where online to find opinion columns from across the political spectrum?

July 8, 2019 9:11 AM

I would like to follow current affairs and want to learn how commentators of different political affiliations (left, center, right, etc.; I realize it's often more complicated) react to the issues of the day.

Ideally, I'm looking for websites that aggregate opinions rather than having to jump around among individual publications. Also, I'm interested in commentators who consistently *write well* (not the sort of crap that often circulates on social media) for general readers (not academic specialists, etc.). Otherwise, I suppose I'm primarily focused on the U.S. context, but that wouldn't exclude global perspectives. (Apologies too if there's an obvious answer; searching so far hasn't brought up what I expected.)

posted by 5Q7 to Media & Arts (4 answers total)

Not written, but if you want to switch to listening, KCRW's Left, Right & Center is basically exactly this.
posted by BlahLaLa at 9:58 AM on July 8, 2019

I particularly dig The Week. It collects opinion pieces across the spectrum in a way that always seemed thoughtful and balanced to me!
posted by stella1 at 9:59 AM on July 8, 2019

AllSides maybe? They have a gray OPINION designation on those types of articles, but are more focused on general news stories.
posted by jabes at 10:28 AM on July 8, 2019 [1 favorite]

Real Clear Politics has a list of editorials from across the spectrum updated a couple times a day. I will note as a caveat that some of the right wing sources they pull from are pretty out there/straight-up Trump propaganda.
posted by tau_ceti at 11:41 AM on July 8, 2019