The Journalists & Outlets They Don't Want You to Find

America's most-listened-to progressive talk radio host for over a decade, syndicated to a half-billion homes worldwide via Pacifica, SiriusXM, and Free Speech TV. A four-time Project Censored Award winner and NYT bestselling author of over 25 books, Hartmann connects current events to deep American history with unmatched clarity. His "Hidden History" book series is required reading for anyone trying to understand how billionaire oligarchs systematically dismantled the middle class, rigged elections, and captured the Supreme Court.

Founded by attorney and trial lawyer Mike Papantonio — one of the most successful class-action litigators in American history — Ring of Fire connects the dots between corporate malfeasance, political corruption, and the legal system that's supposed to stop them. The show goes where corporate media won't: into the courtroom evidence, the lobbying money trails, and the regulatory failures that cost working people their health, wealth, and futures. Essential for anyone following the intersection of law, money, and power.

A stand-up comedian turned political commentator who built his following by calling out lies and hypocrisy from both parties with equal fervor. Dore gained national attention critiquing the Democratic establishment's betrayal of working-class voters just as fiercely as he lampoons Republican power. His show reaches millions of viewers who are fed up with being told to pick a team while the billionaire class loots both sides. Unfiltered, often funny, frequently right about things mainstream media dismisses for years before eventually catching up.

The longest-running daily independent news program in the United States — running since 1996, completely ad-free, and funded entirely by listeners and viewers. Hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan González, Democracy Now! covers the stories ignored by corporate media: labor rights, environmental justice, civil liberties, and the impact of American foreign policy on real people. Broadcast on over 1,400 stations worldwide. When you watch Democracy Now!, no advertiser is deciding what you're allowed to hear.

Founded by the Meiselas brothers as an explicitly pro-democracy media company, MeidasTouch has grown rapidly into one of the most-watched independent political video outlets online. Their reporting and commentary focuses on holding authoritarian tendencies accountable with documented, sourced evidence. Where corporate media tippy-toes, MeidasTouch calls it plainly. Particularly strong on legal and constitutional accountability — important coverage when courts and oversight mechanisms are under sustained attack.

Since 1976, Project Censored has compiled the most important news stories that corporate media systematically suppresses, underreports, or ignores. Their annual "Top 25 Censored Stories" is a landmark document that reveals the gap between what is happening in the world and what Americans are being told. Run out of Sonoma State University with rigorous academic vetting, their work is an invaluable tool for understanding the full scope of what mainstream journalism consistently leaves out — and why.

A nonprofit, independent news outlet covering the issues corporate media avoids: climate justice, economic inequality, human rights, and the erosion of democratic norms. Truthout has been publishing reader-supported investigative reporting since 2000, free from the influence of advertisers and corporate owners. Their coverage frequently breaks stories months before they appear in mainstream publications — particularly on issues affecting marginalized communities and working people.

Investigative journalist Brad Friedman built Brad Blog into the go-to independent source for election integrity reporting in America. Since 2004, he has relentlessly documented the vulnerabilities of electronic voting systems, voter suppression tactics, and the failures of election oversight — long before these topics became mainstream concerns. His reporting has been cited in congressional testimony and national election reform debates. If you care about whether your vote is actually being counted as cast, this is required reading.

Listed here with an important caveat: RT is funded by the Russian government and carries its editorial agenda. We include it because it sometimes covers US domestic class-power stories — corporate corruption, poverty, labor abuses — that American corporate media ignores for different financial reasons. Understanding that all large media organizations have financial backers with interests is the whole point. Read RT the same way you should read Fox or CNN: critically, sourcing every claim independently before accepting it.

Founded by journalist Robert Scheer, Truthdig published some of the most penetrating analysis of American power available online for over a decade. Home to Chris Hedges' essential weekly column until his departure in 2020, the archives alone are worth exploring — covering economic inequality, military adventurism, and the hollowing out of democratic institutions with consistent intellectual rigor. A landmark of serious independent journalism now available as an archive.