I almost abandoned my books.
The same stack I’m staring at right now from my desk. There was a time I didn’t know what I was doing with any of this. The research piled up. The pages collected dust. I was lost. Had the work in my soul but no proof anyone would ever care.
Then readers like you believed in me. Supported the work. Showed up. And I kept going. That stack? It’s taller now.
This is The Humanity Archive. One person, surrounded by books, stitching the buried past to the present so the patterns become undeniable. And 2026 is going to require that. The playbook they’re running isn’t new. History is how you see it coming. It’s also how we stay connected to what matters.
I want to keep building. Bring back the podcast I had to pause. Revamp the YouTube channel. Do documentary-style storytelling, go on location, actually stand where history happened. More long-form conversations, more deep dives, more stories told the way they deserve to be told.
But I’ve hit the ceiling of what one person can do.
To those already supporting this work: thank you. You’re the reason this exists.
And if you’ve found value in the 57 articles and some 77,000 words I’ve written so far (I’m blown away by how much that is), from “This Isn’t New Fascism. It’s Old Jim Crow” to “The Consumption Ritual” to “Suicidal Empathy,” the historical connections to breaking news, and everything in between, here’s my ask: become a paid subscriber.
I don’t ever want to lock any of this behind a paywall. I want it free and open. The only way that happens is if the few who can support it hold it open for the many who can’t.
Let’s keep building this together.
In truth,
Jermaine
