Again, please follow the college journalists covering these protests. They're the ones on the scene. They know the actors. They're doing really good work: uscannenbergmedia.com/2024/04/24/liv… via USC Annenberg Media

USC announces no main ceremony for commencement uscannenbergmedia.com/2024/04/25/usc… via USC Annenberg Media

USC cancels ‘main stage’ commencement, by ⁦Jaweed Kaleem⁩ and ⁦Matt Hamilton⁩ latimes.com/california/sto…

If Angela Alsobrooks joins the Senate, she would be: one of the only Black women to ever serve; a mother a decade younger than the average; not in the 2/3 who are millionaires. Mel Leonor Barclay takes us inside the competitive Senate Democratic primary:

19thnews.org/2024/04/angela…

Justice Sotomayor: 'If the president decides that his rival is a corrupt person and he orders the military...to assassinate him, is that within his official acts for which he can get immunity?'

D. John Sauer: 'That could well be an official act.'

honored to be a Livingston award finalist this year for my year-long reporting project that dug into why Georgia’s one of the most dangerous states in which to give birth! such an impressive list of fierce journalists!

The The Harvard Crimson, per usual, is doing *fantastic* coverage of the pro-Palestinian campus protests — much better than many national news organizations. I encourage folks to check out their live blog: thecrimson.com/article/2024/4…

Really thrilled to have my first byline in Capital B, a newsroom I respect so much. Find out how the Squad's Summer Lee won her Pittsburgh-area primary yesterday: capitalbnews.org/the-squads-sum…

Seems clear to me after today's oral arguments that SCOTUS is soliciting a case in which they can recognize fetal personhood.

It’s almost midnight and turnout of students at Columbia University has filled the entire plaza.

Students being divided into groups to deter NYPD movement into encampment.

Amanda Becker 19thnews Wow, would be wild if Idaho wins 5-4 with all 4 women justices dissenting...

Do ERs in states with abortion bans have to treat patients miscarrying or in need of emergency pregnancy care? The Supreme Court seemed divided on Wednesday: 19thnews.org/2024/04/suprem… via 19thnews

I really enjoyed talking with 19thnews gender and climate reporter Jessica Kutz about how her distinctive approach to her beat helps distinguish our coverage on one of the most important issues of our time:

Rep. Summer Lee, the first member of the 'Squad' up in a primary amid a well-financed effort to defeat them, handily won her Pennsylvania primary yesterday w/ more than 60% of the vote. Learn how she did it: 19thnews.org/2024/04/summer… via 19thnews

The older I get, the more I find myself just absolutely *needing* to use the oxford comma.

Rep. Summer Lee just won her primary in the Pitsburgh area. She was the first 'Squad' member up amid an effort to unseat members of the group. Find out how she kept her focus on her district: 19thnews.org/2024/04/summer… via 19thnews

“I think western Pennsylvania is a microcosm of our country, all the issues that we talked about at the national stage play out right here in every single locality we have,” Rep. Summer Lee told 19thnews.

Read Amanda Becker's story.
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Love to see news organizations partnering to get out the vote.

Strongly feel part of protecting democracy and serving the public is informing readers about the mechanics - registering/deadlines/vite-by-mail rules - of voting.

In seismic win for workers, FTC votes to ban noncompete agreements for *all* workers:
npr.org/2024/04/23/124…

The original pitch to my editor for this article: “it’s like if a bunch of academics came forward with a credible argument that JK Rowling didn’t write Harry Potter.”

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