Introducing the American Independent

Today the Minnesota Independent welcomes a sibling to its family of news sites: The American Independent, the eighth in our network of nonprofit news sites, launches today, joining existing sites in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico and Washington, D.C. The new site aggregates the best political coverage from our standalone news sites and offers original reporting and analysis to contextualize emerging national themes that are shaping American politics, running up to the 2010 mid-term elections and beyond.

The American Independent will also house smaller versions of its standalone site for other states, beginning with Texas and North Carolina in late July, allowing for a continued diversification of national localized coverage. These new mini-sites will feature two reporters on the ground in each state, and will appear exclusively on The American Independent.