The Missing Data Depot

Tons of data analysis about American religion and politics

Good writing about bad science

Social science, common sense, and skepticism applied to controversial topics, and occasional personal takes and twists.

Black viewpoint diversity

Underexplored Research Topics

A new media company built on the ideals that were once the bedrock of American journalism.

Foreign policy, American politics, and social science

"To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle," - Orwell

An ongoing inquiry into the ideological fever that overtook the governing and chattering classes of America during the Trump years

News and features by best-selling author and reporter Matt Taibbi, in an independent package molded after I.F. Stone's Weekly. The site contains investigative journalism, satirical commentary, and the America This Week podcast with novelist Walter Kirn.