Substacks recommended by James Fallows

Recommended by James Fallows

DIANE REHM's Substack

Bringing interesting and knowledgeable people to discuss issues facing the world today.

Famed DC broadcaster, mainstay of local WAMU for years and now on Substack.

- James Fallows

The Best of Journalism

By Conor Friedersdorf

Links to exceptional nonfiction. Stay informed and engaged without the anxiety of endlessly surfing the web.

On the Land, with Kristof Farms

An Oregon farm trying to produce some of the world's best wine and hard cider, with the help of bears, cougars, eagles and a stern guard dog.

Nick has been on the road, and reporting realities, all across the world and within the United States. Very much worth following.

- James Fallows

The Washington Monthly

Bold ideas. Honest journalism. Smart analysis. Our mission: champion democracy, support good governance and promote American opportunity for all.

From my original home in magazine-land, ongoing insight and reporting on politics, education, tech, and much more.

- James Fallows

GoozNews

By Merrill Goozner

Informed commentary on healthcare, public policy and politics

I've learned from Merrill's reporting and analysis for decades, and now.

- James Fallows

Notes from a Small Press

By Anne Trubek

Think of these as signatures, unbound. Thoughts, explanations, and screeds about the publishing industry by Anne Trubek, founder of Belt Publishing. For the bound version, pick up "So You Want To Publish A Book?" Belt Publishing, July 2020.

Popular Information

By Judd Legum

Independent accountability journalism.

Craftsmanship

Highlighting master artisans, innovators, and pioneers who are creating a world built to last.

'Craftsmanship' and its team have sent an exceptional example about how to do original, first-tier, against-the-grain reportage about some of the real creators in current society.

- James Fallows

Noahpinion

By Noah Smith

Economics and other interesting stuff

DeLong's Grasping Reality: Economy in the 2000s & Before

By Brad DeLong

Both the millennia past and the new millennium. The economic world: working, making, apportioning, talking, & more. What I learn about it, largely through history, as I bet that humans are such the same that the future resonates if not reflects the past.

I've followed and learned from Brad DeLong's economic and world-events analysis since back in the previous century!

- James Fallows

Rothman at Large -- Substack edition

By David Rothman

David H. Rothman on everything, from politics to technology and books.

Peter Osnos Public Affairs Press

By Peter L.W. Osnos

An especially good view — watching history happen

Robert’s Newsletter

By Robert Litan

Economics, politics, education, sports, life, whatever I feel like readers may be interested in

Bob Litan is a clear-eyed, big-hearted, common-sense guide to the intersection of public policy and public life.

- James Fallows

Observations on an Island

By Lizzy Fallows

I'm a water-loving mother of four, spending a few years in Bali.

Backbencher

By Timothy Noah

Politics, economics, domestic policy, and a smattering of culture.

Politics War Room with James Carville & Al Hunt

By Politics War Room With James Carville & Al Hunt

Join James Carville and Al Hunt in the fight for the soul of the nation.

Suzanne Taylor’s Now What?

By SUE Speaks

Original thinking about what we-the-people can do to help shift mass consciousness to knowing we are one humanity, caring about each other as much as we care about ourselves.

Sinocism

By Bill Bishop

Get smarter about China

NonZero Newsletter

By Robert Wright

Politics, psychology, and tips on averting the apocalypse.

Trade War

By Dexter Roberts

The latest, most vital news on China's economy and its business and political relationship with the world

Dexter Roberts knows what he is talking about—when it comes to China, the US, and other cultures and economies affected by them both. I always read what he writes.

- James Fallows

Book Post

By Ann Kjellberg

Bite-sized book reviews by distinguished and engaging writers, direct to readers‘ in boxes. Editor Ann Kjellberg is a multi-decade veteran of The New York Review of Books and founder of the literary magazine LIttle Star

Our Towns Civic Foundation Newsletter

By The Our Towns Flyer

Towns and cities nationwide are today’s incubators for ideas that will tell the modern story of American renewal. People are experimenting in innovative ways that drive progress. We share their stories here.