# LeftTimes — a nuanced and radical newsfeed

> Curated progressive news aggregator for thoughtful articles, podcasts, and videos. (iPhone/iPad app by Joschka Tryba.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lefttimes/id1339947991 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Joschka Tryba](https://appshunter.io/developer/1339947990)
- Category: News
- Price: Free
- Rating: 4.60/5 from 57 App Store ratings · 31 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 17+
- Requires: iOS 10.0 · 20 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2018-02-21
- Data updated: 2026-06-10
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lefttimes/id1339947991/reviews.md

## What is LeftTimes?

Thoughtful articles aggregated from progressive publications.

LeftTimes is a high-quality aggregator of articles, podcasts and videos, bringing together content that is balanced across issues areas and represents a breadth of perspectives. We feature a limited number of publications so as to force ourselves to only pick those consistently producing informative, in-depth, thoughtful, compelling, and moral content.

Contents spans from news, politics and policy to culture, art and identity - balanced across the US and global perspectives - and covering everything the economy, international relations, the environment, and social justice. All content is curated from a select set of progressive publications including magazines, think tanks, investigative journalists, blogs, research institutes and more. 

Our goal is to make it easy for  readers to discover and follow some of the most interesting and thoughtful writers and reporters across the left. We want to make it easy for people to discover, follow and read the best content being produced by the most interesting and thoughtful writers and reporters across the left.

Philosophically, LeftTimes is metamodern, seeing Green Social Liberalism as the socioeconomic system upon which the next (r)evolutions of society must be built. The distribution of publications reflect this ideological perspective – being predominantly progressive, social democratic, and democratic socialist – with a smattering of liberal, communist, anarchist, and libertarian perspectives.

We have only just begun to build out our news feed and there are many more sources and authors we have yet to add or even discover. We would love your help! 

LeftTimes aggregates and curates articles from independent authors and publications. They have not sponsored or endorsed LeftTimes and their trademarks belong solely to them.

If you have comments, feedback, or more sources you'd like to see supported, you can e-mail us at: lefttimes.contact at gmail.com

## Key features

- Aggregates articles, podcasts, and videos
- Curated progressive publications
- In-depth content on diverse topics
- Balanced US and global perspectives
- Focus on thoughtful writers and reporters
- Supports social justice and environmental topics

## Recent user reviews (10 of 31)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/lefttimes/id1339947991/reviews.md

### 1/5 — App won’t open

*2025-07-25*

When I try to open the app , it immediately closes. It’s not just me, the same thing happens to my husband. He deleted his, and I guess the same for me.

### 5/5 — Best resources & news from a progressive view

*2023-11-06*

Dfinitely 5 Star; too many to claim, Read their About page, you’lllve it if you’re a critical thinker.

### 5/5 — great app

*2023-10-18*

I love this app! it’s introduced me to so many leftist news sources. There’s a lot of deep and thoughtful analysis of current events like the willow project, protests, wars, etc etc. I can’t open articles from within the app anymore, I have to search them up myself. Pls fix :(

### 5/5 — Best resources & news from a progressive view

*2023-10-15*

Dfinitely 5 Star; too many to claim, Read their About page, you’lllve it if you’re a critical thinker.

### 5/5 — must have

*2022-03-27*

thank you devs for creating this wonderful app. it’s got all my favorite sources in one convenient place. this app is part of my morning ritual and find it hard to imagine life without it now

### 4/5 — Best of its kind

*2021-07-24*

I am grateful for this app and hope the developers continue to improve it. The app aggregates left leaning news stories from numerous sites which I would not have the time or patience to track down. I have found many of these stories are the illuminating. What I have not seen, so far, are the positive news stories of the good things human beings are doing on this planet to create a better world. So much of the news cycle for most news organizations is negative. Can we also celebrate the the positive work many of us are contributing to our communities and the world?

### 5/5 — Finally

*2020-08-21*

For someone disappointed by the options of left voices available in the standard News App, finding this app was a gift.

### 5/5 — Wonderful app

*2020-07-27, version 1.7*

Genius idea to aggregate articles, essays and editorials across the left wing spectrum. Clean and easy to use, and a great UI.

### 5/5 — Great left wing news and opinion

*2020-07-24, version 1.7*

It’s hard to find any left wing publications these days, so it’s really helpful to have an app that gathers articles on many different topics (a lot that the mainstream media wouldn’t dare touch) from different sources. 
Only thing I would add is more articles from across the world- it’s very America centric right now.
Solidarity comrades!

### 5/5 — Great!

*2020-07-22*

Really promising app and already unique news source.

## Frequently asked questions about LeftTimes

### What kind of content does LeftTimes offer?

LeftTimes offers a curated selection of articles, podcasts, and videos from progressive publications. The content spans news, politics, policy, culture, art, and identity, with a focus on in-depth and thoughtful analysis.

### What publications are featured on LeftTimes?

The app features content from a limited number of select progressive publications, including magazines, think tanks, investigative journalists, blogs, and research institutes. The goal is to consistently provide informative, in-depth, compelling, and moral content.

### Is LeftTimes free to use?

Yes, LeftTimes is a free application. There are no in-app purchases or advertisements mentioned in the provided description.

### What is the ideological perspective of LeftTimes?

LeftTimes is philosophically metamodern and sees Green Social Liberalism as a foundational system for societal evolution. The distribution of publications reflects this, being predominantly progressive, social democratic, and democratic socialist, with some liberal, communist, anarchist, and libertarian perspectives.

### How can I suggest new sources or provide feedback?

You can email the developers at lefttimes.contact@gmail.com with comments, feedback, or suggestions for more sources you would like to see supported. The app is still under development, and user input is welcomed.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.9 — 2020-09-15

Performance improvements for faster loading times!

### 1.8 — 2020-09-07

We’ve updated our list of topics so that you can stay up-to-date with the latest news!

### 1.7 — 2020-01-11

Updates to keep the sharing experience smooth!

### 1.5 — 2018-10-29

Updates to keep the share experience rolling smoothly!

### 1.3 — 2018-06-23

Updates to sharing options.

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