Ask HN: where do you get your non-tech news?

3 points·Huhty··7 comments

I use HN for most of my tech news, but what other sources are good for everything else?

There's a lot of non-tech news right here. I think I get between 60% and 75% of all my news of any kind right here.

Also:

New York Times, almost entirely through their daily email, which you can subscribe to for free. Any article they email to you can be clicked on for free.

Google News.

http://thebrowser.com/

http://counterparties.com/

http://longform.org/

http://longreads.com/

When I read an article I will often follow through to other articles linked from the first. Sometimes I'll add a site to my news collection from that kind of activity. Counterparties was one such addition, and now it's in my daily group.

The Economist for world and business news. Planet Money(podcast) for help understanding news about world economics. Nature.com for articulate reports of the natural sciences. I've started reading nautil.us, and have nothing but good things to say. wartard.blogspot.com is a little aggressive, but I still find it the best source for understanding military intention.

I subscribe to http://nextdraft.com/ and love the daily email

The Economist

Though it's a weekly publication, I still consider The Economist the best source for world news. Even if they did hype up Paul Ryan to no end.

Though it's a weekly publication

That's one of its strengths. It doesn't have to create news out of nothing, as there is enough 'real' news each week to fill its pages.

I fully agree, but I felt that could potentially be perceived as a limitation to someone unfamiliar. I was attempting to put emphasis that it wasn't.

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