Substacks recommended by Race Bannon

Recommended by Race Bannon

Insight into national politics and elections from a seasoned and fearless independent journalist, delivered to your inbox daily so you can stay inspired and informed—while you push back on Trump and corporate media.

Erin In The Morning

By Erin Reed

News and discussion on trans legislation and life.

Flux

By Matthew Sheffield

Flux is a media platform for change, providing in-depth coverage of politics, religion, technology, and media. We're all about empowering independent voices and telling stories that corporate media can't or won't see.

The Science of Sex

By Joe ⲁⲣⲁϩⲍⲉⲛⲁ

Understanding Human Sexuality Through the Power of Science

As someone who also writes a lot about sexuality and relationships, I'm always on the lookout for good writing on the topic. Highly recommend this one.

- Race Bannon

Letters from God

By God

A daily newsletter where a blasphemous, progressive God brings you humor, truth, and hope. You’ll get clear, fearless commentary on politics, religion, and America’s chaos, plus animated live streams with God and Jesus.

Noahpinion

By Noah Smith

Economics and other interesting stuff

Going Deep: A Gay Guide to Reality

By Mike Gerle

A seasoned urban gay gives advice on the correlation between our hearts, minds, and hormones.

I know the writer of this page personally. He has an articulate and important perspective on sexuality and kink from the gay male viewpoint.

- Race Bannon

Steady

By Dan Rather

Dan Rather's steady take on a complex and chaotic world.

DeLong's Grasping Reality: Economy in the 2000s & Before

By Brad DeLong

One of the best ways to learn to make sense of money, work, communication, production, distribution, and more. Betting that in the course of human things the future must resemble even if it does not reflect the past, people being much the same over time.

In My Tribe

By Arnold Kling

improving social epistemology, rewarding reasoned discourse

One Night in the Life(Style)

By Pete McCall

Dirk Landers is a dom at a kink club in a major city (maybe it's your city). These stories are taken directly from his adventures. And his adventures are your fantasies... Welcome to One Night in the Life(style).

Patti Smith

The reader is my notebook

Robert Reich

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

America, America

By Steven Beschloss

Essays of alarm and hope, on politics and society, democracy and justice. With passion and urgency.

Jay Vampyre

Mastering Life and BDSM.

Good writing about kink.

- Race Bannon

The Honest Broker

By Ted Gioia

A trustworthy guide to music, books, arts, media & culture by Ted Gioia

Faster, Please!

By James Pethokoukis: Faster

Discovering, creating, and inventing a better world through technological innovation, economic growth, and pro-progress culture.

The Queer Love Project

By Jerry Portwood

What do we know about love? Find, accept and explore love and commitment among gay, lesbian and trans people in queer relationships through storytelling and interviews with LGBTQ+ folx.

I love Jerry Portwood's The Queer Love Project newsletter. This newsletter adds to the growing realm of media that helps to allow people to find, accept, and explore love and commitment among gay, lesbian, and trans people in queer relationships.

- Race Bannon

The Bulwark

The Bulwark is home to Sarah Longwell, Tim Miller, Bill Kristol, JVL, Sam Stein, and more. We are the largest pro-democracy bundle on Substack for news and analysis on politics and culture—supported by a community built on good-faith.

Oldster Magazine

By Sari Botton

Exploring what it means to travel through time in a human body, at every phase of life.

The Good in Us by Mary L. Trump

By Mary L Trump

In which we come together to save American democracy, or at least have fun while trying.

The Message Box

By Dan Pfeiffer

A newsletter for people who want to defeat Donald Trump and MAGA extremism from a former Senior Advisor to Barack Obama

Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance

By Joyce Vance

Worried about the state of the republic? Get the legal knowledge & analysis you need to be an advocate for democracy, along with a dose of savvy optimism.

Please Kink Responsibly

By Sir Quill

Transformative Empowerment Through Inclusive Kink and Sex Education

The premise of this newsletter is important in the world of sexual empowerment through inclusive kink and sex education. Well worth reading by everyone, kinky or not.

- Race Bannon