Sites like metropolitanreview.org

Political Currents, a Substack newsletter of original essays on politics, society and culture by Ross Barkan

A Substack newsletter of longform essays and reflections on the internet by Justin Smith-Ruiu, with a featured columnists section

Katherine Dee's Substack newsletter of essays and case studies on Internet culture, online identity and media

Misery Tourism is a blog of dark, morbid essays and wry stories about crime, disaster and suffering in historical places

B.D. McClay's personal website of writing, including the Weird Sisters newsletter, by writer and Hedgehog Review contributing editor B.D. McClay

The Free Press, a news and commentary publication with investigative stories, essays and podcasts by Bari Weiss and contributors

FICTION on the WEB, a short story magazine publishing dated original fiction across crime, speculative and literary genres, with writing tips and a critique service

The Chamber Magazine, an online magazine of contemporary dark fiction, poetry, essays, reviews and interviews from around the world

Senses of Cinema, an online film studies journal publishing essays, festival reports and critical articles on cinema by contributing scholars and critics

Write or Die Magazine, a Substack newsletter by Mort on navigating the writing world and its publishing industry

A literary magazine publishing experimental fiction, poetry, essays, interviews and artwork, edited by The Collidescope team

Experimental History, a Substack newsletter on psychology and science by experimental psychologist Adam Mastroianni, published every other Tuesday

A fantasy literature blog, Black Gate, featuring essays, reviews and forgotten-author retrospectives on pulp and sword-and-sorcery fiction

Essays on AI and Silicon Valley culture by Jasmine Sun, a Substack newsletter on tech's motives and how it makes people feel

The Intrinsic Perspective is a Substack newsletter by Erik Hoel on natural philosophy, essays, polemics, and consilience

Contra, a Substack newsletter by Pedro L. Gonzalez with essays on art, religion, philosophy, and family life

Yascha Mounk's website on the crisis of liberal democracy, with his books, podcast The Good Fight and writing by the political scientist

Essays by Henrik Karlsson on relationships, thinking and agency, published as the Substack newsletter Escaping Flatland

GD POLITICS, a Substack podcast and newsletter on politics and the world by journalist Galen Druke

Literary analyses and cultural critiques in a Substack newsletter by author Liza Libes, called Pens and Poison

Ana Marie Cox's site: journalism, columns and podcasts by a journalist and critic, plus writing workshops

A Substack newsletter by Jack Despain Zhou, a former Mormon, on pursuing order in a chaotic world

Verso Books, a London publisher of radical political and social non-fiction, with a blog and book club

The Elysian is an essay blog on utopian futures, collective ownership and technology, written by Elle Griffin

Essays and commentary on politics, culture and the arts by writer and comedian Andrew Doyle, published as a Substack newsletter

A podcast network of author interviews about academic books across arts, politics, religion and other scholarly fields, by New Books Network

A weekly newsletter by Colin Gorrie on the hidden history and oddities of English words and spelling

Astral Codex Ten, a Substack blog of essays on science, philosophy and culture by Scott Alexander

A magazine on American politics and society, with issues on elections and climate and a roster of contributing authors

Strange Horizons, an online science fiction and fantasy magazine publishing fiction, poetry, essays, reviews and podcasts, funded by donations

Nate Silver's Substack newsletter of essays and election, sports, and poker analysis, with polling models and trackers