Tipsheet from today’s Investigative Reporters & Editors session on engagement experiments for investigations! #ire24 docs.google.com/presentation/d…

Thanks to all who came to my first-ever data training! Here's link to my slides: bit.ly/4cAoxnR It's geared for anyone interested in state political data (lobbying etc) My hope is an absolute beginner can go through these slides & create their 1st pivot table! #IRE24

I finally read the Project 2025's proposals for education. It's easy enough to say "abolish the department of education." I mean, who outside of Washington actually cares about how the federal government organizes its education programs? But what you might care about is that

I am deeply touched by this Truthout essay by my longtime thinking partner Lewis Raven Wallace, and how Lewis lays out how they've taught their book at Medill & how we have grown together intellectually in conversation over the years. Some highlights: truthout.org/articles/journ…

“In our conversation, Leta presented a question, larger than those being explored in the court but equally important: ‘What does the power structure ask of you?’” Honored to have this conversation with MLK50: Justice Through Journalism about tragically persistent policing practices in Memphis 🙏🏽

Exactly. By Charlie Warzel. "What’s happening in America today is something darker than a misinformation crisis." theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

one of theee best podcasts i have ever been a part of 🎵

Our post-election message…on taking a breath, the power of local action, and continuing the work… ❤️❤️❤️

"No matter how much one professes otherwise, no writing from the West—especially that which does not come from someone who themselves has walked the land and spoken to the people they write of— is without weight, without bias." (via Literary Hub) buff.ly/3CK0hDt

Always ask which laws are being enforced against which people, and which laws are being ignored.

“We’re building on the work of so many other people.” objectivejournalism.org/2024/11/we-hav…

Reposting, there’s over 200 listed. This is the Displaced Black Families Directory. Reminder that Altadena is one of the oldest Black middle class neighborhoods in LA cause it was one of the first to allow Black people to buy homes. There’s generations. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

Incarcerated youth firefighters are risking their lives fighting wildfires in Los Angeles for $10/day. PUT SOME $ ON THEIR BOOKS! Go to jpay.com/SendMoney.aspx, select California, “inmate #” & enter one of these:

We have sued Donald Trump, DHS and DHS Sec'y Noem on behalf of Momodou ✊🏿 & fellow students/profs demanding national injunction against Trump executive orders suppressing free speech. My statement:

Courtesy of O L Griffin this important episode of Democracy Now! m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ahv3IK…

Remember these names. John Tyson and Fred Gore. Judges on the NC Court of Appeals who just authorized stealing an election. They belong in Russia-- nothing but vile partisan hacks spitting on democracy. Utter disgraces with no role in civil society or our constitutional system.

What an indictment of the Strickland administration and its assumed financial responsibility and accountability…which translated to kick the can down the road and leave it for the next guy. That’s who runs the Univ of Memphis Law School for those who may have forgotten…

Founding @DukeSocialEQ Director Sandy Darity, Retweets do not mean endorsement. Jr., and Research Associate Lucas Hubbard were featured in the “Black Reparations Roundtable” in the new issue of the Journal of American Studies, edited by Nicole Gipson and Ahmed Honeini socialequity.duke.edu/news/new-round…

Can the county be in a state of emergency even if it didn’t get that way overnight? Housing, health, workforce development, economic development, transit, infrastructure…the state of emergency in education that Wright wants to highlight is deflection of the highest order.