| Hey — Brandon here. | I wish I had a source like Upward News when I was in college. Here's why. | I grew up in a house with CNN on every night. Every morning I'd watch The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and when I got home from school I'd turn on The Colbert Report. I quickly learned to love Democrats and loathe Republicans. | Not only was I a Democrat, I was a Bernie Sanders true believer. In 2015, he became my messiah. I went to rallies. I stood in the front row. I was young and wanted the revolution, and I didn't ask how any of his socialist policies would actually work — I just felt it was right. | | (Oh boy, I'm glad my beanie phase is over...) | It wasn't until October 2017 that I had a simple, unsettling realization: everything I knew about conservatives came from liberals. Jon Stewart. The New York Times. The Boston Globe. I had never once sought out the other side on my own terms. | So I started looking elsewhere. | By that Christmas, I realized everything I'd been hearing my whole life had an agenda behind it. Every network, every front page, every late-night monologue — ideologically driven, carefully curated, designed to make you see the world a certain way. Facts took a back seat to feelings. Truth took a back seat to narrative. | I was done with it. | I came to believe what a lot of you already know: that conservative values — personal responsibility, strong families, a love of this country — don't need to be dressed up or spun. They hold up on their own when you present them honestly. The problem was never the values. It was the media that refused to give them a fair hearing. | That's exactly why I came to Upward News. We report the facts, fully and clearly, without burying the stories that matter to you or spinning them to fit an agenda. Not because we don't stand for anything — but because the truth is on our side when we let it speak for itself. |
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| And that means when you share our reporting with someone who sees things differently, they can't just wave it away. The facts are the facts. That's the whole point. | Today, hundreds of thousands of college students read our newsletter, follow our social media, and are learning — maybe for the first time — to question the narratives being handed to them. We usually give free memberships to those who want to go deeper. We all remember being broke in college, right? | That is only possible if readers like you choose to support us. | | But here's the thing: Upward News relies on reader support. Not corporate backing. Not donors with political agendas. Just you. That's what keeps us independent — and it's also what makes your support so important. | Every paid membership helps us stay a resource not just for you, but for the next generation of Americans who are out there right now, trying to find the truth. | Without your support, this project ends. | Here's what you unlock as a paid member: six days of coverage a week, explained clearly before the weekend spin cycle starts. Weekly premium reporting that goes deeper on the stories that matter most. And content you can actually share with your kids, your grandkids, or anyone in your life who sees things differently — without it turning into a fight. | Right now, you're on the free plan and missing most of it (only four, limited-access briefs a week). | If you've been reading us for a while and that resonates, this is me asking you directly: become a paid member today. It keeps us independent, it keeps us going — and it gets you everything we make. | |
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| — Brandon Goldman, Managing Editor |
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