Substacks recommended by Jordan Zakarin

Recommended by Jordan Zakarin

Analysis and opinion Wall Street, the working class and politics.

Media that builds power for working people.

I work at More Perfect Union, but I'm not just sharing this out of self-interest — the team puts out vital stories every single day, and a large majority of them aren't even mine. Great stuff for progressive populists sick of the corporate media.

- Jordan Zakarin

How Things Work

By Hamilton Nolan

Labor, politics, and power.

Take Back the Court

By Take Back The Court

News and analysis about the Supreme Court and the urgent need to expand and rebalance the Court, featuring TBTC's Supreme Court Accountability Project.

Jobs That Are Left by GAIN Power

Jobs, events, and career opportunities for people powering progressive politics and policy from GAINPower.org. We share member and partner events and occasional other announcements too!

Covering Liverpool

By Neil Jones

I write about Liverpool FC for a living. This page aims to take you closer to the club, and give you an insight into my job, my world and everyone in it.

Law Dork

By Chris Geidner

The Supreme Court, law, politics, and more.

Smart thoughts on politics through a legal lens, with a focus on the Supreme Court and judicial system. Written by a former colleague who knows his stuff.

- Jordan Zakarin

Little Things

By Ali Griffin Vingiano

a newsletter about creativity & being human. plus: a space to learn & grow together.

Seeking Rents

By Jason Garcia

Corporate influence in the Sunshine State.

Jason Garcia is a top-notch investigative journalist covering power, corruption, and politicians in Florida, perhaps the most corrupt state in the country. I’ve worked with him on several big pieces at More Perfect Union, and can’t recommend his work enough.

- Jordan Zakarin

Robert Reich

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

Radical Reports

By Teddy Wilson

Research, Analysis, and Intelligence on the Radical Right.

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

Dispatches From A Collapsing State | Jared Yates Sexton

Diagnosing a world in crisis while finding means and strategies for a better, realer, more human future.

Mets Fix

By Jeffrey Bellone

Where Mets fans get their fix.

The Tomkins Times - Main Hub

By Paul Tomkins

Grown-up views and intelligent debate about Liverpool FC (online paywalled/free content by Paul Tomkins and associates as The Tomkins Times since 2009, now relocated to Substack.)

Revelatur Newsletter

By Mark Hill

How Progressives Beat Republicans at their Own Game

BIG by Matt Stoller

The history and politics of monopoly power.

Ken Klippenstein

News you might’ve missed

Ken has a preternatural ability to find the big important scoop and an enviable ability to make powerful people uncomfortable.

- Jordan Zakarin

Primary School

By Opinion Haver

Primaries in blue America and risk-free moves to the left. Formerly Primaries for Progress

Ryan Grim

A politics newsletter, written by Ryan Grim, DC bureau chief for The Intercept, co-host of Counter Points and Deconstructed, and author of the books "The Squad," "We've Got People," and "This Is Your Country On Drugs."

No reporter is more plugged into progressive politics than Ryan, which actually undersells his expertise. His work covers policy, media, and history, as well, and is always nuanced and very much worth reading.

- Jordan Zakarin

Progress Report

Recommended by Jordan Zakarin