Don Lemon and Georgia Fort have been released. But the procedural history now emerging is unusual. Before the arrests, a federal magistrate judge found no probable cause to arrest them. The government appealed anyway. Here’s why that matters—and what it signals more broadly.

History shows a pattern here. When governments begin criminalizing the observation of dissent—using technical oversteps as justification—it’s often a warning sign. We’ve seen similar patterns precede press crackdowns in countries like Turkey, Russia,

“Education is for the student’s benefit, not for the benefit of their future employer, and that students go to school not merely to acquire skills but to develop an entire social and intellectual life: to have something good and to have it forever” Dan Walden

Villanova University has been named a top producer of Fulbright U.S. Students for an 18th consecutive year, as recently announced by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. www1.villanova.edu/university/med…

No struggling newspaper ever saved itself by becoming a worse and less essential product. But what's happening today at the The Washington Post is not just the latest devastating contraction of the news industry; it's the gutting of an American institution vital for a healthy society

A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."

Jeff Bezos wealth in 2024: $194 billion Jeff Bezos wealth in 2025: $215 billion Jeff Bezos wealth today: $249.4 billion Net increase in Bezos wealth since 2024: $55.4 billion Cost of Bezos’s 417-foot superyacht: $500 million Amazon investment in "Melania": $75 million

Ruth Marcus writes about mass layoffs at the Washington Post—where she spent more than 40 years as a reporter, an editor, an editorial writer, and a columnist—and the paper’s decline under Jeff Bezos. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/hsbIts

And a dispatch about what it’s been like for the people on the ground — demonstrators, immigrant parents, business owners and kids: time.com/7368923/minnea…

Much of the mourning for the late great The Washington Post has rightly focused on how democracy dies in darkness at the national level, which is hugely important. But the evisceration of Metro coverage is every bit as devastating because there is no comparable news outlet keeping

Kyle Schwarber is ready to run it back in Philly 🔔

At NPR, we've been covering the controversies and crises surrounding Will Lewis and the Washington Post since December 2023 - the month *before* his arrival. Here's a link to the archive (scroll to the bottom to see it unfold from the beginning). npr.org/series/g-s1-52…

From the highly regarded ex editor of the Financial Times (and a fellow Brit) Lionel Barber

Today, Bayamón's Bad Bunny becomes the first island-born Puerto Rican to headline the Super Bowl halftime show. Héctor Varela Rios, PhD, Assistant Professor in Latin American Studies at Villanova, explains why the moment matters. villanova.edu/university/exp…

The scale of the cuts at the Washington Post last week, coupled with the lack of any sense of a strategy other than retreat, is beyond demoralizing, David Remnick writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/QxBcFb

Books reviews are important! To publishers and readers, yes, but also to the craft of writing. theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/02/…

I'm sure loads of journalists have said this already but... good journalism is largely composed of reporting on things that people DO NOT YET KNOW Watergate, famously, was uncovered by a series of stories that many people did not read until they reached a crescendo

David Remnick's intro - Americans call it 'the lede' - on the assassination of the WaPo, is worth the The New Yorker sub alone.

"Even in the best of times, searching for a first job after college is an exercise in patience, resilience, and coping with rejection," Rose Horowitch wrote in December. "These are not the best of times": theatln.tc/05VR4x3U

So, Paul Farhi goes deeper and discovers that the Post layoffs are deeper than understood, estimated between 44% and 47.5%.