Trusted News and Information Sources

Joyce Vance: Civil Discourse. Legal analysis from a law professor and former US attorney. Free and paid upgrade. [email protected]

Jen Rubin and Norm Eisen: The Contrarian. Rubin was one of a slew of Washington Post staffers who quit when Jeff Bezos declined to endorse in the 2024 election. Free and paid upgrade. [email protected]

Heather Cox Richardson: Letters from an American. Political news and commentary. Free and paid upgrade. [email protected]

Neal Katyal. Legal analysis for nonlawyers about the U.S. Supreme Court. Free and paid upgrade. Nealkatyal.substack.com

NC Newsline. North Carolina news and commentary. Nonprofit. Donations accepted. Ncnewsline.com.

News and Observer. Good coverage of NC education and the legislature. Digital paid subscription. Newsobserver.com

The New York Times. Arguably the best newspaper in the world. Digital paid subscription. Gift subscriptions available at $75 for a year. nytimes.com

The Washington Post. Out front in political coverage. Digital paid subscription. Gift subscriptions available. Washingtonpost.com

Wall Street Journal. Outstanding news and business reporting. Paid subscription. Initial subscriptions available for $1 per week for 1 year. Wsj.com/subscribe

National Public Radio (NPR). Broadcast locally on WUNC. Free or donation. Wunc.org.

PBS News Hour. News, analysis, live coverage. Free but requires TV.

MSNBC. Cable news television station. Requires TV set and access to cable. msnbc.com.

Enlace Latino NC. Nonprofit news organization for Latinos living in North Carolina.Free or donations. In Spanish. Enlacelatinonc.org

El Hilo podcast. Stories from Latin America from a nonprofit news organization. In Spanish. Elhilo.audio and radioambulante.org.

Assembly Required. Weekly (Thursdays) podcast by Stacey Abrams from Crooked Media. Free. crooked.com.

Rights and Wrongs, a bimonthly podcast from Human Rights Watch, a New York based NGO. Focuses on rights issues around the world. Donations accepted. Hrw.org.

The Nation, a progressive American monthly magazine covering political, cultural news, opinion and analysis. Subscription based. thenation.com.

Huffpost. Independent, web-only news source with a bent toward politics. Subscription or contribution based. huffpost.com.

Recommended You Tube stars (Google them for contact information; some are subscription, others not): Glen Kirshner, former federal prosecutor; Brian Tyler Cohen,
podcaster; Mark Elias, attorney; Robert Reich, former Labor Secretary and economist; Harry Littman, former U.S. attorney.

- By Richard Chapman with contributions from Shirley Lamont and Greg Steiner.