This is such a catastrophic loss not only for election journalism but also as an election data resource — can't even count the number of times I've relied on 538's polling averages, redistricting trackers, etc for my reporting

Mahmoud Khalil, a prominent Palestinian activist at Columbia, was arrested last night by ICE agents, who claimed they were acting on a State Department order to revoke his green card, his attorney told the AP. apnews.com/article/columb…

“The whole system of finding, diagnosing and treating tuberculosis — which kills more people worldwide than any other infectious disease — has collapsed in dozens of countries across Africa and Asia since President Trump ordered the aid freeze on Jan. 20” nytimes.com/2025/03/11/hea…

"Nobody can protect you. These are dangerous times," Jelani Cobb, the dean of Columbia's journalism school, to students nytimes.com/2025/03/12/nyr…

A must read nytimes.com/interactive/20…

NEW: Judges Fear for Their Safety Amid a Wave of Threats “I feel like people are playing Russian roulette with our lives," said Judge Esther Salas. w/ Abbie VanSickle. Free gift link --> nytimes.com/2025/03/19/us/…

Scoop: A 21-year-old Columbia University student who has lived in the United States since she was a child sued President Trump and other high-ranking administration officials on Monday after immigration officials tried to arrest and deportation.

Better than the new PTA trailer

In 2023, a journalist or other media worker was, on average, killed or murdered every four days. In 2024, it was once every three days. The United Nations says journalism is one of the most dangerous professions in the world. For more, see my new report with The Costs of War Project

Medicare spending on bandages made out of dried placenta skyrocketed to $10 billion last year, our new The New York Times story finds — possibly representing one of the largest cases of Medicare waste in the program's history. nytimes.com/2025/04/10/hea…

Oh boy. Trump’s EPA Plans to Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most Polluters propublica.org/article/trump-…

Bryon Russel-levels of getting crossed up here. Brunson is God

25 years. We been through A LOT folks.

25 years of pain... The bargnani trade. The Curry trade. Fizdale. Hornaceck. Larry Brown. Derek Fisher. Isiah (ugh). Kurt Rambis. Running the triangle 10 years too late. Phil Jackson (ugh). Watching Elfrid Payton run point. Alexy freakin Shved. Lin. Melo… Bring on the Pacers!!

Bye

Please read this Katharine Houreld story about the consequences of USAID cuts. Children are dying from starvation on the streets of Sudan — and the food that could save them, already paid for by our government, is languishing in U.S. warehouses. (No paywall) wapo.st/3GjK8qn

This comparsion in the NYTimes today is pretty stark. China is racing ahead to be a high-tech exporter of 21st century technologies, while the US is doubling down on being a petro-state exporting the technologies of the 19th century: nytimes.com/interactive/20…

STAGGERING: This new study of 133 countries is the first to estimate the impact of all USAID’s work. In 2 decades, it saved *92M* lives. Current cuts, if not reversed, are forecast to cost *14M* lives thru 2030. thelancet.com/journals/lance…

A really important piece

Mariam Dagga, our freelancer who was killed today by Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, had bylined this powerful piece on malnourished children in Gaza just last week apnews.com/article/palest…