Against the Grain
Substacknewsletter · by kellyjohnston
Explaining things from the intersection of history, politics, policy, culture, and food you won’t find elsewhere.
- Audience
- Not shown publicly
- We show a dash rather than guess
- Observed frequency
- Every two weeks
- From 6 posts indexed in the last 90 days
- Last post
- Nov 7, 2026
- 4 days ago
- Likely audience
- Political analysts
- Inferred from post content
Against the Grain is a Substack newsletter by kellyjohnston covering US Politics, Democratic Socialists and Primary Elections. NewsletterFIT indexed 6 posts from it in the last 90 days, most recently on Nov 7, 2026.
Topics
- US Politics
- Democratic Socialists
- Primary Elections
- Voting Systems
- Healthcare Policy
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