FiveThirtyEight

Nate Silver's blog was one of the most visited political sites prior to the '08 Election. A must see for statistics junkies. In the 2008 Presidential election, Nate correctly predicted the winner of 49 of the 50 states, earning much notoriety. In fact he was named one of the World's 100 Most Influential People by TIME Magazine in April of 2009.

HuffingtonPost 

News and Commentary from Ariana's popular site. Huffington, a Greek-American author and columnist is the co-founder of Huffington Post. Formerly a liberal Democrat turned right winger then back again, she is a frequent news show guest commentator." The website's focus is on political news and entertainment for the most part. We find it rather amusing...

Watkins Photo Archive

Fresno's favorite local photographer, Howard Watkins, has been documenting events in the City and the surrounding areas for decades. This is his site, devoted  to displaying those photographs. Please contribute to this project!

Rachel Maddow / MSNBC

Everyone left of center loves Rachel Maddow! Five nights a week she shares her hard-hitting wit and insight with America. She's seen at 6:00PM local time.

National Drought Mitigation Center

One very important issue in our valley is water. This is the University of Nebraska - Lincoln drought monitoring site. See how our region stacks up against other areas in the US. Easy to read and understand maps illustrate how severe the problems is. These are as near to real time facts as you are going to find.

The Environmental Defense Fund

Full of news and information regarding current efforts to solve the earth's ills including market-based solutions to environmental problems.

The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission

Wondered what Phil Angelides has been doing lately? Why he's the chair of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, tasked with examining the causes of the financial crisis and reporting it's findings to the Congress, the President, and the American people. Nice work if you can get it!