Anyone have a professional-looking backpack that they like and has held up well over time?

Many privileged folks say stuff like this, but it’s not the advice they’d actually give to their own loved ones. Because they know the benefits that come with “social clout.”

Also, for students that don’t come from means, elite schools can be more affordable than state schools.

BONUS ODD LOTS:

Tracy Alloway and I talked to Richmond Fed President Tom Barkin in Mt. Airy, NC about his macro outlook and why he's not too worried about the hotter-than-expected inflation prints we've seen so far in 2024.

bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

“Who needs the goat when you’ve got the lamb?” 😂😂😂

Man, when Mark Haines called the 2009 bottom. Legendary.

I remember learning early on in my journalism career that one of the top things you want to avoid is becoming the story yourself.

Higher for longer? Fed Chair Powell doesn't seem to be in a hurry to cut interest rates. Pretty clearly May is off the table for a cut, and June is looking less likely. It's all data dependent. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Craig Torres Bloomberg Economics

There’s no point of being on the Real Housewives if you don’t keep it real 🤷🏾‍♀️ #RHOP

Race and identity have in fact factored in many of the big news stories of the last few years, though. I think the problem is many top people in newsrooms think that topics like racial disparities and LGBTQ rights = identity politics, but topics like the MAGA movement don’t.

Me too girl

I’m so mad at myself honestly

I don’t know who did it, but THANK YA!! 🙌🏾

If #RHOP is gonna keep talking about colorism, they need someone knowledgeable enough to moderate the conversation. It’s actual malpractice to allow what the darker-skinned women are saying about their experiences to be misconstrued continuously.

Dawn Staley is taking us to church in this post-game interview ok??!

Not a good look for the game to end on that awful call. Blah.

A nice milestone for an industry that really went through it.

I blame the blowout jobs report.