We're always on the lookout for good sites with a liberal or progressive message. Political or social; regional, national, or international; cerebral or humorous; topical and timely or offbeat and irreverent, we're after anything in a progressive vein. If you know of a site other members might find interesting, please submit it via the form at the bottom of the page.
We intend for this list to be a developing resource, so check back often for updates.
Scott County Liberals & Friends on MySpace
Proud To Be Liberal - Splendid essay on what liberalism is, and is not
Recovery.gov - "Your Money at Work." Track money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
The White House - The 44th President. Don't miss the Agenda page.
The United States House of Representatives
The Unites States Senate
The Supreme Court of the United States
Scott County Trading Post - online classifieds serving the Scott County area.
The Hive105
The Independent Herald
Scott County Sheriff's Department
Scott County Schools
Oneida Schools
Scott County Chamber of Commerce
Children's Center of the Cumberlands
Friends of the Big South Fork
Scott County Tennessee Genealogy
☆ NEW! People For The American Way - Progressive advocacy. Don't miss their Right Wing Watch.
PublicEye.org - website of Political Research Associates, "Researching the Right for Progressive Changemakers"
Multinational Monitor - Keeping an eye on large corporations
Stonewall Democrats - The national voice of LGBT Democrats
Veterans for Common Sense - fighting for prompt, comprehensive benefits for war veterans
Project Fair Play - fighting illegal church electioneering
The Coalition of Secular Voters
"Founding Documents"-Americans United present the Founding Fathers' case for religious pluralism.
The Secular Coalition for America
Hatewatch - blog of the Southern Poverty Law Center
Amnesty International - Protecting human rights worldwide.
The Tennessee Democratic Party
The Democratic National Committee
MoveOn.Org - Democracy in Action
Tennessee Equality Project - Advancing and protecting the civil rights of our State’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered citizens and their families
Dennis Kucinich - The only Congressman courageous enough to introduce Articles of Impeachment against George Walker Bush
Progressive Democrats of America
National Council of Women's Organizations
Bill of Rights Defense Committee - Working with communities to uphold the Bill of Rights
The American Civil Liberties Union
The Southern Poverty Law Center
Left Out - A haven for pro-life progressives.
Hate Free Zone - an egalitarian approach to immigration reform.
Center For a Better South
Young Democrats of America
TrueMajority.org - founded by Ben Cohen, of "Ben & Jerry's" fame.
Humane Society of the United States
Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
The Other Side of the Street - UT Public Radio's series on the homeless in Knox County
☆ NEW! TomPaine.com - an online public affairs journal of progressive analysis and commentary.
Liberaland - blog of Alan Colmes, of Fox News' Hannity & Colmes
Common Dreams - Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community
TennViews - Liberal views and opinion by Tennesseans
Tennessee Guerilla Women - Feminists "fighting the radical right in Tennessee and the nation"
The Huffington Post - anti-vaxxer pseudoscients, defending a convicted child rapist.
Daily Kos
Crooks and Liars
Lefty Blogs - a directory of liberal blogs from around the nation.
The Democratic Daily
TalkLeft - liberal coverage of crime-related political and injustice news.
News Hounds - "We watch Fox [News] so you don't have to"
Media Matters - correcting conservative misinformation in the media
The Nation - Progressive newsweekly offering "Unconventional Wisdom Since 1865"
current_ TV - Emmy award-winning independent media company founded by Al Gore
The Progressive - "monthly magazine of politics and culture with a pronounced leftist perspective" (Wikipedia)
The Center for Public Integrity - Independent non-profit journalism in the public interest
AlterNet - showcasing the best of dozens of independent media sources
StopBigMedia - fight the spreading global mediacracy
Air America Radio
The News Hole - official blog of Countdown with Keith Olbermann.
The Sierra Club
The Alliance for Climate Protection
Greenpeace USA
The League of Conservation Voters
World Wildlife Foundation
The Climate Project
The International Rhino Foundation
The Elephant Sanctuary of Tennessee - Yes, Tennessee!
Liberalism is not a religion. There are, however, liberal religions.
CrossLeft - Balancing the Christian voice.
The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life
The Interfaith Alliance - Religious groups supporting separation of church and state.
Street Prophets - a Daily Kos community for "progressive people of faith"
Unitarian Universalist Association
Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church (Knoxville)
Westside Unitarian Universalist Church (Farragut/West Knoxville)
Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church
Ethical Culture / The American Ethical Union
First Freedom First
ReligiousTolerance.org - Scholarship on issues at the intersection of society and religion.
Richard Dawkins dot Net / the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science
Godless Americans PAC - Church/state separation lobby made famous by former Senator Elizabeth Dole
Secular Coalition for America - national lobby for atheists, humanists, freethinkers, and other nontheists
Americans United
American Humanist Association
The Council for Secular Humanism
Freedom From Religion Foundation
The Secular Web/Internet Infidels - gigantic collection of
online resources and a vast library of freethought writings ancient and modern.
SKEPTIC Magazine/the Skeptics Society
The Center for Inquiry - A global federation committed to science, reason, free inquiry, secularism,and planetary ethics.
The Onion - America's Finest News Source.
Colbert Nation - Conservatives don't know they're funny!
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Real Time With Bill Maher