Welcome to the Outsider Media Foundation, an independent nonprofit media organization working to increase public and media understanding of political activity that receives limited attention from traditional news sources.

Through our other work, we provide serious, nonpartisan coverage of third parties, independent candidates, emerging political movements and the electoral systems in which they operate.

A 2025 Gallup poll found that just 28 percent of Americans trusted newspapers, television and radio to report the news fully, accurately and fairly—the lowest level Gallup has recorded. Trust is difficult to rebuild when significant parts of political life remain outside the frame.

OMF builds the public record by covering underreported organizations, movements, and events with rigor and context. We help readers understand who is organizing, what they want, how they operate, and why their work matters.

Independent Political Report is the flagship publication of the Outsider Media Foundation and one of the country’s longest-running grassroots news sources dedicated to third parties and independent political activity.

Through original reporting, interviews, election updates and primary-source documentation, IPR follows the organizations and movements shaping American politics beyond the major parties. Join us and take an outsider’s view of American politics.