Expert commentary from a 30-year veteran of US politics. Here at Hopium we work on strategies to defeat MAGA, tell our story more effectively, and ensure freedom and democracy prevail. Expect sharp analysis, live events, and all sorts of Hopium!
A newsletter devoted to reading, eating, and family dinner, however you define "family" and however you define "dinner." Written by the bestselling author of the Dinner: A Love Story book series including, most recently "The Weekday Vegetarians."
PREVAIL is a regular column about politics, history, national security, foreign affairs, organized crime, dirty money, global corruption, the fight for democracy—and, on Sundays, poetry and literature.
Open source research on power, politics and money. Focus on: the U.S., kleptocracy, graft, Trump, Russia, business and real estate deals, surveillance and influence companies & other legal but curious people and networks. I also publish on Newstracs.com.
Author of EMBASSY KID: AN AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE FAMILY MEMOIR (publication in 2022) and SURVIVING AMSTERDAM: HOW LOVE, COMPASSION, AND RESILIENCE SAVED MY LIFE (WIP).
Here's my work as a TV critic, media analyst and guest host at NPR, along w/stuff on music, race, journalism, media, navigating the codes we all switch thru in life. Also: author of Race-Baiter: How the Media Wields Dangerous Words to Divide a Nation.
A war correspondent's open notebook, reporting live from Kyiv. Human stories that illustrate what’s happening during the war in Ukraine, and elsewhere on the frontlines for democracy. Issues 3x a week!
Edited by essayist Claire Berlinski, this is Substack's top forum for the discussion of international news among readers and writers, around the world, who are concerned about the future of liberal democracy and the gathering storm of global war.
A conversation about technology, ideas, people and their convergence in contemporary war and competition. Also covering issues related to the war in Ukraine, Chinese aggression against Taiwan and Indo-Pacific defence.
We fight for justice For the People. We will never surrender.
The Daily is pro-democracy, grounded-in-facts analysis, opinion and news. Zero bootlicking. True independence. Tons of integrity. No fear-mongering.
A weekly (or more) article by Paul Scham examining an aspect of Israel, the Mideast, geopolitics, Jewishness, American politics, or something else. I am a (recently retired) professor of Israel Studies at the University of Maryland with unorthodox views.
Adversarial journalism and commentary from the former executive producer of Up w/ Chris Hayes, senior producer at Countdown w/ Keith Olbermann, and veteran of The Daily Show, ABCNews, CNN, The Young Turks, and more.
A daily geopolitical intelligence brief for business leaders and investors — written by former diplomats, focused on what has changed, why it matters, and what to watch next.
