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)

A friend asked me a great question yesterday: As a Muslim fasting for Ramadan, can he eat during the three minutes of the total solar eclipse?

Probably no, but it reminded me of all these amazing eclipse traditions I learned about 7 years ago: washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-f…

The country's largest chain of senior homes has an algorithm for how many staff each home can hire, even when workers say they're dangerously understaffed. Doug MacMillan & Christopher Rowland's latest installment in our investigation of the assisted living industry: washingtonpost.com/business/2024/…

Well over a year into circling subway stops as I visit, two things happened today: I finally had a reason to take the subway to the Bronx. And I’ve now been to more NYC subway stations (96/472) than DC metro stations (93/98). Long way to go!

The Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing (SABEW) awarded The Washington Post's Memory, Inc. with a Best in Business Award in the Health/Science category👏

Read the investigation here: washingtonpost.com/business/inter…

washingtonpost.com/pr/2024/03/14/…

Thank you, SABEW! We're grateful for the recognition for our work on the dangers to people with dementia living in under-staffed assisted living facilities: washingtonpost.com/business/inter…

Oppenheimer is the 11th World War II movie to win Best Picture:
Mrs. Miniver
Casablanca
The Best Years of Our Lives
From Here to Eternity
The Bridge on the River Kwai
The Sound of Music
Patton
Schindler’s List
The English Patient
The King’s Speech

I've got 20 pages of tweets (yes, single-spaced) ready to go! Trivia is ready to go for every possible winner and combination of winners.

Follow Ben Zauzmer throughout the evening to read about every winner, presenter, and more!

Entering an #Oscars pool? These are the two top in every category according to my mathematical model for The Hollywood Reporter.

The core of Biden's forward-looking economic policy pitch: Tax billionaires to fund child care, paid leave, and eldercare

Tons of econ policy in Biden SOTU:
-- Highlight manufacturing/auto/construction boom
-- Reduce drug costs by taking on big pharma
-- 2M new affordable homes, $5K/yr for first-time home buyers
-- Universal preschool
-- Pell Grants, cutting student debt
-- Expand ACA subsidies

You HAVE TO GO to totality on Monday, April 8, 2024 if you can.

The #solareclipse will be the most meaningful and awe-evoking thing you will ever see in your life.

Partiality is NOT good enough. It's nothing special.

Totality is an experience unlike any other on this planet.

Think AI could do your taxes? Geoffrey A. Fowler found new chatbots have a pretty terrible success rate so far. washingtonpost.com/technology/202…

I love this story by Ron Lieber, which sounds just like all the tax sites I've had the privilege of volunteering in -- just with much younger preparers! 'Every tax return tells a story.' nytimes.com/2024/03/01/you…

Direct File (the IRS's new tax filing website) is now open for good. Do you plan to try it? Having any trouble? Let me know.

washingtonpost.com/business/2024/…

6/6: I believe that honoring Juliet Taylor would be a gesture of recognition not just to her but to the entire Casting Branch for their part in film production, on the eve of granting that branch even wider recognition.

Respectfully yours,
Ben