has excellent writing and gives well thought out discussions of many issues. http://www.theamericanconservative.com/ This looks very promising. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paige Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 What about Mother Jones? http://www.motherjones.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 I've already seen the sites I would have recommended posted, but how about Sojourners? http://sojo.net/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soror Posted September 7, 2014 Author Share Posted September 7, 2014 I am going to add the 'American Conservative' to this list. I am a political moderate with social liberal leanings :cool: , in a deep red religious conservative county. This magazine, print and online, has excellent writing and gives well thought out discussions of many issues. http://www.theamericanconservative.com/ LOL, considering the conservative opinions I hear as of late this scares me a bit but considering your recommendation I'll check it out :) Have you considered using a news aggregator? I find I get a better set of options when I use flipboard or even google news than when I try to find stuff from one source at a time. I have no idea what that means tbh but it sounds interesting. Right now I'm checking them out and bookmarking them in a folder for me. I'm checking it all the sites now, many are familiar to me from my days in college when I was a SW major and a leader of our social justice club but goodness it has been awhile. I didn't ever lose my liberalish leaning but you get busy and a bit jaded of one side and then the other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 What about Mother Jones? http://www.motherjones.com/ I agree that Mother Jones has some excellent in depth reporting. The Economist (more liberal in the classic sense of the word) and The Atlantic (moderate world view) are also good sources. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Lulu* Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 I wonder if ThinkProgress would fit the bill? http://thinkprogress.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanaqui Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 I have no idea what that means tbh but it sounds interesting. Right now I'm checking them out and bookmarking them in a folder for me. A news aggregator is a website or an app that collects the news for you from a bunch of different sources. You can set them to collect news with certain keywords (my google news is set up right now to specifically collect news that mentions the Kurds or Kurdistan, as I grew very interested in them after reading several articles about Iraqi Kurds fighting ISIS) or to collect news from particular sites, or both, really. Then, instead of checking a dozen news sources every day, you just check one - your aggregator, which has done all the work for you. You can find a list here, though there are many options that they didn't mention. LOL, considering the conservative opinions I hear as of late this scares me a bit but considering your recommendation I'll check it out :) I'm about as liberal as they come, but I'll tell you, I recently read an article there that had been crossposted on Metafilter, and I was really surprised at the quality of the piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 In addition to Mother Jones, Ms., the Economist, Atlantic that others have mentioned, I would say one way to sample a lot of different publications is to get the Utne Reader. This pulls articles from a lot of publications, usually with an eye on justice. The Southern Poverty Law Center also publishes a thin quarterly about issues they work on. It's pretty good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristyB in TN Posted September 8, 2014 Share Posted September 8, 2014 In addition to Mother Jones, Ms., the Economist, Atlantic that others have mentioned, I would say one way to sample a lot of different publications is to get the Utne Reader. This pulls articles from a lot of publications, usually with an eye on justice. The Southern Poverty Law Center also publishes a thin quarterly about issues they work on. It's pretty good. Utne is fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soror Posted September 8, 2014 Author Share Posted September 8, 2014 A news aggregator is a website or an app that collects the news for you from a bunch of different sources. You can set them to collect news with certain keywords (my google news is set up right now to specifically collect news that mentions the Kurds or Kurdistan, as I grew very interested in them after reading several articles about Iraqi Kurds fighting ISIS) or to collect news from particular sites, or both, really. Then, instead of checking a dozen news sources every day, you just check one - your aggregator, which has done all the work for you. You can find a list here, though there are many options that they didn't mention. I'm about as liberal as they come, but I'll tell you, I recently read an article there that had been crossposted on Metafilter, and I was really surprised at the quality of the piece. Thank you so much for the links! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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