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  • Evan Stern

    LA-based waiter, writer and plant daddy rooted in politics, nonprofits and hospitality. The final Clubhouse App Icon \ud83d\udc4b

  • Adam Johnson

    Writer

  • Joe Wrote

    Labor organizer. | I've written for The Center for International Policy, Jacobin, PRISM, The Progressive Mag, Red Pepper, Balls & Strikes, and elsewhere.

  • Walter Rhein

    I stand for women's rights, tolerance, integrity, and compassion. Together we'll work to create a better world for our kids.

  • Deuce Davis

    I grew up in Baltimore City and experienced it as a place yearning to relive a past glory rather than a crime haven. It makes me appreciate the nostalgia so many older people have and how it influences their worldview.

  • Cryn Johannsen

    Author. Abolitionist. Antifascist.

  • Stephen Robinson

    Politics and arts writer. My son once described me as a “play typer guy,” which is the name of my newsletter and podcast.

  • Jon Neumann

    Your friendly local elected official serving on the fault lines of Purple America.

  • Michael E. of The Fog

    Tell the Money I called and left a message

  • Dr. GPat Patterson is ✨YWF✨

    proud community college professor. mass-cooperation strategist • writes about : ☑︎ play-based abolitionist teaching ☑︎ trans + two-spirit storying ☑︎ technical communication in people-powered movements. • they/ them

  • Aaron Ross Coleman

    Writer and journalist published in The New York Times, GQ, The Nation, BuzzFeed, The Intercept, CNBC, and elsewhere. Subscribe to my new home, Freedom Studies, where I write about abolition, economic democracy, and emancipation.

  • Dr Austin Dean Ashford

    From G.E.D. To PhD. Performing Arts

  • Producer Zach

    After working multiple lifetimes in the coal mines of Hollywood California, Producer Zach is healing his black lungs on the open plains & prairies of Substack.

  • SwampWatch

    Not On Our Watch - 501(c)3 Not On Our Watch is a 501(c)3, serving as a news and research aggregator dedicated to exposing corruption and the abuse of power in Washington, while offering solutions.

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