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200 LIBERAL BLOGS

 

http://www.aclu.org/

American Civil Liberties Union.

 

www.agonist.org

Trying to reach progressives with a passion for ‘things international’? The Agonist is the sole progressive community focusing on American foreign policy, and the world at large.

 

http://www.alan.com/

Liberal blog authored by Alan Colmes.

 

www.Alternet.org

Syndication service and online community of the alternative press, featuring news stories from alternative newsweeklies, magazines and web publications.

 

http://alterx.blogspot.com/

Liberal political  blog.

 

www.americablog.com

News and opinion about US politics from a liberal/Democratic/progressive perspective.

 

http://antiwar.com/

A liberal anti-war organization

 

www.archpundit.com

Left-leaning liberal blog on news and politics.

 

http://atlanticfreepress.com/

Progressive news and politics blog.

 

www.bagnewsnotes.com

Political comments plus a cartoon on a brown paper bag.

 

www.balloon-juice.com

Around since 2002, Balloon Juice focuses on politics, entertainment, pets, and other topical issues.

 

www.BartCop.com

BartCop.com: + Left-leaning political humor & hard-hitting commentary + A daily “must-read” for Democrats + Loyal & growing readership + On the web since 1996 + 5 to 6 content-rich issues a week.

 

http://beautifulhorizons.typepad.com/

Liberal-leaning blog on news and politics.

 

http://www.bestoftheblogs.com/

Best of the Blogs is a moderated online community for progressive bloggers who are fed up with with the erosion of American rights and values…

 

http://biggovernment.com/

Liberal website containing blogs on politics and news.

 

http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/

Pat Cunningham offers an unabashedly liberal perspective on national politics. A note of caution: The language gets a litttle salty on some of the sites to which this blog links. So, don’t say you weren’t warned. By the way, this blog’s name is inspired by the Will Rogers quote, “All politics is applesauce.”

 

http://bobcesca.com/

Liberal-leaning news and politics blog.

 

www.bojack.org

By Jack Bogdanski. One of the leading Oregon blogs, it tackles politics — in Portland, but also at the state, national, and international levels. Plus other topics, often with a humorous twist.

 

http://boldprogressives.org/home

The Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) works to elect bold progressive candidates to federal office and to help those candidates and their campaigns save money, work smarter, and win more often.

 

www.bonappetit.com/blogsandforums/blogs/badaily/the-nitpicker

Progressive political and news blog.

 

www.boomantribune.com

A progressive Scoop-powered community that has been mentioned in the Philly Inquirer, the Wash Post, and talk radio. Savvy, well-educated readers looking for news about politics and current events.

 

www.bradblog.com

BREAKING ACTUAL NEWS!!! Old-fashioned investigative journalism. Very loyal readership who get it & pass it around! Large media following!

 

http://breakthematrix.com/

BreakTheMatrix.com shares liberty based news, events, commentary and more.

 

http://www.democrats.org/

Website dedicated to the Democratic Party.

 

www.brendancalling.com

Brendan Calling. “living in an alternative universe of permanent outrage and relentless negativity fostered and fueled by the blogosphere.”

 

http://brilliantatbreakfast.blogspot.com

Card-carrying member of the reality-based community; stomping monsters since 2004.

 

www.Buzzflash.com

BuzzFlash.com is a pro-democracy Web site featuring daily headlines, breaking news, and original commentary and editorials for democrats, progressives

 

www.californiaprogressreport.com

The California Progress Report is an independent online journal that covers a wide range of vital public policy issues.

 

http://chicagosprogressivetalk.com/

Chicago’s Progressive Talk believes that a blue city and a blue state deserve a Progressive Talk radio station that is entertaining, informative, irreverent and chock full of smart, funny shows with a progressive perspective.

 

www.chris-floyd.com

Chris Floyd – Empire Burlesque – High Crimes and Low Comedy in the American Imperium.

 

http://www.citizen.org/Page.aspx?pid=183

Public Citizen advocates for a healthier and more equitable world by making government work for the people and by defending democracy from corporate greed. You can help.

 

www.cliffschecter.blogspot.com

The Political Carnival is a fast paced Progressive political site that combines humor with dead serious, inanity with politics.

 

www.commentsfromleftfield.com

A liberal group weblog featuring political commentary and news analysis from a left-of-center point of view devoid of any automatic liberal party.

 

http://www.commoncause.org

Nonprofit, nonpartisan citizen’s lobbying organization promoting open, honest and accountable government. Somehow I just don’t believe they’re nonpartisan.

 

http://www.commondreams.org/

Liberal-leaning political and news blog.

 

http://conservativesarecommunistss.blogspot.com/

Liberal Blog. “Watching Conservatives Destroy America”

 

www.correntewire.com

Left-leaning news and political blog.

 

http://www.crookedtimber.org/

Left-wing politics and news blog.

 

www.crooksandliars.com

Left-leaning news and political blog.

 

http://www.couragecampaign.org/

The Courage Campaign is an online organizing network that empowers more than 700,000 grassroots and netroots activists to push for progressive change and full equality in California and across the country.

 

www.culturekitchen.com

Left-leaning news and political blog.

 

www.cursor.org

Minneapolis-based site, offers media criticism and alternative takes on the stories of the day.

 

http://www.counterpunch.org/

CounterPunch has been hailed as “America’s best political journal.” Edited by Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St. Clair.

 

www.DailyKos.com

Daily weblog with political analysis on US current events from a liberal perspective.

 

www.davidsirota.com

A left-leaning blog focusing on politics and news.

 

www.democracyarsenal.org

Opinion and Commentary on U.S. Foreign Policy and global affairs.

 

http://www.democracyforamerica.com/

Committed to strong, sustained grassroots involvement in the democratic process. Founded by Gov. Howard Dean.

 

www.DemocraticUnderground.com

Providing political satire and commentary for Democrats, a weekly Top Ten Conservative Idiots list and a wide range of discussion groups.

 

www.democrats.com

Vote for candidates in the largest online straw poll for Democrats, and discuss choices with fellow Democrats.

 

http://www.democratsforprogress.com/

Left-leaning liberal blog.

 

http://Digbysblog.blogspot.com

The smartest readers in the blogosphere drop by daily to read edgy, influential political writing at Hullabaloo.

 

http://dissidentvoice.org/

Dissident Voice is an internet newsletter dedicated to challenging the distortions and lies of the corporate press and the privileged classes it serves.

 

http://dohiyimir.typepad.com/

A happily-betrothed, non-violent, counter-dominant, left-liberal, independent, vulgar, possibly charismatic, not entirely insufferable, quasi anarcho-libertarian Quaker daddy who is rather full of himself shares his self-righteous take on parenthood, photography, politics and other esoterica.

 

http://driftglass.blogspot.com/

Left-wing politics blog.

 

www.Drudge.com/weblog

The left-leaning blog of the famous website.

 

www.edcone.com

Liberal-leaning news and politics blog.

 

www.electoral-vote.com

Tracks political polls for the 2010 U.S. Senate and House elections featuring a map updated daily showing the current state of the Senate races.

 

www.EschatonBlog.com

Duncan Black posts about news and politics. Liberal/left-leaning points of view.

 

http://european-americanblog.blogspot.com

This is a Political/Social Blog. It offers opinions on current political/social issues as well as more general topics. We are both long-time residents of the United States but we were raised and educated both in Europe and the US.

 

http://extremeliberal.wordpress.com

Liberal news and politics blog.

 

www.Fair.org

FAIR, the national media watch group, has been offering well-documented criticism of media bias and censorship since 1986.

 

www,Femeniste.us/blog

Feministe is one of the oldest feminist blogs online designed by and run by women from the ground up.

 

www.Feministing.com

With more than 40,000 daily page views, Feministing is the most popular blog geared specifically towards younger feminists and is quickly becoming the most popular feminist website on the internet.

 

http://fidlerten.com/

Politics and Other Issues, Discussed and Debated In a Polite, Civilized Manner.

 

www.first-draft.com

First, if you want people to put jobs somewhere, you need to have workers fully capable of completing the tasks you assign them.

 

http://firedoglake.com

Liberal-leaning news and politics blog.

 

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/

Foreign Policy is a global magazine of politics, economics, and ideas.

 

http://www.frameshopisopen.com/

Jeffrey Feldman is the author of Framing the Debate (Ig Publishing, 2007), Outright Barbarous (Ig Publishing, 2008), and Founder of the influential blog on politics and language called Frameshop (frameshopisopen.com), which launched as an independent website Jan. 1, 2005.

 

www.freespeech.org

Free Speech Internet Television is the first audio/video hub on the web created and defined by the people who use it.

 

http://freestudents.blogspot.com/

Left leaning news and politics blog.

 

http://godlessliberalhomo.blogspot.com/

Liberal news and politics blog.

 

http://gothamist.com/blog.php

A daily weblog covering New York city’s personalities, news stories, and media with humorous photos and running commentary.

 

http://gp.org/index.php

The Green Party of the United States.

 

www.gregpalast.com

Writings of a progressive investigative journalist. Includes schedule of appearances and biography.

 

www.grupo-utopia.com/blog/isou

In Search of Utopia is relevant, progressive, and cutting edge. It is news from the left from a centrist perspective.

 

www.horsesass.org

An (almost) daily weblog on state politics and the press.

 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/politics/

Offers syndicated columnists, blogs and news stories with moderated comments.

 

http://inthesetimes.com/

Published in print and on the Web twice a month. Offers perspectives on current events from a left-of-center viewpoint. IMPRESSIVE TRAFFIC

 

http://irregulartimes.com/

A cornucopia of irregular ideas and pictures scrawled across the page from a left-of-center perspective.

 

http://www.ivaw.org/

Mobilizing the military community to withdraw its support for the war and occupation in Iraq.

 

www.jackandjillpolitics.com

Jack and Jill Politics is one of the top black blogs online reaching a smart, affluent African-American audience with hip political commentary.

 

www.juancole.com

Among the top sites in the blogosphere for serious commentary on foreign affairs, Middle East, Islam. Read by journalists, government officials, university community, businessmen and investors.

 

http://kalimao.blogspot.com/

A Blog devoted to progressive politics, environmental issues, LGBT issues, social justice, workers’ rights, womens’ rights, and, most importantly, Cats.

 

www.lasvegasgleaner.com

Progressive news and opinion from the heartland.

 

www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com

Politics, law, military affairs, sports, and cats, all in one place if not in equal proportions. We have a well educated and loyal readership.

 

http://leanleft.com/

Another small attempt at disseminating progressive thought.

 

www.leftinthewest.com

Progressive blog about news and politics, based in Montana.

 

http://www.leftwingpost.com/

Covering the news from the left angle (and the right angle, just to be fair and balanced)

 

http://www.legitgov.org/

Liberal-leaning political activist website.

 

http://libcom.org/

Liberal organization, whose current interest is Occupy Wall Street

 

http://www.liberalfix.com/

Liberal news and politics blog authored by Dan Bimrose.

 

http://liberalforum.org/

We are an online political chatroom and forum for liberals, progressives, democrats, greens, leftists, and socialists (and anyone else for that matter) interested in chatting about ideals, principles, policies, and politics.

 

http://jtc.blogs.com/just_left

Equality, fairness and freedom – Jordan Carter blogs from a Labour point of view.

 

www.liberaloasis.com

Left-liberal articles and links covering political topics from mostly an independent liberal point of view.

 

http://www.liberalorder.com/

Authored by the assistant professor of economics in the Raleigh, North Carolina area.

 

www.liberalvaluesblog.com

Defending liberty and enlightened thought.

 

www.mahablog.com

News, opinion, and discussion critical of the Bush Administration.

 

www.makethemaccountable.com

Making politicians and media accountable to ordinary citizens since 2000.

 

http://www.michaelmoore.com/

A left-wing website, including blog, on news and politics. Authored by Michael Moore.

 

www.mediagirl.com

I’m Anna Brown, a no-nonsense, get it done front-end developer with a solid reputation for delivering my part of the project.

 

www.Mediamatters.org

Media Matters for America is a Web-based, not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media.

 

http://motherjones.com/mojo

Liberal-leaning news and politics blog.

 

www.MoveOn.org

Offers information on the anti-war movement and resources for activists.

 

http://movetoamend.org/

Coalition supported by hundreds of organizations and tens of thousands of individuals dedicated to ending the illegitimate legal doctrines that prevent the American people from governing ourselves.

 

www.mydd.com

Liberal-leaning news and politics blog.

 

www.myleftwing.com

A community weblog operated by Maryscott O’Connor featuring a variety of liberal political views and opinions.

 

www.NationalMemo.com

A smart political news site and daily email newsletter delivers original reporting and commentary to a smart audience.

 

www.needlenose.com

Needlenose has been bringing you top-… well, variable-quality needling of events and persons in the news since December 2002.

 

www.newscorpse.com

The once-mighty 4th Estate has been consumed by a governmental-corporate complex whose interests are best served by a compliant media that obeys its …

 

www.newshoggers.com

Left-leaning political commentary on current events, news, and an advocate for diverse liberal ideas

 

www.newshounds.us

Volunteer watchdog group focused on FOX News. Includes blog, video, newsletter, forum and how to support.

 

http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight

Making Light. A liberal to libertarian weblog on issues of interest to a full-time science fiction editor and part-time musician in New York.

 

http://nomoremister.blogspot.com/

Liberal blog about news and politics.

 

http://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/

Read a Pacific Northwest, liberal perspective on world, national, and local politics. From majestic Redmond, Washington – the Northwest Progressive Institute Advocate.

 

http://occupywallst.org/

News and resources for protesters attending the mass demonstration on Wall Street against financial greed and corruption.

 

http://october2011.org/

A new left-leaning activist website, the creation of which was inspired by the current events in the USA.

 

www.oliverwillis.com

Liberal blog on news and politics by Oliver Willis. Like Kryptonite to Stupid.

 

http://www.onegoodmove.org/1gm/

Liberal news and politics blog.

 

www.opednews.com

Opednews.com Progressive, Liberal United States and International News, Opinion, Op-Eds and Politics.

 

http://www.opencongress.org/

OpenCongress brings together official government data with news and blog coverage to give you the real story behind each bill.

 

http://www.opendemocracy.net/

OpenDemocracy publishes high quality news analysis, debates and blogs about the world and the way we govern ourselves.

 

http://ourfuture.org/

The Campaign for America’s Future is the strategy center for the progressive movement.

 

http://p2blogs.com/

Progressive-minded blogs.

 

www.pacificviews.org

Liberal weblog commentary on the environment, politics, technology, culture, and periodically, space colonization.

 

www.pamshouseblend.com

Blog by Pam Spaulding and contributors. Topics center around LGBT issues, rights, religion, and politics.

 

www.Pandagon.net

A vibrant political blog with 22,000 visitors and 180,000 hits a day and side forays into humor and pop culture writing from a young, progressive perspective.

 

http://pbd.blogspot.com

This daily blog is composed of clips and links from other progressive blog and news sites, accompanied by my own observations.

 

http://www.pdamerica.org/index.php

Progressive Democrats of America was founded in 2004 to transform the Democratic Party and our country.

 

http://www.pfaw.org/

PFAW was founded in 1981 by Norman Lear, the late Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, and a group of business, civic, religious, and civil rights leaders who were disturbed by the divisive rhetoric of newly politicized televangelists.

 

http://phoenixwoman.wordpress.com/

Politics, life, and other things that matter. Left-leaning blog.

 

http://pleasecutthecrap.typepad.com/main/

Left-leaning news and politics blog.

 

www.plunderbund.com

Plunderbund is Ohio’s most influential political blog. Period.

 

http://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail?pid=36207

Minnesota Atheists Talk Radio – A weekly radio show from Minnesota on topics of interest to atheists, humanists, and freethinkers.

 

http://www.polderdash.com/

An entertaining left-leaning blog on news and politics.

 

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/

Liberal blog authored by Ben Smith

 

www.politics1.com

The respected “inside baseball” site for US election news since 1998.A progressive skew, but with a large bipartisan audience of campaign insiders, journalists, activists & more.50-state coverage.

 

www.proamlib.blogspot.com

Liberals, Progressives, Democrats coming together in unity to ensure that we control the House, Senate and Presidency in 2012.

 

http://www.progressiveblue.com/

We are a community committed to advancing the progressive agenda through open and civil discourse on issues, by advocating action when necessary, and by supporting strong progressive down-ticket candidates.

 

http://www.projectcensored.org/

At Project Censored, we examine the coverage of news and information important to the maintenance of a healthy and functioning democracy.

 

http://prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped

At the dawn of a new progressive era and a time of economic transformation for the United States and the world, The American Prospect will strengthen the capacity of activists, engaged citizens, and public officials to pursue new policies and new possibilities for social justice.

 

http://www.publiceye.org/index.php

Monitors and analyzes the organizations, leaders, ideas, and activities of the US political right.

 

http://pygalgia.blogspot.com/

Left leaning blog on politics.

 

http://rabble.ca/

rabble.ca was built on the efforts of progressive journalists, writers, artists and activists across the country.

 

http://rackjite.com/

Making fun of Texas, Conservatives, Republicans, Religion and wingnuts.

 

www.RawStory.com

Raw Story is a progressive news site that focuses on stories often ignored in the mainstream media.

 

www.richardsilverstein.com

Political blog w. 800k annual uniques. Promotes Jewish-Muslim relations & Middle East peace. “Wikileaks of Israel” breaks stories about Israeli national security & promotes democracy.

 

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/

Liberal website dedicated to the critique of Conservatives and Right-Wingers.

 

http://rising-hegemon.blogspot.com/

Left-leaning news and politics blog.

 

www.rochesterturning.com

Left-leaning news and politics blog.

 

www.roxpopuli.com

News and Society Awaits Us All. Come visit us to find out what`s happening in the world each and every day.

 

www.rudepundit.blogspot.com

Tens of thousands of readers, acclaimed by the New York Times, cited by CNN, the Washington Post, and more, the Rude Pundit is one of the most acclaimed blogs out there.

 

http://rootedcosmopolitan.wordpress.com/

Left-leaning news and politics blog.

 

http://www.rootstrikers.org/

Rootstrikers is a network of activists fighting the corrupting influence of money in politics.

 

www.sadlyno.com

Sadly, No! is a liberal/progressive humor site since 2004 operating as a group blog. It is notable for the small but very active community that frequents the site.

 

http://www.salon.com/writer/glenn_greenwald/

Left-leaning news and politics blog authored by Glenn Greenwald.

 

www.satiricalpolitical.com

An Offbeat Look at the Hot-Button Issues of the Day.

 

https://secure.actblue.com/

The online clearinghouse for democratic action.

 

http://seeingtheforest.com/

Political Commentary – Looking at the bigger picture; seeing the forest for the trees.

 

http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/

A Progressive feminist blog on politics, news, and various issues.

 

http://simplifythepositive.blogspot.com/

Kris Broughton combines searing opinions with emotionally engaging commentary to provide insightful and provocative criticism of today’s social and political events.

 

www.slacktivist.typepad.com

It’s (usually) more complicated than that.

 

www.smirkingchimp.com

With an average of 40,000 unique visitors daily, The Smirking Chimp is consistently among the top five most-read left-leaning political sites in the blogosphere.

 

http://socialistworker.org/

Daily news and opinion site based in the U.S., with reports from struggles around the world and left-wing analysis of political events.

 

http://www.spockosbrain.com/

Left-leaning politics and news blog.

 

http://stubbornliberal.blogspot.com/

These are the rants and raves of a stubborn-headed midwestern liberal. My goals are to speak my mind and educate others about some of the events in our world.-

 

http://susiemadrak.com

Suburban Guerilla. A Left-leaning blog on current events and politics.

 

www.TalkingPointsMemo.com

Commentary on political events from a politically left perspective, by Joshua Micah Marshall.

 

www.talkleft.com

Liberal Coverage of Politics, Crime and Civil Liberties with Insightful Analysis, established 2002.

 

www.taylormarsh.com

Taylor Marsh – News, Political Analysis, Foreign Policy, and Independent Political Opinion on Progressive Politics.

 

http://thealbanyproject.com/

The Albany Project seeks to return New York State Government to its rightful owners – the people.

 

http://thebluevoice.blogspot.com/

Liberal political and news blog.

 

www.thedemocraticdaily.com

Political News, Progressive Commentary, Liberal Opinions and Common Sense Conversation.

 

www.thehollywoodliberal.com

Liberal-leaning news and politics blog.

 

www.theleftcoaster.com

Left-leaning blog on news and politics.

 

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/eric-alterman

Well-chosen words on music, movies and politics, with the occasional special guest.

 

www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com

The New Civil Rights Movement: Influential, political, named “Best Opinion” by The Week, “one of the smartest sites on the web.

 

www.thepoliticalcarnival.net

TPC covers breaking news that affects the progressive agenda. Humor, history, current events come together to take the endless drone of serious news & make it interesting and entertaining.

 

http://www.theothersideonline.net/

The Other Side Online is a blog sponsored by the Yakima County Democrats to provide a progressive and democratic perspective on politics and government in Central Washington.

 

www.the-reaction.blogspot.com

Left-leaning blog on news and politics.

 

http://theobamadiary.com

Left-leaning blog that focuses on President Barack Obama.

 

www.thewashingtonnote.com

Join us in DC at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in person — or watch live here at The Washington Note.

 

www.theyoungturks.com

The Young Turks is an internet and radio talk show associated with the blog.

 

http://thinkprogress.org/author/myglesias/

Liberal news and political blog authored by Matthew Yglesias.

 

www.thismodernworld.com

News and trivia about the political comic strip by Tom Tomorrow, which appears in alternative newspapers, on the Web, etc.

 

http://www.tomdispatch.com/

Tomdispatch.com is for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of our post-9/11 world and a clear sense of how our imperial globe actually works.

 

www.truthdig.com

Web magazine that provides a mix of long-form articles, interviews, and blog-like commentary on current events, delivered from a progressive point of view.

 

http://tuibguy.com

Author: Tangled Up in Blue Guy is the revised and re-born blog of tuibguy. Best classified as atheist/eclectic. I maintain the right to be wrong.

 

http://upper-left.blogspot.com/

Liberal-leaning political and news blog.

 

http://upyernoz.blogspot.com/

Liberal-leaning political and news blog.

 

http://usaction.org/

Federation of 23 state affiliates that organize for a more just America.

 

http://wampum.wabanaki.net/

Progressive news organization in the United States that operates a web site[2] and distributes a daily newsletter.

 

http://warisacrime.org/

Anti-war liberal organization.

 

http://www.watchblog.com/democrats/

Home to Democrat and Liberal bloggers.

 

http://www.wikileaks.org/

Publishes and comments on leaked documents alleging government and corporate misconduct.

 

 

http://www.winningprogressive.org

Husband and wife duo who are using their free time and skills to give a strong voice to sensible progressive values.

 

www.Wonkette.com

America’s favorite political gossip, Wonkette reaches more than a million unique visitors each month with its hilarious, scathing coverage of the presidential race and Washington’s outrages.

 

http://www.wsws.org/index.shtml

Published by the International Committee of the Fourth International (ICFI)

 

http://xnerg.blogspot.com/

Skippy, The Bush Kangaroo. Instead, focus on how your organization’s, or individuals’, strengths can be used to overcome your challenges.

 

http://youngphillypolitics.com/

Progressive, Young, Philadelphia Politics, from Small to Big.

 

http://www.zcommunications.org/blog/writers

Our blogs are quite powerful. Each writer can post, as is typically the case. Sustainers who have the option can also post, however.