Experiencing human stories and situations first-hand and putting a face and a name on what exactly happened is one of the best ways to gradually become slightly more enlightened. Everyone needs a passport and to travel, including to places that make them uncomfortable, to find out what life is about, to separate the real from lies, and realize there are wonders and wonderful people throughout the world. Spoiler... - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

Democracy Now! Is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at https://democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. Source: over 1 year ago

DemocracyNow.org is a great example of publicly funded, non-corporate media if anyone's looking for alternatives. Source: over 1 year ago

I suggest Pacifica Radio. They haven't embraced corporate sponsors like PBS and NPR have, and are entirely funded by listeners. Founded by a couple anarcho-pacifists back in the 1950-60s. Folks might be familiar with Democracy Now. Well, that's where the show got its start, and it still airs there. Source: over 1 year ago

He's so... bothered! If you examine the affairs of the Crown though, it's impossible not to be. The whitewashing began almost instantly. The /r/ontario subreddit posted a pinned megathread that would not allow any critical comments about QEII, the Crown, or the monarchy. Basically every MSM news org had bootlicking and fawning for the entire coverage so far, without any criticism. Thankfully democracynow.org had... Source: over 1 year ago

(1) Technically, I think that site works by identifying itself as the Google webcrawler and seeing the full-text version that many sites would like to have indexed. (2) There's the question of why that site isn't taken down (or how it pays its bills) and my guess is this: In the 2000s it was an open secret that you could read the news on most sites like The New York Times with the username and password... - Source: Hacker News / 23 days ago

Use https://12ft.io/ to read if you aren’t a member. - Source: Hacker News / 5 months ago

This pot roast with winter root vegetables (I use rutabaga instead of celery root, but any root veggies are perfect) No sides needed other than bread and/or maybe some noodles. If you want a green vegetable, track down a whole stalk of brussels sprouts and roast them. Recipe is paywalled on epicurious.com and you can no longer paste links from 12 ft ladder, but you can access yourself through it https://12ft.io/. Source: 6 months ago

Use 12ft Ladder. Breaks the formatting, but you can read all the text. Source: 6 months ago

I've never had an issue with a paywall on their website so no idea but you can try opening it via 12ft or Archive. Source: 6 months ago