Faith in Action: Keeping Informed with Objective Sources

Betty Brandt • January 27, 2025

What Media Do You Trust?

At The Garden, we seek to help transform the world through love, respect, acceptance, justice, and kindness. With that in mind, here are some suggested sources you may appreciate exploring:


Indiana Capital Chronicle (local) https://indianacapitalchronicle.com/


Indiana Citizen (local) https://indianacitizen.org/


Indianapolis Recorder (local) https://indianapolisrecorder.com


A Native Son by Eddie Glaude (Substack newsletter and podcast) https://www.anativeson.org


Letters from an American by Heather Cox Richardson https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com


Meidas News https://meidasnews.com


The Contrarian co-founded by Jennifer Rubin and Norm Eisen https://substack.com/@contrarian


The.Ink by Anand Giridharadas https://the.ink


1440 https://join1440.com

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