AllSides provides multiple different views of the same story which allows for a much rounder picture of the subject. Instead of just news from the right or left, AllSides covers every side, including the middle.
Media Bias/Fact Check is an independent website that educates the public on bias in the media. Although this is a crowd-sourced operation run mostly by volunteers, you can find valuable links to good news sources.
Open Secrets is a nonpartisan, independent and nonprofit, run by the Center for Responsive Politics. The group focuses on reporting political donations.
FactCheck.org’s SciCheck feature focuses exclusively on false and misleading scientific claims that are made by partisans to influence public policy.