For my latest, I spent some time with families who found themselves navigating a particularly inexplicable, isolating experience:

'What happens — what does it mean, what do you do — when, one day, your child tells you they remember being someone else?'
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.New York Magazine's new cover package, in partnership with the Columbia Daily Spectator, is an intimate look at the events on the ground at Columbia University in the midst of antiwar protests. It is written and photographed entirely by staff at the Spectator. Read more: nymag.com/press/article/…

Clear, fact-based reporting here, backed up by video and reporters who witnessed it.
Peaceful pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA was violently attacked by counter-protesters chanting pro-Israel slogans on Tuesday night. Police were then called in, and arrested the victims...…

I spoke with Dartmouth history prof Annelise Orleck about getting manhandled by cops, barred from campus and singing 'Solidarity Forever' in the paddy wagon.

'This is a moment where we need to go back to thinking that protest is a part of campus life.'
huffpost.com/entry/annelise…

This is a fascinating story, told with Caitlin Gibson’s trademark elegance and emotional generosity. I’ve shared it with a gift link, so you can bypass the paywall!

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Since the 1960s, more than 2,200 children from across the world have described apparent recollections from a previous life.

Here's a look into the surprisingly common phenomenon: wapo.st/3UEJTum

For my latest, I spent some time with families who found themselves navigating a particularly inexplicable, isolating experience:

'What happens — what does it mean, what do you do — when, one day, your child tells you they remember being someone else?'
wapo.st/4aPYloZ

Florida’s 6-week ban takes effect today, halting most abortions in the third most populous state.

I witnessed women crying and pleading for help in the final hours at a FL clinic yesterday — where a 24-hour waiting period meant they were already too late. washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/05…

CNN's Miguel Marquez: 'I've covered lots of this sort of stuff around the world, and i've never seen this many police moving into one area.'

I want to repeat. The gatherings outside Columbia I’ve been at all afternoon have been peaceful. There is no reason to send in this much force

Faculty Statement on Imminent Police Action at Columbia University
The American Association of University Professors, Columbia University Chapter
For immediate release: April 30, 2024, 8:00pm

At this hour, the NYPD is massing on barricaded streets outside the gates of Columbia…

Student protesters at UT Austin are being hit with pepper spray as they attempt to push police and state troopers off campus.

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—Ben Collins, new CEO of The Onion: 'We’re keeping all the writers, we’re going to work with the union, we’re going to make it so they can hopefully get paid a little bit more money, and we’re going to give them the room to grow.' nytimes.com/2024/04/25/bus…

Should Sonia Sotomayor retire?

'When you ask the right [question] — and there is only one — then answering it for yourself becomes easy:

Do you think the republic holds?'

Always read Monica Hesse: washingtonpost.com/style/power/20…

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…'

Don’t usually do *this* but, thread: Monday, SCOTUS debates the criminalization of homelessness. That means many folks are sounding off on the topic. I’ve spent 4 yrs covering this for The Washington Post, and need to reality-check assumptions getting thrown around this week (1/x)

When WAMU laid off 16 people and closed DCist, the reasoning given was “content strategy word salad,' per one staffer.

Andrew Beaujon cuts through the jargon and nonsense with a deeply reported, excellent look at what actually happened: washingtonian.com/2024/04/19/why…

📢CALLING PARENTS: I'm writing about kids and pretend gunplay/toy guns, and I want to hear how you think & feel about this issue. Does your household have rules around toy/pretend guns? Any internal debate over it? Strong opinions? Email me! [email protected].

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