# News from Underground by Mark Crispin Miller

> News from Underground is based on my belief that, like journalists, academics have a civic obligation to help keep the people well-informed, so that American democracy might finally work.

- **Platform:** substack
- **Category:** Politics
- **Subscribers:** 46K
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-14
- **URL:** https://markcrispinmiller.substack.com
- **Profile:** https://newsletterinsights.io/newsletter/markcrispinmiller

## Recent Posts

- [Propaganda then and now: MCM and Amy Smiley interviewed by Daniel Broudy, for "Propaganda in Focus," a must-read journal here on Substack](https://markcrispinmiller.substack.com/p/propaganda-then-and-now-mcm-and-amy)
- [US: Monaleo postpones shows ("sudden medical emergency"); IA Sen. Ryan Garrett won't seek re-election (prostate cancer); CA: hockey star Jordan Murray collapses on ice, game halted](https://markcrispinmiller.substack.com/p/us-monaleo-postpones-shows-sudden)
- [In memory of those who “died suddenly” in the United States and worldwide, March 9-March 16, 2026](https://markcrispinmiller.substack.com/p/in-memory-of-those-who-died-suddenly-21f)
- [Susie Wiles has breast cancer; Rep. Neil Dunn (R: FL) has "terminal illness"; punk star Jello Biafra dealing with "severe medical emergency"; Mayor Ed O'Brien (West Haven, CT) has "ultra-rare cancer"](https://markcrispinmiller.substack.com/p/susie-wiles-has-breast-cancer-rep)
- [MCM talks to New Zealand—about the curse of GLOBAL propaganda, the anti-social smog of "social media," the Great Regression under both Trump AND "the left," and how we CAN prevail despite it all](https://markcrispinmiller.substack.com/p/mcm-talks-to-new-zealandabout-the)
- [Megan Thee Stallion rushed to hospital mid-show; Perez Hilton has emergency surgery for "massive blood clot"; dancer Gbari Gilliam in hospital with "rare heart condition"](https://markcrispinmiller.substack.com/p/megan-thee-stallion-rushed-to-hospital)
- [US: Goo Goo Dolls cancel 3rd consecutive show; Horse the Band on pause, Nathan Winneke has MS; UK: Northside halts tour after Warren Dermody's heart attack; James Bourne quits Busted tour](https://markcrispinmiller.substack.com/p/us-goo-goo-dolls-cancel-3rd-consecutive)
- [In memory of those who “died suddenly” in the United States and worldwide, March 30-April 6, 2026](https://markcrispinmiller.substack.com/p/in-memory-of-those-who-died-suddenly-550)
- ["Snooki" has cancer; Disney's Christy Carlson Romano has cancer; Gabourey Sidibe's husband has cancer; MLB's Eric Bolling has cancer; 3 IA lawmakers have cancer; 2 WY lawmakers have "medical events"](https://markcrispinmiller.substack.com/p/snooki-has-cancer-disneys-christy)
- [ME: Miss Universe collapses on parade float; UK: TV star Beverley Callard has breast cancer; IR: singer Michael English, 46, has heart attack; FR: rocker Eric Forrest has prostate cancer ](https://markcrispinmiller.substack.com/p/me-miss-universe-collapses-on-parade)