'The Women' is a terrific novel by Kristin Hannah.

Troubling essay in New York Times Opinion about choking of women during sex migrating from porn to an expected behavior among some young people. She notes that sexual behaviors often favor men when they involve gratification but involve women when they entail pain. nytimes.com/2024/04/12/opi…

GOP senators talk a good game about supporting families. So why are they blocking an important measure that passed the House in a bipartisan way to reduce child poverty -- all paid for, no less? washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/… by Catherine Rampell

The moments in history that Nicholas Kristof has documented are astonishing, including the 1989 massacre around Tiananmen Square in Beijing. I’m looking forward to reading the back stories behind the reporting.

My New York Times Opinion blog post on USAID warning of famine in northern Gaza. The question is, will we act: nytimes.com/live/2024/04/0…

Join us! In person or virtual, for a conversation as I launch my new book, 'Chasing Hope.' Hope-chasers all welcome. Tara wrote the amazing memoir, 'Educated,' and she'll grill me about my new memoir. Alfred A. Knopf Penguin Random House 🐧🏠📚

I had missed this important piece from Nick Kristof. There is no excuse for any tech company directing traffic to these images.

It's always difficult when news organizations have to cover themselves. So bravo to David Folkenflik of NPR for an excellent job covering the NPR flap, modeling appropriate disclosures: npr.org/2024/04/09/124…

For those book reviewers out there, 'Chasing Hope' is now available on NetGalley! Thanks to Alfred A. Knopf and Penguin Random House 🐧🏠📚 for setting up a great marketing and promotion effort. It's available for pre-order now; publication day is May 14.

The man who helped pass Arizona's brutal abortion law in 1864 seems to have been a pedophile who at various times married girls aged 12, 14 and 15, says Karen Tumulty. He may have kidnapped the 12-year-old before marrying her. Clearly a moral authority for the GOP to turn to in 2024.

A while ago, I tweeted an NPR report quoting a Jordanian official saying that 30,000 aid trucks were awaiting entry into Gaza. NPR now says its analysis does not support the figure and suggests instead that 3,000 to 7,000 trucks are waiting to enter Gaza: npr.org/2024/04/10/124…

The contradictions of American policy in one photo.

Seems Iranians are not buying into the jingoism of their government.
When the regime calls for a moment of silence at Tehran football match for Revolutionary Guard Quds Force commanders killed by Israel in Damascus, fans boo and jeer instead iranintl.com/en/202404082649

We need new regs on the creation and dissemination of “deepnudes.” And we needed them yesterday. nytimes.com/2024/04/08/tec…

Very troubling indicator.

Republicans are running scared on abortion

Not a big ask. 👇

Children in Gaza have been dying from starvation-related complications since the Israeli government began using starvation as a weapon of war, a war crime. They suffer from severe malnutrition and dehydration, and hospitals are ill-equipped to treat them. trib.al/tBPTSKt

I remember when the war in Gaza began I got a number of requests to write articles comparing the challenges of fighting Hamas in Gaza to fighting ISIS in Mosul, since I had covered both wars. I wrote a bunch of articles. Today I’m dismayed, here’s why

I am looking for help in the US for a 16 year old Gaza girl. Rania is 16, in 11th grade. She comes from a wonderful family of entrepreneurs - her sister and brother launched a company in Gaza years ago manufacturing building bricks from demolished buildings. Later they created…