“It is a level of repression of campuses in the United States that I have not seen in my lifetime.'

Dartmouth labor historian Annelise Orleck talks about her violent arrest--and what the 54th anniversary of Kent State feels like at US universities:
theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

Lots of credit to Senator Senator Chris Coons for hearing me out on this a couple of years ago at Halifax The Forum. He couldn’t believe that former hostages of adversarial states are on the hook for penalties on taxes that go unpaid when we’re locked up abroad. Hard to believe, but true.

Journalism is not a crime. #BringThemHome

From LIFE Mag May 1968: Mutiny at a Great University. One line reads, “In the end the rebellion caused two kinds of casualties at Columbia… wounds suffered by those who were caught up in it and the scars inflicted upon the prestige and spirit of a great institution of learning.”

A new report found that 99% of campus protests over Palestine at US colleges have been peaceful, despite remarks from Biden characterizing such demonstrations as violent.

Gloria Oladipo reports on the latest data from Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project:
theguardian.com/us-news/live/2…

Some personal/personnel news: Pleased to report that my March, 2022 suspension by the The Washington Post has been rescinded and the week’s pay I was docked has been restored under an agreement between the Post and Washington-Baltimore News Guild More…

The Washington Post is looking for an experienced graphics reporter who can work remotely from UK, Spain, Germany or France.
You'll get to work closely with the great Samuel Granados and the rest of the graphics team!

washpost.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/washingt…

New statement from Columbia student protestors:
'We are frustrated by media distractions focusing on inflammatory individuals who do not represent us…Our members have been misidentified by a politically motivated mob.'

'We firmly reject any form of hate or bigotry…'

The Tortured Journalists Department:

-Election Night
-My Editor Only Cuts His Favorite Lines
-Who’s Afraid of My Little Old FOIA request?
-I Can Do It With a Broken Dataset
-I Can Make This Deadline (No Really I Can)
-I Hate It Here
-I Look in Public Records
-The Google Doc

Tough-minded editorial in ⁦Columbia Daily Spectator⁩ — very critical of administration— represents the views of the majority of the student newspaper’s staff and is worth your read columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2024/0…

Fantastic thread on interviewing that holds a deeper truth for all of us : how to have uncomfortable conversations and still get along. This is about civil discourse and relationship.

Know “Madness”: hachettebookgroup.com/titles/antonia…

To fix the U.S. health system, we must understand what it's built on — a myth. Antonia Hylton spent a decade documenting how this myth calcified. Honored to be speaking with her about #Crownsville Sozosei Foundation to ensure #MentalIllnessIsNotACrime . Read Madness: hachettebookgroup.com/titles/antonia…

The Islamic Republic regime is an expert at psychological torture.

I don’t say this based on the events of the last week, but based on years of how they’ve treated everyone from political prisoners (including members of my family), friends who have been imprisoned, how they’ve…

my writer mentor said that we should consider the possibility of writing for our most generous readers, our most attentive & thorough readers

& I’ve loved that advice

“Jung’s ideas about happiness and his five pillars of well-being stand up solidly to modern research findings,” writes Arthur C. Brooks: theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

68% of Americans said the last election was a source of stress for them. And a new poll shows most say #democracy is important for U.S. identity, yet only 30% believe it’s functioning well. Awe can help. It promotes #mentalhealth & prosocial behavior. 🔗 substack.com/home/post/p-14…