News and Art
These are all mainstream media, but even the mainstream isn't read enough. You also have to go abroad to get real information about the world - the US has a closed view.
In German
Der Standard ist wo ich täglich meine Information über Österreich zu lesen bekomme.
Der Spiegel wird weniger oft gelesen, unter anderem weil es weniger zu lesen gibt. Trotzdem, sehr gut.
Die Welt gibt mir die deutschsprachigen Nachrichten aus Deutschland, weniger interessant fr mich, aber jede paar Wochen komme ich wieder zurck.
In English
The point of most of these links is to provide you with articles that don't usually show up in the mainstream media. I lean left, and find that most right-wing media outlets are filled with incoherent freaks who want to do things like invade foreign countries, kill their leaders, and convert the inhabitants to Christianity. I prefer to use my brain when writing.
For a progressive point of view about a variety of issues, tune into CommonDreams. This site collects articles from around the web, all with a specific agenda. Since I believe this agenda, for the most part, I like reading articles here.
The Nation is one of the better reads around, and a journal that gets far too little attention. I don't say that because I'm some wacky leftist, I say that because I am a sane leftist these days. So there.
American Prospect is a biweekly magazine founded as a progressive public policy journal. It's great, and reading it while looking at our daily politics is a worrisome and frightening business. Read more of the articles
For three more mainstream media outlets that show pretty much all sides of an issue, check out the following links:
The Washington Post is on the Web, and a damn fine read. The price of the paper has gone up to (gasp! oh horror!) 35 cents in DC. Online it's free, and the coverage is great. Now that I'm not local in DC, it's less a Metro paper for me, but the reporting is great, as is the OpEd page. Sports are located at Washington Post Sports
Nando Times has a more conservative Nando OpEd, but a good news section to find out quickly what's up and where.
Slate is a grab bag of interesting ideas, you can find some gems in here. It's survived the online wars pretty well so far (that's what happens when you have Microsoft and NBC funding you, I suppose), but keeps an interesting commentary running.
Other sites around the world
Austria Kultur is an occasionally stuffy magazine from America about Austrian culture. I suppose it's for Auslandsösterreicher but I couldn't be sure.
Africa News gives info on topics that are usually a bit difficult to come by in the States.
Academic Issues
The Chronicle of Higher Education is a good place for the academic to get info about the academic world....