Progressive Media on the Central Oregon Web Log

The Nation is one of the oldest progressive magazines in the United States with a long and proud history of defending civil and human rights. TomDispatch.com is a project of The Nation Institute.

The Progressive is another magazine with a proud history in support of progressive ideas.

The American Prospect publishes some of the leading intellectuals supporting moderate and progressive issues. As the leading source for easily searched and sorted progressive policy information, Moving Ideas (a project of the American Prospect) provides the background information for citizen activism via the Internet.

The web sites for the magazines listed above have excellent search facilities to research articles that have been published in the past.

The Axis of Logic E-zine publishes original essays submitted to the editors. The site also maintains collections of articles on a wide variety of topics.

CommonDreams.org is one of the leading progressive web sites with a collection of articles from other sources presented every business day. This site also has extensive lists of links to other progressive and independent web site.

Democracy's Edge is a private, non-profit Oregon foundation seeking to inspire Oregonians and other Americans to become--and continue to be--active participants in our government.

Air America Radio is the progressive radio voice to counteract Limbaugh and his ilk. Nearest station to Central Oregon in KPOJ 620 AM, but streaming audio is available through the preceding link.

The Alliance for Democracy "is a new progressive populist movement --- not a political party --- setting forth to end corporate domination, to establish true political democracy and to build a just society with a sustainable, equitable economy."

AlterNet.Org "is a project of the Independent Media Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening and supporting independent and alternative journalism."

Americans United for Separation of Church and State is a religious liberty watchdog group based in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1947, the organization educates Americans about the importance of church-state separation in safeguarding religious freedom.

Metropolitan Books has launched the American Empire Project. In these short, argument-driven books, our leading writers and thinkers will mount an immodest challenge to the fateful exercise of empire-building and to explore every facet of the developing American imperium, while suggesting alternate ways of thinking about, confronting, and acting in a new American century.

The Center for Social Media showcases and analyzes media as creative tools for public knowledge and action. We organize film festivals, panels, and public events; conduct research; and publish reports and articles geared towards independent filmmakers, activists, researchers, and media specialists. The Center is part of the School of Communication at American University.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is a nonprofit group of passionate people — lawyers, technologists, volunteers, and visionaries — working to protect your digital rights.

The Green Institute is a progressive organization acting independently of so-called progressives in the Democratic party.

The Independent Progressive Politics Network is composed of organizations and individuals committed to the achievement of a national, non-sectarian, independent progressive political party, or an alliance of such parties, as an alternative to the corporate-controlled, Democratic/Republican system. Organizations that join the IPPN maintain their independence while coordinating with other IPPN groups to the extent they find appropriate.

The Information Clearing House has the sub-title "News You Won't Find On CNN or FOX Mooooos." It is an excellent resource for news and analysis from around the world.

Leadership for a Changing World seeks to recognize, strengthen and support leaders and to highlight the importance of community leadership in improving people’s lives. The program seeks to confirm that resourceful leaders are bringing about positive change in virtually every community.

Media for Democracy 2004 is a non-partisan citizens' initiative to monitor mainstream news coverage of the 2004 elections and advocate standards of reporting that are more democratic and issues-oriented.

Partners in Protest "is a partnership formed by two organizer-activists to champion the First Amendment rights of free speech, freedom of expression, assembly, and association, and to facilitate contexts in which dissenters may express, associate, assemble, speak, organize, and strategize about topics of concern to them."

Political Strategy.org is a non-affiliated organization dedicated to providing political strategies, ideas and tactics for local progressive campaigns.

Take Back The Media holds no punches when it comes to exposing what it sees as problems with our mainstream media and events that are not reported or are underreported.

Texans for Public Justice is a non-partisan, non-profit policy and research organization which tracks the influence of money and corporate power in Texas politics. Texans for Public Justice is a vocal advocate for citizen rights, open government and corporate accountability in Texas.

The Center for Investigative Reporting seeks an informed citizenry and a dynamic democracy. To accomplish this, CIR conducts in-depth investigations of hidden or complex topics that impact public life, for broadcast or print in the media.

The Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit, nonpartisan, tax-exempt organization, was founded by Charles Lewis following a successful 11-year career in network television news.

The quality of the Center's work, in just over a decade, has firmly established the organization as an institutional presence in Washington, D.C. With our hard-earned reputation for "public service journalism," the Center is distinct from most other non-governmental organizations, because of our high-quality, well-documented, investigative research.

This web site also hosts web pages for the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, a source of revealing reports that you are not likely to see in mainstream media.

CounterCurrents is another web site that compiles articles written by enlightened authors, many of which are not posted on other progressive web sites.

Dissent Magazine is another magazine (print and on-line) with strong leftist credentials.

Z Communications - The Spirit of Resistance Lives publishes critical articles (national and international) on politics, culture, economics and social life in a variety of formats.

The Daily Howler, is Bob Somerby's mission to daily challenge the nation's most respected newspapers

Indymedia is a grassroots network committed to using media production and distribution as tools for promoting social and economic justice.

Mother Jones is one of the leading progressive magazines noted for its revealing investigative reporting.

The Nader Page has biographical and other information about Ralph Nader including articles written by him.

The New Democracy Project (NDP) is a New York City-based national/urban affairs public policy institute. Through innovative and well-publicized research, NDP seeks to provide policymakers and the public with thoughtful solutions that promote democratic participation, economic fairness and social justice.

Political Affairs is a monthly magazine of ideology, politics, and culture. Our mission is to go beyond simply giving an account of events to providing analysis and investigating what is new and changing in our world -- from a working-class point of view.

The Progressive Policy Institute "is a catalyst for political change. Its mission is to modernize progressive politics and government for the Information Age. Leaving behind the stale left-right debates of the industrial era, PPI is a prolific source of "Third Way" thinking that is shaping the emerging politics of the 21st century." The PPI is affiliated with the Democratic Leadership Council.

The Rockridge Institute is a group of distinguished scholars and researchers working to help achieve a just, democratic, environmentally sustainable, and humane society.

Theocracy Watch is a public information project monitoring the rise of the religious right in the Republican Party.

The Third Coast Activist Resource Center was created to help people in the Austin (TX) area in their efforts at sustainable organizing. The Center's two main goals are (1) to distribute educational resources and organize community events about U.S. policy around the world, and (2) to strengthen the local activist network that is part of a national and international movement for global justice.

The Village Voice is one of the great publications that come out of New York publishing articles its uptown newspaper, New York Times, doesn't but should print.

The Institute for Southern Studies has established a national reputation as an essential resource for grassroots activists, community leaders, scholars, policy makers and others working to bring lasting social and economic change to the region. It publishes "Southern Exposure."