This is why I'm building a ContrabandCamp.
Although we debut on Jan 20, 2025, you can subscribe for Cyber Monday for 60% off.
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Although we debut on Jan 20, 2025, you can subscribe for Cyber Monday for 60% off.
www.contrabandcamp.com/about
About - ContrabandCamp
Smart. Bold. Brilliant. Black. Click to read ContrabandCamp, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
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December 2, 2024 at 6:03 PM
This is why I'm building a ContrabandCamp.
Although we debut on Jan 20, 2025, you can subscribe for Cyber Monday for 60% off.
www.contrabandcamp.com/about
Although we debut on Jan 20, 2025, you can subscribe for Cyber Monday for 60% off.
www.contrabandcamp.com/about
I did.
But this thread is not about white people
This is a manifesto
It is a declaration of independence
It is the original Black on Black crime
This thread is an announcement.
Welcome to ContrabandCamp
www.contrabandcamp.com/about
But this thread is not about white people
This is a manifesto
It is a declaration of independence
It is the original Black on Black crime
This thread is an announcement.
Welcome to ContrabandCamp
www.contrabandcamp.com/about
About - ContrabandCamp
Smart. Bold. Brilliant. Black. Click to read ContrabandCamp, a Substack publication. Launched 2 months ago.
www.contrabandcamp.com
November 27, 2024 at 6:12 PM
I did.
But this thread is not about white people
This is a manifesto
It is a declaration of independence
It is the original Black on Black crime
This thread is an announcement.
Welcome to ContrabandCamp
www.contrabandcamp.com/about
But this thread is not about white people
This is a manifesto
It is a declaration of independence
It is the original Black on Black crime
This thread is an announcement.
Welcome to ContrabandCamp
www.contrabandcamp.com/about
I've told this story on ContrabandCamp but it's worth sharing for BHM because it's one of the greatest stories ever.
A thread.
A thread.
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 AM
I've told this story on ContrabandCamp but it's worth sharing for BHM because it's one of the greatest stories ever.
A thread.
A thread.
Have you subscribed yet? #ContrabandCamp
February 1, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Have you subscribed yet? #ContrabandCamp
ContrabandCamp is not just serious analysts like
@elienyc.bsky.social and award-winning editors like @genetta.bsky.social
Our camp includes music critics and comedians and storytellers who you know and trust.
And ContrabandCamp is not ad-supported. We are building it ourselves.
@elienyc.bsky.social and award-winning editors like @genetta.bsky.social
Our camp includes music critics and comedians and storytellers who you know and trust.
And ContrabandCamp is not ad-supported. We are building it ourselves.
November 27, 2024 at 6:12 PM
ContrabandCamp is not just serious analysts like
@elienyc.bsky.social and award-winning editors like @genetta.bsky.social
Our camp includes music critics and comedians and storytellers who you know and trust.
And ContrabandCamp is not ad-supported. We are building it ourselves.
@elienyc.bsky.social and award-winning editors like @genetta.bsky.social
Our camp includes music critics and comedians and storytellers who you know and trust.
And ContrabandCamp is not ad-supported. We are building it ourselves.
Don’t forget to subscribe to ContrabandCamp.com/about debuting on Jan 20th
About - ContrabandCamp
Smart. Bold. Brilliant. Black. Click to read ContrabandCamp, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
ContrabandCamp.com
January 10, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Don’t forget to subscribe to ContrabandCamp.com/about debuting on Jan 20th
Before camp begins on Jan. 20, our first 5,000 campers can subscribe for 1.99/month or 19.99/year.
HBCU students can subscribe for 99 cents a month.
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HBCU students can subscribe for 99 cents a month.
www.contrabandcamp.com/subscribe?co...
Subscribe to ContrabandCamp
Smart. Bold. Brilliant. Black. Click to read ContrabandCamp, a Substack publication. Launched 2 months ago.
www.contrabandcamp.com
November 27, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Before camp begins on Jan. 20, our first 5,000 campers can subscribe for 1.99/month or 19.99/year.
HBCU students can subscribe for 99 cents a month.
www.contrabandcamp.com/subscribe?co...
HBCU students can subscribe for 99 cents a month.
www.contrabandcamp.com/subscribe?co...
For more in-depth political insight visit COntrabandCamp.com
ContrabandCamp | Michael Harriot | Substack
Smart. Bold. Brilliant. Black. Click to read ContrabandCamp, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
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April 8, 2026 at 2:56 AM
For more in-depth political insight visit COntrabandCamp.com
When it comes to the age-old Black question of “What had happened...” Absolutely no one knows better than this week’s guest.
The Art of Storytelling, Blacksplained by Ali Siddiq.
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#Blacksplained #AliSiddiq #Storytelling #ContrabandCamp #Comedy
The Art of Storytelling, Blacksplained by Ali Siddiq.
Subscribe at ContrabandCamp.com
#Blacksplained #AliSiddiq #Storytelling #ContrabandCamp #Comedy
September 30, 2026 at 9:15 PM
When it comes to the age-old Black question of “What had happened...” Absolutely no one knows better than this week’s guest.
The Art of Storytelling, Blacksplained by Ali Siddiq.
Subscribe at ContrabandCamp.com
#Blacksplained #AliSiddiq #Storytelling #ContrabandCamp #Comedy
The Art of Storytelling, Blacksplained by Ali Siddiq.
Subscribe at ContrabandCamp.com
#Blacksplained #AliSiddiq #Storytelling #ContrabandCamp #Comedy
A few weeks ago, I announced ContrabandCamp.com – a collective of award-winning journalists, thinkers and storytellers debuting on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025
Because I'm extremely grateful for the 3 years I spent at theGrio, I wanted to share the ten pieces I'm proudest of
A thread
Because I'm extremely grateful for the 3 years I spent at theGrio, I wanted to share the ten pieces I'm proudest of
A thread
ContrabandCamp | Michael Harriot | Substack
Smart. Bold. Brilliant. Black. Click to read ContrabandCamp, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
ContrabandCamp.com
January 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
A few weeks ago, I announced ContrabandCamp.com – a collective of award-winning journalists, thinkers and storytellers debuting on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025
Because I'm extremely grateful for the 3 years I spent at theGrio, I wanted to share the ten pieces I'm proudest of
A thread
Because I'm extremely grateful for the 3 years I spent at theGrio, I wanted to share the ten pieces I'm proudest of
A thread
This is an inauguration speech.
Notes From a ContrabandCamp
Here's what you missed on the first weekend of camp and a preview of what's coming.
www.contrabandcamp.com
January 26, 2025 at 12:03 AM
This is an inauguration speech.
A pre-SOTU messaging memo obtained by ContrabandCamp advised Democrats to NOT "push back" against Trump's assault on civil rights.
@SACrockettJr explains how this is just one more example of how the Democratic Party tries to win white moderates by sacrificing their most loyal constituency
@SACrockettJr explains how this is just one more example of how the Democratic Party tries to win white moderates by sacrificing their most loyal constituency
Has the Democratic Party Agreed to Stop Talking About Race?
A messaging memo obtained by ContrabandCamp reveals the party’s plan to “deprioritize” fighting the Trump administration’s attack on civil rights.
dlvr.it
March 11, 2025 at 9:23 PM
A pre-SOTU messaging memo obtained by ContrabandCamp advised Democrats to NOT "push back" against Trump's assault on civil rights.
@SACrockettJr explains how this is just one more example of how the Democratic Party tries to win white moderates by sacrificing their most loyal constituency
@SACrockettJr explains how this is just one more example of how the Democratic Party tries to win white moderates by sacrificing their most loyal constituency
Everyone was on board. We were going to gather in DC and announce the launch of ContrabandCamp.com, a subscriber-supported collective of Black writers, journalists & storytellers.
But apparently, America had other plans
But apparently, America had other plans
ContrabandCamp | Michael Harriot | Substack
Smart. Bold. Brilliant. Black. Click to read ContrabandCamp, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
ContrabandCamp.com
January 26, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Everyone was on board. We were going to gather in DC and announce the launch of ContrabandCamp.com, a subscriber-supported collective of Black writers, journalists & storytellers.
But apparently, America had other plans
But apparently, America had other plans
When ContrabandCamp interviewed educators & examined the data behind the newest trend in conservative state politics, we couldn't find anything conservative or educational
We found a scam
Here's why the Education Savings Account is segregation masquerading as "school choice,"
We found a scam
Here's why the Education Savings Account is segregation masquerading as "school choice,"
The Education Savings Scam: How Black Taxpayers Are Funding 'The New Segregation'
ContrabandCamp examined how "school choice" laws divert tax dollars away from Black schools to fund "segregation academies," white churches and far-right publishers.
dlvr.it
April 16, 2025 at 12:46 AM
When ContrabandCamp interviewed educators & examined the data behind the newest trend in conservative state politics, we couldn't find anything conservative or educational
We found a scam
Here's why the Education Savings Account is segregation masquerading as "school choice,"
We found a scam
Here's why the Education Savings Account is segregation masquerading as "school choice,"
A pre-SOTU messaging memo obtained by ContrabandCamp advised Democrats to NOT "push back" against Trump's assault on civil rights.
@SACrockettJr explains
@SACrockettJr explains
Has the Democratic Party Agreed to Stop Talking About Race?
A messaging memo obtained by ContrabandCamp reveals the party’s plan to “deprioritize” fighting the Trump administration’s attack on civil rights.
dlvr.it
March 16, 2025 at 7:34 PM
A pre-SOTU messaging memo obtained by ContrabandCamp advised Democrats to NOT "push back" against Trump's assault on civil rights.
@SACrockettJr explains
@SACrockettJr explains
Lewis Leary was killed during John Brown's raid Mary and Charles Langston eventually got married. They named their oldest son Nat Turner Langston & their daughter Caroline
They moved to Kansas, educated escaped slaves at a contrabandcamp & eventually opened the first HBCU west of the Mississippi
They moved to Kansas, educated escaped slaves at a contrabandcamp & eventually opened the first HBCU west of the Mississippi
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 AM
Lewis Leary was killed during John Brown's raid Mary and Charles Langston eventually got married. They named their oldest son Nat Turner Langston & their daughter Caroline
They moved to Kansas, educated escaped slaves at a contrabandcamp & eventually opened the first HBCU west of the Mississippi
They moved to Kansas, educated escaped slaves at a contrabandcamp & eventually opened the first HBCU west of the Mississippi
New from me: A school district in Pennsylvania voted against adding a Black author's book about the 1921 Tulsa race massacre to the curriculum. Then, the community decided to do something about it.
A School District Rejected a Black Author’s Book About Tulsa for Its Curriculum. Then the Community Decided to Act.
Randi Pink, author of the young adult fiction novel “The Angel of Greenwood,” talked to ContrabandCamp about how residents of a Pittsburgh suburb rallied around her book.
www.contrabandcamp.com
March 6, 2025 at 10:51 PM
New from me: A school district in Pennsylvania voted against adding a Black author's book about the 1921 Tulsa race massacre to the curriculum. Then, the community decided to do something about it.
I’ll be going live on ContrabandCamp with journalist and “Native Land” co-host Tiffany Cross at 1:30 PM ET to discuss the outrage & white tears over her calling Stephen Miller a “white supremacist”
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LIVE SOON: Is Stephen Miller a White Supremacist? ContrabandCamp Live with Tiffany Cross
Starting Aug 28 at 1:30 PM EDT
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August 28, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I’ll be going live on ContrabandCamp with journalist and “Native Land” co-host Tiffany Cross at 1:30 PM ET to discuss the outrage & white tears over her calling Stephen Miller a “white supremacist”
open.substack.com/live-stream/...
open.substack.com/live-stream/...
Stephen A Smith criticized the NABJ for not calling before awarding him a "Thumbs Down."
But a series of texts obtained by ContrabandCamp appear to showSmith refusing to talk to a Black journalist for NFL Media who was fired after calling out the NFL's racism
But a series of texts obtained by ContrabandCamp appear to showSmith refusing to talk to a Black journalist for NFL Media who was fired after calling out the NFL's racism
Stephen A. Smith Criticized NABJ for Not Calling Him. So Why Wouldn't He Grant the Same Courtesy to a Black Journalist Who Called Out the NFL?
Texts obtained by ContrabandCamp explain Stephen A Smith’s hypocrisy over NABJ’s “highly offensive” Thumbs Down Award.
www.contrabandcamp.com
August 27, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Stephen A Smith criticized the NABJ for not calling before awarding him a "Thumbs Down."
But a series of texts obtained by ContrabandCamp appear to showSmith refusing to talk to a Black journalist for NFL Media who was fired after calling out the NFL's racism
But a series of texts obtained by ContrabandCamp appear to showSmith refusing to talk to a Black journalist for NFL Media who was fired after calling out the NFL's racism
Today on ContrabandCamp, legendary photojournalist Cecil Williams discusses the TRUE beginnings of the civil rights movement and the story behind one of the most iconic photos on the internet
April 3, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Today on ContrabandCamp, legendary photojournalist Cecil Williams discusses the TRUE beginnings of the civil rights movement and the story behind one of the most iconic photos on the internet
ContrabandCamp political correspondent and @nativelandpod.bsky.social host @tiffanydcross.bsky.social joined me to review the first leg of America's journey to greatness.
www.contrabandcamp.com/p/are-we-gre...
www.contrabandcamp.com/p/are-we-gre...
Are We Great Yet?
Tiffany Cross and Michael Harriot break down week one of the Trump dumpster fire.
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January 24, 2025 at 3:18 AM
ContrabandCamp political correspondent and @nativelandpod.bsky.social host @tiffanydcross.bsky.social joined me to review the first leg of America's journey to greatness.
www.contrabandcamp.com/p/are-we-gre...
www.contrabandcamp.com/p/are-we-gre...