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The traitors are easy to spot. Prevail is a political newsletter that started as a column to cover the world of Trump/Russia. After the end of Trump's term, the newsletter broadened its topic range, to cover everything from organized crime and dirty money to global corruption and the fight for democracy. Greg Olear publishes in-depth interviews and original pieces with the goal to reveal the history and expose the traitors. The author focuses on the context and dives deep into what has already happened bringing all the relevant details up to the surface. Read about politicians who lack a moral compass, Putin's American cheerleaders, and fictional Trump’s character in The Apprentice. Don’t forget Sunday Pages where the author puts Trump/Russia aside and shares poems, art, and other interesting projects. Subscribe for lifetime coverage of Trump/Russia and help to fight the bad guys.

Races and places you’ll love running, across the USA and around the world. The Half Marathoner is a newsletter and a community dedicated to running. The newsletter hosts lists of amazing races, links to great running reads, and songs to run to. Whether it is about keeping yourself motivated, types of speed training, or running as a tool to get through tough times - Terrel Johnson will share everything you need to know about becoming a better runner. With a strong community element - be it a lively Friday open thread or back and forth with the author - each issue turns into a conversation. Subscribe and join a virtual running group to train together for races and “cheer each other on”.

Hung Up is essays, interviews, reviews, recommendations, gossip, love notes, line readings, and other cool stuff you want to share with your friends. Hung Up is a weekly newsletter that brings you saucy gossip, intriguing essays, movie reviews, and recommendations. In this newsletter, you’ll get insights into the author’s thoughts, critiques, and takes about current events, pop culture, and celebrities. Hunter Harris is on a journey to understanding why we’re hung up on things we like, whether celebrity drama, a new Netflix special we’re all hooked on or a song that keeps replaying in your head. Subscribe to the Hung Up Newsletter for essays, interviews, and the latest celebrity gossip - delivered straight to your inbox.

Chipping away at the inscrutability of modern life, popular culture, and how we feel about both. Maybe Baby is one of the leading culture newsletters on Substack. This newsletter is an attempt by Haley Nahman to understand the confusing yet exciting world around her, learning about modern life (and how to survive it) along the way. The author hopes to inspire people and offer a unique approach to life by sharing her personal stories and cultural critiques especially aiming at self-delusion, cognitive bias, mass media, and how our lives are affected by all three. Subscribe to Maybe Baby for weekly essays, recommendations, podcasts, and monthly advice where the author takes in 3 questions from readers and gives her detailed answers.

A weekly essay on issues in food, from politics and climate change to culture and labor. From the Desk of Alicia Kennedy is a newsletter about food and everything that surrounds it. Be it sourcing, labor or politics involved, the author raises thought-provoking questions and makes unforeseen connections. Get ready for essays on restaurants and the death of the chef, on consumption and the meaning of food and fatphobia, and the role of food media. From the Desk of Alicia Kennedy contains original essays and published/reading/cooking sections where the author shares her published work, recommended reads, and recipes. Subscribe to get access to additional interviews with people in food and join community discussions.

Musings from a standup comedian and startup veteran The Rubesletter is a weekly newsletter where NYC comedian, writer, and filmmaker Matt Ruby shares his takes on different events happening around the crazy world we live in. Navigating through life in 2022 after everything we’ve been through feels like walking on a tightrope…without a balancing stick. In this newsletter, the author aims to share his perspective on things like tech, politics, society, and life and offer no BS advice to people who wish to see things from a different angle. You’ll find fun reads for everything ranging from learning how technology works, creative stand-up advice, and rants about the woke left Subscribe to the Rubesletter to get a different perspective on life, an interesting take on recent events, and relevant advice straight to your inbox every week.  

figuring out how to be and raise ethical, joyful humans in beautiful, horrible times. The examined family is an honest, personal newsletter that encourages you to reflect on your life and to rethink and reassess what it means to live a good one. Courtney Martin reckons how the world has changed, shares the daily struggles of living in quarantine, and offers a Sunday Times Snapshot of “5 things worth noting from today’s New York Times”. The examined family is a mixture of essays, Q&As with activists from different fields and has an engaged community of like-minded, wise people.

Weekly art, writing, and creative inspiration. A newsletter from the desk of Austin Kleon is not your ordinary curation. Being a writer who draws, the author sparks your curiosity by visually narrating different tips and tricks. Think of a technique on how to make a map of your mind or exercises to help you feel thankful. In addition to his creative bursts, you will get a list of ‘10 things worth sharing’. You can expect links to articles on how a book is made, music recommendations, original reviews of moby dick and so much more art-related things.  Want to engage with your creative side? Subscribe to Austin Kleon’s newsletter and get inspired. 

Newsletter with exclusive essays, good things, a book club, special devotional series, and so much more. “Super Jesus-y” newsletter is a mixture of soul-searching, feminism, and GIFs. Field Notes is a community as well, it is full of book recommendations and conversations with its readers. Sarah Bessey publishes questions and encourages discussions, shares prayers, and provides tools to practice all in the same newsletter format. Join the community in doing great work in the world.

Regular news and features by award-winning author and investigative reporter. Honest and impactful, TK News by Matt Taibbi, is full of complex topics and confusing news, written in a clear, digestible manner. Dive deep into the transformation of the American press, analysis on the Russiagate, and all the nuances on today’s Left and Right. The newsletter hosts presidential campaign reporting, regular news, and creative writing with an added bonus of access to Matt Taibbi’s books - Hate Inc. and The Business Secrets of Drug-Dealing.