The Journeyman
Marlon Weems, Arturo Dominguez, Egberto Willies, Tanya Ray Fox, Shari Dunn, Kathryn Anne EdwardsIndependent analysis and commentary on politics, economics, media, and American culture—grounded in more than three decades of experience in finance.
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The Political Machine Behind Prediction Markets
As always, this essay is free. Paid subscribers can access the full interactive investigation, which supports in-depth independent research.
I originally set out to write about TikTok, poker, and Jeff Yass, the co-founder of...
Beyond the Newsletter: The Future of The Journeyman
When I launched The Journeyman six years ago, subscriptions were $5 a month or $50 a year. Those prices haven’t changed, but so much else has.
Today, the newsletter I started at our kitchen table has grown into an independent media...
Ukraine’s Campaign Expands to Russia’s Social Media Infrastructure
Ukraine’s campaign against Russian computing infrastructure has expanded beyond Yandex. On October 18, drones struck a data center operated by VK, the Russian technology company behind VKontakte. Located in the Leningrad region near St. Pet...
The Wealth Inequality Inside the Top 1%
More Research. More Insights. More Value.
In the near future, access to Hillcrest Strategies' many infographics, interactive websites, and in-depth research will become an exclusive benefit for paid subscribers. Free commentar...
When the Servers Go Dark: Ukraine's New Front in Infrastructure Warfare
For years, discussions of Russian disinformation have focused on social media platforms, fake accounts, algorithms, and foreign actors’ ability to influence political discourse far from Moscow. Ukraine has introduced a new question:...
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Storyteller. Former Wall Street executive. Independent journalist. Explaining how markets, money, media, and power shape everyday life.
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A political activist, author, blogger, radio show host, business owner, software developer, web designer, and mechanical engineer. He's a Progressive whose favorite phrase is “political involvement should be a requirement for citizenship.”
Everyone is entitled to my opinion. Sports, society and culture from a sports media veteran turned independent analyst and commentator. You probably know me as the woman constantly defending Lamar Jackson.
Shari Dunn, author of Qualified: How Competency Checking and Race Collide at Work (by Harper Business 2/25/25), is an accomplished journalist, former attorney, news anchor, CEO, and adjunct professor.
Labor economist, policy consultant, opinion writer at Bloomberg, and economics creator.
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