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Recommended by ken taylor

The past part of my life defines me for who I am today and needs no resume to share what I believe to be true. Historical & genealogy researcher. I believe in the Father Almighty, being a proud American, I love my family, and all God's creations.

Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid

As a human rights lawyer I bring the receipts to disentangle fact from fiction and advance the fight for universal human rights.

Healing Our Mental State of Mind on Substack

By Dora-Lynn Greene

My personal Substack on mental strength and wellness

common sense and individualistic approach to self-sustenance reminiscent of Clara Weekes.

- ken taylor

My personal Substack

My personal Substack

Here we destroy the myth that Black People in the United States lack eloquence, intellect, political savvy and linguistic dexterity. This is not the place for those allergic to the truth, the willfully ignorant, the stupid or the indoctrinated.

American Freakshow

By Nina Burleigh

A weekly newsletter from veteran journalist Nina Burleigh keeping an eye on MAGA extremism and its absurdity.

Normal Island News

By Laura

The UK's second most reliable news source after Gbeebies. Parody/satire x

Satire a la Supreme

- ken taylor

The Joyous Struggle

By Jonathan Rowson

Newfound feelings and impossible ideas

Cultural Philosophical Fireworks

By AKcidentalwriter

Delving into culture currently through a philosophical elastic mindset to challenge collective thought in this fluid pivoting D.A.I.C aka digital artificial intelligence complex.

400 Years

By D. Elisabeth Glassco

Here are essays that blend biography and narrative nonfiction to recover the Black tradition of resistance too often left out of American textbooks.

Psyop detective

By Petra Liverani

Blowing away the magic propaganda dust layer by layer

interesting perspectives & challenging common notions of "truth"

- ken taylor

Fay’s Rants

By Fay Reid

Politics, History, Education, Science, and Social Services

random scribble

By Jane Harry

random stuff

Everything Is Horrible

By Noah Berlatsky

Culture, politics, and misery.

Substance

By Tana Ganeva

drugs and crime

Robert Reich

Daily newsletter exposing where power lies — and how it's used and abused

Thinking about...

By Timothy Snyder

Opening the future by understanding the past.

The Hartmann Report

By Thom Hartmann

A Daily Newsletter of Renaissance Thinking about Progressive Politics, Economics, Science, and the Political News Issues of Our Day

Polemology Positions

By Matt Osborne

Conflict History

Lucian Truscott Newsletter

By Lucian K. Truscott IV

I've covered everything from three wars, a few presidential campaigns, the Stonewall riots and the Rolling Stones. This column reflects that history and is about politics, culture, personal stories, and the nation's descent into anti-democratic madness.