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A weekly newsletter about music, Christian faith, and rest to promote the practice of contemplation & creativity.

Because I agree with Julian that rest and stillness is where all creativity, innovation, and also compassion and peace begin.

- Whitney McKnight

PREVAIL by Greg Olear

PREVAIL is a regular column about politics, history, national security, foreign affairs, organized crime, dirty money, global corruption, the fight for democracy—and, on Sundays, poetry and literature.

Greg is such a fine writer. He is what journalists and novelists each want to be, all rolled in one.

- Whitney McKnight

Popular Information

By Judd Legum

Independent accountability journalism.

Truth to power.

- Whitney McKnight

Letters from an American

By Heather Cox Richardson

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

Because, history.

- Whitney McKnight

Tangle

By Isaac Saul

An independent, ad-free, non-partisan politics newsletter that offers both sides of the biggest news stories.

Good to hear both sides and then a synthesis with no BS.

- Whitney McKnight

The Metropolitan

By The Editors

Weekly emails about pop culture & society, written by British Generation X. No dunking. No hot takes. No false nostalgia. Choose the 'Free' option when you subscribe to get the weekly newsletter.

It is the best collection of cultural reviews and thought pieces for Gen X, both in the US adn the UK.

- Whitney McKnight

News from the Ensouled Universe

By Whitney McKnight in the Ensouled Universe

Anthropological considerations of the cosmos. Often funny.

Because it's my sister publication. And it has a regular, funny, astrological take on the news.

- Whitney McKnight

The Women of Ireland Project

By Belinda Vigors

A monthly newsletter exploring what it is like to be a woman of Ireland and how we came to be the way we are

The Unpublishable

By Jessica DeFino

What the beauty industry won't tell you, from a reporter on a mission to reform it.

Because, wtf is with the Kardashians? And why can't I be beautiful without someone else's permission?

- Whitney McKnight

TRANSCEND with Cylvia Hayes

For people who want raised consciousness, economic system change, and a world that works better for all beings.

She has her pulse on all the hopeful things happening now for the future of humanity and the planet.

- Whitney McKnight

How Not to F*ck Up Your Face

By Val Monroe

philosophical and practical advice for anyone who's ever looked into a mirror

Val really does want you to feel beautiful from the inside out, but knows you aren't entirely willing to go without your products...so she helps you find the best ones but always with the caveat that you need to love yourself first, or none of the products are worth a damn.

- Whitney McKnight