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Google News - Hundreds of links on one page. Almost too many.
The Guardian - One of the best British newspapers.
The BBC - A slick site with very short articles. Click here for the low-graphics version.
Yahoo Daily News - Try the full coverage sections, where you'll find links to other useful sites.
Prudent Bear - Excellent source of bad news about the economy.
Yahoo Singapore - News from around the world.
Palestine Chronicle - News on Israel and Palestine. Biased, but in a good way.
The AP newswire - Hundreds of articles every day, from all over the world. Try the business section.
Reuters - Just like the Associated Press, but different.
The Village Voice - James Ridgeway's articles are always good.
Working for Change - Lots of good articles on current events.
Top Ten Conservative Idiots - From the Democratic Underground.
New York Press - Good writing, bad attitude. Daily columns.
Cursor - Good left-wing stuff..
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Under News - The web site for the Progressive Review. Every weekday, Sam Smith collects some of the most important news stories and presents them here. Or try Max Sawicky's weblog.
AlterNet - Reports on the quagmire in Iraq, and the lies that led to it.
World Socialist Website - Useful information that doesn't get printed in the capitalist press. Those damn capitalists!
Common Dreams - This is a left-wing site full of news, links, and editorials. Click here for the daily newswire. And here for the archive of editorials.
Anti-War - Libertarians against military intervention. The editors of this site are pro-capitalist and anti-imperialist. When the US is at war, this is an important source for news.
MetaFilter - Someone finds something great on the web, they post the link, and other people comment.
This Modern World - Brought to you by Sparky the Wonder Penguin — who is really Tom Tomorrow — who is really Dan Perkins.
Counterpunch - Run by Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair, this is the online version of their newsletter.
Yahoo! - Full Coverage: World - A good place to start when you are looking for daily news on the web. There's another version here.
James Randi Educational Foundation - Check out James Randi's weekly column on pseudoscience, psychic frauds, UFO nuts, quacks, and litigious spoon-benders.
The Most Active Newsgroups - Which newsgroups have the largest number of posts per day? Click here to see the list of newsgroups with the most significant change in recent activity.
Economic Reporting Review - Dean Baker finds false and misleading statements in economic articles in the New York Times and the Washington Post. Required reading.
Talking Points Memo - Web log by Josh Marshall. Lots of useful links every day.
Corporate Watch - Read about transnational corporations: lawsuits, pollution, and labor rights.
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IHT business page - Economic news from the International Herald Tribune. The Center for Economic and Policy Research - Home of Dean Baker and Mark Weisbrot, two of my favorite economists. Lots of great links here to news and articles. Financial News - A continuous stream of business news. The Economic Policy Institute - A left-wing economic site full of useful information. Nice design, too. Global Economic Forum - Financial analysis from Morgan Stanley Economists. Third World Network - News on important economic developments in the Third World.
Business News - Business headlines from around the country.
Stats & Comments - Interesting economic information from the Left Business Observer.
US Banker - News on the banking industry.
The Fed - The latest press releases and data from the US central bank..
Monthly Labor Review - Check out this chart of median weekly earnings.
News on Layoffs and Downsizing - Keeping up with the economy that leaves you behind . . .
Left Business Observer - Edited by Doug Henwood, author of Wall Street.
Inequality.org - Economic news and analysis. Check out this page of statistics.
Corporate Profits - By industry. From the BEA.
Housing Prices - Percent change, calculated by the OFHEO.
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Banking and finance news from Yahoo. - News on corporate crime, investment trends, and where rich people are putting their money these days. Global Economic News - A ringside seat to the global economic meltdown. And check out Yahoo's full coverage of world trade (or this version . . . or this one). Yahoo Business News - Full coverage of the Federal Reserve, the latest news on corporate earnings, the US economy, and stock markets. White House Economic Stats - This is a very nice record, this is. That's why I like it. Because it's very nice. US Census Economic Stats - Laid out like the White House page. Very useful, easy-to-read information. LaborNet - A complete resource for news from labor parties, unions, and other organizations who want people to share the wealth they create. You'll be surprised to learn how many strikes are going on right now. US Economy at a Glance - By the Bureau of Labor Statistics. View a region, an industry, or this chart of major statistics. This is a chart of the total number of jobs in the US. The Pulse of Capitalism - Quarterly reports on the US economy and global trends. Business Week Daily Briefing - Where we read about "economic stability" and the "investment climate." I wonder what that means. The Minimum Wage - Everything you never wanted to know about the US minimum wage. It was at its highest level in 1968. The Financial Markets Center - Watching the Federal Reserve . . . This site looks great and it's full of useful information. A unique resource on the web. Go here to read an interview with William Greider. Household Income in the US - Median household income for blacks is 70% of the median for all races. In 1999, the top fifth of households received almost half of all income. National Association of Manufacturers - These press releases will give you an idea where the business class stands on recent Congressional bills. You could also look at press releases from the Business Roundtable. NIPA Tables - This is a long list of tables of economic data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis. (NIPA stands for National Income and Product Accounts.) Click here to go to the main page.
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LBO-Talk Archives - Archived e-mail listserv discussions sponsored by the Left Business Observer. Click here to see the Counterpunch list archives.
Asia Times Online - Extensive articles on Korea, India, Indonesia, China, Pakistan, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand.
Music News - Whatever happened to Milli Vanilli? They were very, very, very talented.
Middle East Daily - News on the Middle East, with links to other news sources. Or you could try the Middle East Times.
Arms Trade Reports - By William Hartung, author of And Weapons for All. Hosted by the World Policy Institute.
Nuclear Weapon News - Yahoo's collection of nuclear weapon-related headlines.
Ali Abunimah - An independent site on the Middle East.
George Monbiot - This man's essays will electrify your brain and knock the stuffing out of your teddy bear. You have been warned.
Editorial Cartoons - Including Tom Toles and Pat Oliphant.
Kirk Anderson - More editorial cartoons.
Logical Fallacies - A guide to avoiding uncomfortable facts.
Bible Contradictions - Maybe God needs a proofreader. (Here is another list.)
Best of the Web Today - From the Wall Street Journal's opinion section.
Tarzan Novels - Click on any title from the list and read a one-paragraph summary of the plot.
Verso Books - Publishers of John Pilger's New Rulers of the World
The Little Guys - This works best in Internet Explorer.
Center for Defense Information - An impressive collection of articles and statistics on the defense industry and war. Like this summary of current conflicts.
Far Eastern Economic Review - Without this magazine, I am nothing.
United Nations News - Articles and press releases.
Jesus Dress Up - I am deeply offended by this very funny web site.
The Gods of Mars - The entire novel online. Part of Project Gutenberg.
Dreams - Keeping up with Terry Gilliam, director of Brazil, Time Bandits, and The Crimson Permanent Assurance.
Comment - The editorial page of the Palestine Times. Go here to read the latest issue.
What's New - Quick updates on pseudoscience, junk science, and fraud by Robert Park, author of Voodoo Science.
Focus on the Corporation - Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman's weekly column on the link between profit-seeking and law-breaking. This is an archive of columns.
Steve Jackson Games - The Austin-based game company. Publishers of GURPS (and many other games). A good-looking site, full of smart-ass humor. Updated daily.
Tzadik - Check this out. This is John Zorn's record label. Tzadik releases some of the world's best new music. I recommend Zorn's Filmworks series, Gary Lucas, and anything by Naked City.
Alan Moore Fan Site - The best place to go for news and information about the great comic book writer.
Worldwide Hot Spots - From Radio Netherlands. This is the text version.
The Chico State Library - This isn't going to do you much good, but I need it on my website for easy access.
Anagram Insanity - Another anagram webpage. This one is good for long anagrams.
Earth Viewer - I've always liked this satellite image of the earth. Watch the night work its way across the globe, or pan in on your local area.
Map a Nuclear Blast - Compliments of PBS. See if your town will be hit by fallout if the nearest city (or military base) is targeted.
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The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists - Yes, the world is still on the edge of destruction. The end is still nigh. If there's a nuclear weapons-related story in the mainstream news, go here to get the complete story.
New Graphic Novels - From Amazon.com. Look for new stuff by Harvey Pekar, Alan Moore, Joe Sacco, Dan Clowes, and Robert Crumb.
Astronomy Picture of the Day - Amazing photographs from telescopes and satellites. You'll want to look at the archive.
The Program on Corporations, Law, and Democracy - POCLAD is a progressive group of people who analyze and challenge corporate power.
Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting - This leftwing media watchdog organization does a great job of surveying news sources, analyzing the latest frenzies and fixations, and correcting errors in the press. Media Views section.
Greg Palast - Check out this personal website. Greg Palast is an American investigative journalist living in Britain. To go straight to his archive of columns, click here. And don't miss his documentary on the 2000 presidential election (available online in streaming video).
Mass Media Funk - Robert Todd Carroll, creator of The Skeptic's Dictionary, reviews stories in the media that relate to pseudo-science, fundamentalism, New Age fads, psychic frauds, drinking urine, Holocaust deniers, and Holocaust deniers who drink urine. Never a dull moment.
The Progressive - One of the best left-wing magazines. They supported Nader for president in 2000 and they opposed the bombing of Kosovo in 1999. Click here to read editor Matthew Rothschild's comments on the news of the day.
Michael Parenti - One of the best political scientists — very smart and easy to read. Author of The Sword and the Dollar and Inventing Reality.
The Prison Crisis - Everything you always wanted to know about prisons, but were afraid to ask.
The Big List - This is the greatest single page on the ENTIRE WEB.
Open Secrets - Want to know who contributes the most money to politicians? This chart shows the top donors in the 2000 elections. Republicans got most of their money from the finance, insurance, and real estate industries. Democrats got most of their money
from . . . the finance, insurance, and real estate industries.
The Postmodernism Generator - Create instant academic bilge! (Use your RELOAD browser function to create a new essay.) If you want to know what the postmodernism generator is, read a few of the articles on the Sokal Hoax page.
BushWatch - "Politex" is the hardest-working guy on the web. If you want daily updates on the crimes of George W., this is the site.
UN Wire - Read the latest news from the UN. You can also check out the UN Business Wire, a good source for news on international finance and economies around the world.
Human Rights Watch - Reporting on systematic murder and torture throughout the world. Your tax dollars at work.
Clinton's War Crimes - An article in the December 1999 issue of Z magazine, by Edward S. Herman. "U.S. leaders commit war crimes as a matter of institutional necessity, as their imperial role calls for keeping subordinate peoples in their proper place and assuring a 'favorable climate of investment' everywhere."
National Opinion Research Center - One of the major polling groups, based at the University of Chicago. Check out this summary of their research on public support for education spending.
Nuclear Weapon Stockpiles - How many nuclear weapons are there in the world? This chart, found on the NRDC website, gives a rough estimate. (For detailed information on the Russian arsenal, see this article on the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists website.)
The International Socialist Review. - This is a great magazine. When I read it, my brain fills with relevant facts. I become educated. My mind whirls like a dervish. The world reveals itself to me in all its many colors. Top that, Newsweek!
The Comics Journal - Fantagraphics' magazine of criticism and reviews. One of the best magazines in the solar system.
Gallup Polls - Here's how they do it: They call one thousand people randomly and ask all of them the same set of questions. Then they publish the results. That's it. That's a Gallup poll. Decide for yourself if everyone is lying (when the majority of the people pick the answers you don't like) or if the Voice of the American People is finally being heard (when they give the answers you like).
The Skeptic's Dictionary - Just sit back and read about junk science and pseudoscience. One of my favorites.
The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest - "It was a dark and stormy night" writer Edward George Bulwer-Lytton is honored with this contest of deliberately bad first lines to imaginary novels. For example: "There are a million torn scarves in the naked city, and this was one of them, lying by the radiant body of Cloreta Plakstreak, two-bit movie starlet whose body, ruptured by multiple nail gun wounds, was soft as Detective Clayborn ran his sweaty hand up and down it until the Chief came, and he had to stop."
Doodie-dot-com - Five million hits a month? To see cartoon people poop on each other? Yeah, okay. I believe it. Click here for scatalogical vignettes.
Creatures of the Night - I wrote this book. It's a collection of monsters, written for a roleplaying game called GURPS. Here's a review.
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