Links
This is a developing list, which will be updated from time to time. Click on the entry to go the linked website.
Organizations
Homepage
Check out news and information from our parent organization
ACLU of New Mexico
New Mexico affiliate of national organization
Home | American Civil Liberties Union
The ACLU dares to create a more perfect union — beyond one person, party, or side. Our mission is to realize this promise of the United States Constitution for all and expand the reach of its guarantees.
National organization
Democracy Docket
Democracy Docket is the leading digital news platform dedicated to information, analysis and opinion about voting rights and elections in the courts.
Yunior Rivas
Democracy Forward - We go to court for democracy
Democracy depends on a government that works for all people. We fight vigorously in court against abuses of power and attempts to undermine a government that works for people who need it most.
Conservation Voters New Mexico – Connecting People, Land and Justice
Jeff
Land, justice, and democracy
HOME - League of Women Voters Santa Fe County
The League of Women Voters of Santa Fe County (LWVSFC) is a non-profit organization that seeks to promote informed citizen participation in government by providing unbiased information about political issues and candidates
Home - Somos un pueblo unido
about us Somos, founded in 1995, is a statewide immigrant-led organization that promotes worker and racial justice. LEARN MORE Mission At Somos Un Pueblo Unido, we believe that everyone deserves […]
The Seneca Project
Galvanize women, save democracy. The Seneca Project is a bipartisan superPAC dedicated to mobilizing moderate women in support of Kamala Harris’ election.
Public Citizen
Public Citizen is a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization that champions the public interest – your interests – in the halls of power.
CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
CREW is a leading ethics watchdog organization that takes relentless legal and investigative actions holding people in power to account.
A home for white people working for justice - SURJ
A home for white people working for justice When we fight racism, we all win. SURJ mobilizes white people for justice across the country. Through campaigns, education, and action opportunities, we move our people to reject racism and complicity– and to join movements for change. Learn More Current Campaigns Learn more about our current work […]
Recommended by Dave Bazell. SURJ has webinars, available at https://www.mobilize.us/surj/. Past webinars at https://surj.org/category/past-webinars/.
Podcasts
Defending Democracy Podcast
Listen and watch the latest episode of the Defending Democracy Podcast.
With Marc Elias, the founder of Democracy Docket
Practical Radicals: Seven Strategies to Change the World
In this biweekly podcast, based on their book Practical Radicals: Seven Strategies to Change the World, Deepak Bhargava and Stephanie Luce talk with some of the leading progressive organizers and t…
Publications
Newspapers and magazines online
New Media
Home • Source New Mexico
Scrappy independent journalism for you
Danielle Prokop
(free, donations encouraged)
Defector | The last good website.
Defector is an employee-owned sports and culture website brought to you by the former staffers of Deadspin.
Sabrina Imbler
(subscription based)
Autonomy News
A worker-owned reproductive rights and justice publication.
Garnet Henderson, Susan Rinkunas
(free)
Home - High Country News
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Tony Schick
(some free, some subscription)
Democracy Now!
A daily TV/radio news program, hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, pioneering the largest community media collaboration in the U.S.
(free)
404 Media
404 Media is a new independent media company founded by technology journalists Jason Koebler, Emanuel Maiberg, Samantha Cole, and Joseph Cox.
Joseph Cox
(free)
The Lever
A reader-supported news organization holding power accountable.
The Lever
(free)
The Marshall Project
A nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal justice system.
Rebecca McCray
Legacy Media
Latest news, sport and opinion from the Guardian
Latest US news, world news, sports, business, opinion, analysis and reviews from the Guardian, the world’s leading liberal voice
(free, donations encouraged)
WIRED - The Latest in Technology, Science, Culture and Business
We bring you the future as it happens. From the latest in science and technology to the big stories in business and culture, we’ve got you covered.
Condé Nast
(subscription)
The Atlantic
The Atlantic covers news, politics, culture, technology, health, and more, through its articles, podcasts, videos, and flagship magazine.
Eliot A. Cohen
(subscription)
Newsletters
Finding Gravity, from Jamison Foser
Government, politics, media and more. The mess we’re in, how we got here, and some ways out.
Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance | Substack
Worried about the state of the republic? Get the legal knowledge & analysis you need to be an advocate for democracy, along with a dose of savvy optimism. Click to read Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.
Joyce Vance
Paul Krugman | Substack
Notes on economics and more. Click to read Paul Krugman, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.
Paul Krugman
Meditations in an Emergency
Essays and analyses by Rebecca Solnit
Rebecca Solnit
Letters from an American | Heather Cox Richardson | Substack
A newsletter about the history behind today’s politics. Click to read Letters from an American, by Heather Cox Richardson, a Substack publication with millions of subscribers.
Heather Cox Richardson
Sign up for Jamelle Bouie - The New York Times
Historical context for present-day events.
Austin Kocher | Substack
Decode the U.S. immigration system with clear analysis backed by data and designed for curious readers. Click to read Austin Kocher, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
Austin Kocher
Thinking about... | Timothy Snyder | Substack
Opening the future by understanding the past. Click to read “Thinking about...”, by Timothy Snyder, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.
Timothy Snyder
The New Republic | Substack
Ideas. Influence. Impact. TNR is a leader in the continuing fight for American democracy and a must-read if you want to know the ideas impacting politics and culture today. Click to read The New Republic, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
The New Republic
Tools
5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
Makes calling your Members of Congress easy
Chop Wood, Carry Water | Jessica Craven | Substack
This weekday newsletter gives you easy, effective political actions to take to stave off despair, effect positive change and elect more true public servants. Click to read Chop Wood, Carry Water, by Jessica Craven, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.
Jessica Craven
Trump’s Unprecedented Funding Freeze Hits Communities Across America | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
United States Senate Committee on Appropriations
Check out the embedded tracker showing the vast array of federal funding that should be going out the door, but that Trump is holding up or actively fighting in court to block. The tracker is a “snapshot in time” so check the date of the latest update. See the House version of the tracker here.
From the U.S. Institute for Peace, the Gandhi-King Global Academy, which “offers an expansive catalog of practical online courses designed to support the educational and training needs of frontline peacebuilders in conflict-affected countries. Course topics span a wide variety of topics across conflict management and peacebuilding, including negotiation, mediation, conflict analysis, dialogue, and many more.”
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