Even the stats now confirm it: we’re back at our highest readership in our ~15 years.
22,453 monthly readers and rising. 100+ comments on most new posts.
No ads. No algorithm. No social media amplification. Just a small, steady core of thinkers, returners, and writers keeping the conversation alive. This isn’t mass media — it’s a deliberately narrow beam.
A place for:
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Tight but Broad Church curation
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Long-form thinking
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Commentary that draws blood when needed but never aims cheap
The current moment feels like a return, not just of older names, but of why BP was built in the first place: a public space for Brown(ish) minds to work through power, faith, identity, language, and sometimes just the week’s news on our own terms.
Related: Brown Pundits, big in India!