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Stop trans scapegoating
Nov 12, 2025

Stop trans scapegoating

The only more powerful narrative tool than a villain is a hero.

Just a wave, not the water
Nov 05, 2025

Just a wave, not the water

Hooray! Still, winning elections is only the first step.

When bad things get worse
Oct 29, 2025

When bad things get worse

Border Patrol, ICE, and the repetition of grim history.

The opposite of complicity
Oct 15, 2025

The opposite of complicity

Why showing up matters and what it can actually do.

State of the Degenerate union
Oct 08, 2025

State of the Degenerate union

The newsletter turned one today! What's happened and what's next.

You don't have to swallow frogs
Sep 30, 2025

You don't have to swallow frogs

Klein and Coates show that if you don't know what your core beliefs are, you're going to get played.

Mind the gap
Sep 24, 2025

Mind the gap

There's difference between analyzing a crisis and doing something about it.

Bad medicine
Sep 17, 2025

Bad medicine

RFK Jr's attack on vaccines and medical research in America.

What do you stand for?
Sep 10, 2025

What do you stand for?

Virtue signaling, the hustle, and why speaking out matters.

See no evil
Sep 03, 2025

See no evil

When journalists and public intellectuals ignore reality.

When Trump is gone
Aug 26, 2025

When Trump is gone

The challenge is bigger than the moment-to-moment crises.

How does this end?
Aug 20, 2025

How does this end?

The key ways that concentration camps get shut down.

Andrea Pitzer on politics and history, the Arctic, and Appalachian exile.

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