The best Racial Justice newsletters

Historian Jemar Tisby writes about white Christian nationalism and the Black Christian tradition, connecting historical episodes like the 1890 Mississippi Constitution to current politics. Issues also cover how to communicate about justice through storytelling and promote related film and podcast projects.

Nonprofit AF is a sharp, opinionated newsletter from a nonprofit sector writer who critiques civility norms, white moderation, and rule-following in philanthropy, often with dark humour. Readers get a critical take on power and conflict-avoidance in nonprofits, plus event invitations and calls for reader stories.

Robert P. Jones, founder of PRRI, shares research and commentary on religion, race and democracy in the United States. Issues include author conversations, survey findings on white Christian voters and event announcements.

The Sankofa Question Magazine publishes long-form investigative features on race, justice, health, and culture for Black diaspora readers. Recent issues examine predictive policing and racial bias in AI, global vaccine inequity, and who controls representations of Black identity in film, museums, and education.

Essays and updates from Dallas Gudgell on Indigenous perspectives, decolonizing wealth, environmental and climate justice, and human relationships with the more-than-human world. Issues mix reflective writing with announcements of talks and podcast appearances on wildlife coexistence, buffalo restoration and collective healing.

Tumbleweird is a Washington-state-focused newsletter mixing bilingual community news, such as an interview on a racial justice safety fund, with playful pop culture reviews and local ghost-story and haunted-place features. Readers get regional lore, light film criticism and occasional civic reporting in an irreverent, quirky voice.