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Politics, religion, foreign policy, and culture from a Christian trans woman. 2025 Military Reporters & Editors Award for Commentary/Opinion. 2024 NLGJA Award for Excellence in Blogging. 2024 EPPY Award for Best Political/News Blog.

Putting public opinion into context while creating a pathway to understanding, empowering, and engaging Gen Z.

The Social Contract with Joe Walsh is a citizen-supported movement resisting authoritarianism and restoring classic American values like civic engagement, tolerance, and mutual respect. Join our community!

Tireless resistance to autocracy. Never out of the fight.

Unflinching journalism in defense of democracy

Updates from Ben.

Writing about Israel, the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, the Middle East, the American Jewish Community, U.S. foreign policy, Antisemitism, and other things as they come up.

Scribbling into the void!

Writer in London working at a tiny indie London bookshop + latest news from my book - Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come: One Introvert's Year of Saying Yes

Fearless political journalism — straight out of DC, delivered with British snark.

Identifying and nurturing next-generation leaders that can lead the Democratic Party out of the wilderness.