The best Activism newsletters

Bill McKibben writes about the climate fight, covering science updates, energy policy, and the politics and activism around them. Readers get his personal commentary, curated reporting and calls to action, with a hopeful bent despite grim news.

A personal newsletter by a journalist and parent on living through climate change and political upheaval, covering activism, family, identity and mental health. Readers get first-person essays that mix reporting, lived experience and references to research on how the polycrisis affects bodies and nervous systems.

A daily newsletter offering one simple climate action each weekday, paired with upbeat stories about clean energy, innovation and conservation. It also includes a Saturday quiz, a Sunday good news roundup, and occasional interviews with climate figures.

A climate and social justice newsletter mixing opinion essays, guest articles and commentary on collapse, Indigenous rights and climate activism. Readers get politically engaged writing that connects climate impacts to colonialism, extraction and inequality, alongside ideas for action.

A trial lawyer writes in a witchy, matriarchal voice about women's rights, collective trauma and activism, framing legal protections as protection spells. Readers get personal essays, legal-informed perspective and emotional guidance for sensitive and activated readers.

The Call is a podcast and data newsletter from the Good Shepherd Collective featuring interviews with Palestinian organizers and activists, along with data on West Bank and East Jerusalem demolitions. Readers get first-hand perspectives on political organizing, solidarity and life under occupation.

A first-person newsletter by an activist opposing commercial solar and wind development on farmland in Upstate New York, focused on the state's Office of Renewable Energy Siting (ORES). It reports on permit fights, lawsuits, FOIL requests, media coverage and events with officials.

A profane, politically partisan daily commentary that mocks Donald Trump and his administration, documenting rallies, statements and policy moves with sarcasm and insults. It gives readers a combative anti-Trump take on current US politics rather than neutral reporting.

Michael Moore's Substack and podcast, now called Pandemonium, is a political newsletter urging readers to turn out and mobilize for the 2026 midterm elections. Issues mix polemic, calls to action and a daily countdown schedule with his views on democracy, Democratic Party strategy and Israel.