Who we are

PhiloCrux is an independent, reader-funded publication of news and ideas. We cover politics, power, the world, the economy, technology, society, philosophy and history, and in every story we ask the same two questions: what is happening, and which ideas make people disagree about it?

Who publishes PhiloCrux

PhiloCrux is published by Philosopheasy, the independent publisher behind the Philosopheasy channel and library. PhiloCrux is its news publication; it is reader-funded, carries no advertising and no sponsored content, and the publisher takes responsibility for every word. You can reach the editors at contact@philosopheasy.com or through the contact page. Corrections are visible and logged on the corrections page.

What we publish

• The Briefing every weekday: one news story and the idea behind it. Free.
• Analysis every Monday: the week's biggest story, examined from both sides with the Crux Method.
• Leaders and The Crux, our flagship essay, every Wednesday.
• Explainers, always free, and named Columns on Thursdays.
• Masterclasses: structured courses on the great thinkers, read in order.
• A weekly audio deep dive of about 100 minutes for Premium members.
• The Week, our free Saturday newsletter, and Books & Ideas on Sundays.

No bylines, by design

Every piece is credited to a desk: "By the Politics desk", "By the World desk". Our Leaders say "PhiloCrux". Named columns carry the name of a thinker, such as Machiavelli on power, Thucydides on war or Ibn Khaldun on the rise and fall of nations, as a pen name. We do this for the reason the great newsweeklies always have: the argument should stand on its evidence, not on who made it, and the publication, not an individual, takes responsibility for every word.

Desks and columns

Each section has a desk. Columns rotate on Thursdays and follow one beat each: power and statecraft, war and alliances, history, markets and the state, technology and media, and the bonds that hold societies together.

How the newsroom works

Our journalism is produced with AI-assisted research and drafting under the publisher's editorial rules, and every piece must pass fact-checking and editorial checks against the sources it cites before it appears. A note on each article says so, and the standards page explains the whole process.

What we hold ourselves to

Every piece must meet the standards in The Crux Method and our standards: sourcing you can check, the strongest version of each side, a clear line between analysis and opinion, and corrections that are visible. Our library of Answers, Glossary entries, Comparisons and Sources is free to read without an account.

Who pays for this

Readers. Free reading brings people in and paid membership funds the journalism, so we answer to our readers and not to advertisers. You can try a membership free for 7 days.