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What People Are Saying About Hammer & Hope

“They provide essential analysis to help us better understand the moment we are in.” — Mariame Kaba

“While many media organizations still downplay their political impact, Hammer & Hope is certain about its own.” — Columbia Journalism Review

“I’m so grateful Hammer & Hope exists. True Black leftist literary dispatches.” — dream hampton

“It has a bold aesthetic — the artwork is tremendous — and a really rigorous intellectual approach. … It’s an incredibly important new entry to the political discourse, especially in the age of social media and the hot take, because it goes deep, and we need that right now.” — Naomi Klein in The Guardian

“As you finish each issue, you know more about how to move forward with integrity and connection, and that’s a great way to show solidarity.” — adrienne maree brown

“As we look at the world burning around us, feeling helpless, publications like Hammer & Hope matter more than ever. … Each issue is full of nuanced, elegant writing and thought leadership that is well edited.” — Roxane Gay

“Hammer & Hope takes it as a given that anti-Black discrimination still exists in America and concentrates on what should be done to address it.” — The Washington Post

“I don’t know of any other media outlet that covers Black life from a working-class perspective and insists on emphasizing the intersections between race, class, and culture. … The magazine is unapologetically positioned on the left, but it isn’t lost in obscure discourse. … Hammer & Hope also seriously explores culture and aesthetics, recognizing that change is born in imagination and culture.” — Michelle Alexander

“Amidst a media landscape where mainstream journalism has overwhelmingly become more expensive and conservative, Parker and Taylor’s vision aims to propose an alternative: journalism that is movement-based, accessible, and striving toward a goal of liberation.” — Teen Vogue

“A digital magazine that seeks to educate and inspire people on the left, the newly radicalized as well as those with decades of movement-building experience.” — The Nation

“A buzzy Black politics-and-culture magazine.” — Columbia Journalism Review