Guides: Newspapers and News Stories (A How-to Guide): Alternative News

Alternative News Sources

Try these sources for news from alternative political or social perspectives.

Alternative Press Index & Archive This link opens in a new window
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Bibliographic database of journal, newspaper, and magazine articles from international alternative, radical, and left periodicals.
Dates Covered: 1969 - Present

Black Panther (via Black Thought and Culture)
Provides full text access to a digital replica of the Black Panther from 1967-1980.
Chicago Defender - Current Issues
Historically important African American newspaper. Back issues available on microfilm.

Ethnic NewsWatch This link opens in a new window
Indexes US ethnic and minority publications; with full text.
Dates Covered: 1960-present.
Independent Voices This link opens in a new window
Independent Voices is a digital collection of alternative press newspapers, magazines and journals, drawn from the special collections of participating libraries. These periodicals were produced by feminists, dissident GIs, campus radicals, Native Americans, anti-war activists, Black Power advocates, Hispanics, LGBT activists, the extreme right-wing press and alternative literary magazines during the latter half of the 20th century.
Access note: Freely available to the public.