Substacks recommended by Jessica Craven

Recommended by Jessica Craven

Supermajority Ed Fund’s The Week in Women Voters

Each week, we’ll give you the top news on women voters, what we care about, and how you can appeal to our values in order to build a world that works for all people.

Supermajority does great work turning out female voters. This newsletter contains helpful information about elections, voting, and how to get involved.

- Jessica Craven

HOW TO SHOW UP with Samara Bay

By Samara

💥 Public speaking for the soul. Get weekly love notes and monthly community on Zoom to show up/show out with your humanity intact. Guidance & fire from the author of #1 bestseller PERMISSION TO SPEAK. A Substack Featured Publication 2024.

THE CONDOR

By Climate Action California

Dispatches on the fight for a healthier planet and a liveable future. From the folks at Climate Action California.

Movement Voter Project

We fund grassroots groups to win lasting progressive power and policy change.

The Grassroots Connector

By Susan Labandibar

A newsletter for and by grassroots leaders. We report on innovative grassroots projects and the latest research on voter contact strategies.

The Big Picture

The Big Picture provides a deep dive into the cultural, political, and societal issues shaping our world today, from a variety of unique perspectives.

Voice of the Resistance

By Resistbot

Political organizing and activism from the humans behind Resistbot.

Resistbot is one of the best activism tools I know.

- Jessica Craven

Rogan's List

By Susan Rogan

ways we can help save our democracy

A thoroughly researched, regularly published list of actions to take to support a healthy democracy. A great complement to my newsletter!

- Jessica Craven

Healthcare Advocacy

By Alan Unell Ph.D.

News and Actions for Healthcare Reform: A Public Service

If improving the American healthcare system is a primary goal for you this newsletter is a must-read.

- Jessica Craven

Hopium Chronicles By Simon Rosenberg

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!

Simon Rosenberg was one of the only political analysts to predict Democrats' wins in 2022. He's a relentless cheerleader for our side, but in the most data-backed way imaginable. Indispensable.

- Jessica Craven

Pepperspectives

By David Pepper

Saving Democracy: A User’s Guide

Erin In The Morning

By Erin Reed

News and discussion on trans legislation and life.

If you're interested in trans rights--and we all should be--this newsletter is a must-subscribe.

- Jessica Craven

What Did Joe Biden Do Today?

A daily log following the activities of the administration of the 46th President of the United States

Reframing America

By Antonia Scatton

Changing the way the American Left engages in the public debate.

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.

If you want clear and thorough explainers on legal cases moving through the federal courts--especially ones affecting Trump--this is the newsletter for you.

- Jessica Craven

FrameLab

Moral Politics, Meta Narrative, Language and Your Brain

The Hartmann Report

By Thom Hartmann

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

Excellent, incisive, smart, and wide-ranging in its scope. Highly recommend.

- Jessica Craven

Lucid

By Ruth Ben-Ghiat

A newsletter for big-picture thinking about autocracy and threats to democracy around the world

The Status Kuo

By Jay Kuo

The Status Kuo provides accessible political and legal analysis. In crazy times, a little clarity goes a long way! Subscribe to get my email in your inbox. And if you can afford it, become a paid supporter to keep me from having to take a law gig.

An outstanding newsletter that covers a range of politics and news related topics. Kuo writes beautifully and he's smart and knowledgable. What more can you ask?

- Jessica Craven

Today's Edition Newsletter

By Robert Hubbell

A reflection on today's news through the lens of hope.

Again, if you care about politics and need a daily explainer/pep talk from a smart lawyer who started this newsletter to comport his grown daughters after Trump was elected, you should subscribe. I consider it a daily must-read.

- Jessica Craven

Steady

By Dan Rather

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

What would we do without Rather's calming voice during these trying times? Well worth a subscription.

- Jessica Craven

News Not Noise

By Jessica Yellin

Separating the news from the noise. We give you information, not a panic attack.

Love this clear and concise breakdown of US and world news by reporter Jessica Yellin. Frequently includes good news--so critical.

- Jessica Craven

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

If you're into messaging and/or overall wonkery you'll love it. From Pod Save America co-host Dan Pfeiffer.

- Jessica Craven

The Review of Beauty by Jessica DeFino

A critical review of beauty culture from “the woman the beauty industry fears” (the Sunday Herald).

I am absolutely OBSESSED with this newsletter, written by a former publicist for the Kardashians' cosmetic line. It's about misogyny, white supremacy, capitalism, and how all of that comes to us through our beauty standards and the "beauty industrial complex" that's grown up around them.

- Jessica Craven

The Holler

By John Russell

Class politics for rednecks and hippies. Based in the Upper Ohio Valley. Written by dive bartender @heyjohnrussell

Absolutely indispensable reporting on rural America and the malfeasance of the GOP. Must-read.

- Jessica Craven

Letters from an American

By Heather Cox Richardson

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

You can't be interested in politics and not follow historian Heather Cox Richardson's work. Mighty, uplifting, contextualizing, informative.

- Jessica Craven

BIG by Matt Stoller

The history and politics of monopoly power.

Abortion, Every Day

By Jessica Valenti

All things abortion. Feminist commentary & community.

An absolute must-read if abortion is an issue that matters to you. Indispensable.

- Jessica Craven

HEATED

By Emily Atkin

A newsletter for people who are pissed off about the climate crisis.

Popular Information

By Judd Legum

Independent accountability journalism.

If you want to help hold bad corporations accountable, and find out who's funding the awful politicians we're fighting, you need to subscribe.

- Jessica Craven

Chop Wood, Carry Water

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