Abby Rapoport

Co-Founder and Publisher at Strangers Guide

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Articles

Thinking Big, Keeping Hold

2 weeks ago | strangersguide.substack.com | Abby Rapoport

Stranger’s Guide explores how politics, power and culture shape daily life across the globe. We believe that local writers, journalists and thinkers are best equipped to explain their political and cultural realities and we publish stories that ask us to listen to the complexities of the world. Weekly Long Read is for everyone but it’s made possible by our paid subscribers.
What an expert on societal collapse says about our current moment

1 month ago | strangersguide.substack.com | Abby Rapoport

Welcome to Vignettes, our weekly cabinet of curiosities. Here you’ll find unexpected facts, intimate portraits of interesting people, interviews and more. Vignettes is for paid subscribers—thank you for your support! If you’re not yet a paid subscriber, what are you waiting for? For someone who specializes in societal collapse, Daniel Hoyer is surprisingly jolly. Hoyer is a computational historian and complexity scientist.
Peace, Love and Messiah-making

1 month ago | strangersguide.substack.com | Abby Rapoport

Stranger’s Guide explores how politics, power and culture shape daily life across the globe. We believe that local writers, journalists and thinkers are best equipped to explain their political and cultural realities and we publish stories that ask us to listen to the complexities of the world. Weekly Long Read is for everyone but it’s made possible by our paid subscribers.
Voices from Syria in Exile

2 months ago | strangersguide.substack.com | Abby Rapoport

This weekend brought the extraordinary news from Syria that rebel forces had successfully reached the capital and toppled the Assad regime. Social media spread news of freed prisoners, toppled statues and fleeing officials. As I read these reports, my mind immediately went to the summer of 2020, when we published interviews with a number of Syrians living as refugees in Lebanon.
A Look at Shopping Season

2 months ago | strangersguide.substack.com | Abby Rapoport

Welcome to Vignettes, our new weekly cabinet of curiosities. It’s part of our just-launched set of expanded offerings. Here you’ll find unexpected facts, intimate portraits of interesting people, interviews and more. Vignettes is for paid subscribers—thank you for your support! If you’re not yet a paid subscriber, what are you waiting for?
Favorite things, 2024 edition

2 months ago | strangersguide.substack.com | Abby Rapoport

As you may have noticed, we have been rolling out a variety of new features over the past few weeks as we start a new chapter at Stranger’s Guide. As part of that strategy we’re revamping Passport to be a monthly letter from the SG team, sharing more about what we’re working on, what we’re enjoying and what’s on our minds.
Museums that tell us who we are

2 months ago | strangersguide.substack.com | Abby Rapoport

Welcome to Vignettes, our new weekly cabinet of curiosities. It’s part of our just-launched set of expanded offerings. Here you’ll find unexpected facts, intimate portraits of interesting people, interviews and more. Vignettes is for paid subscribers—thank you for your support! If you’re not yet a paid subscriber, what are you waiting for?
Favorite things, January '25

Jan 22, 2025 | strangersguide.substack.com | Abby Rapoport |Austin Kleon

Stranger’s Guide explores how politics, power and culture shape daily life across the globe. We believe that local writers, journalists and thinkers are best equipped to explain their political and cultural realities and we publish stories that ask us to listen to the complexities of the world. Passport is our monthly letter from the SG team, sharing more about what we’re working on, what we’re enjoying and what’s on our minds.
Smoldering in America

Jan 19, 2025 | strangersguide.substack.com | Abby Rapoport

Stranger’s Guide explores how politics, power and culture shape daily life across the globe. We believe that local writers, journalists and thinkers are best equipped to explain their political and cultural realities and we publish stories that ask us to listen to the complexities of the world. Weekly Long Read is for everyone but it’s made possible by our paid subscribers.
Why one tiny Kentucky newspaper still screams for press freedom

Feb 4, 2024 | strangersguide.substack.com | Abby Rapoport

This week’s reading is from Alex Hannaford, a friend and a wonderful reporter I’ve known for more than a decade. Alex had told me on several occasions about a story he longed to write, about the bravery of a small newspaper team in Kentucky standing up to power. So I was delighted that it has worked out for Alex to write this extraordinary piece for Stranger’s Guide.