I'm one of the four fired employees. I was a writer & producer at Bon Appétit for nearly five years, during which I helped organize our union and sat on our bargaining committee. I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them

New: The most significant part of Tuesday's results may be the Latino vote shift -Cements Latinos as the key swing voters of the '20s -4 highest % Latino counties in VA saw biggest shifts to Spanberger www.huffpost.com/entry/desper...

An invaluable voice to support if you can:

"In the last year of the Biden administration officials opened nearly twice as many inquiries over antisemitism allegations than over all other types of racial discrimination" on campus "Pro-Israel organizations were behind 78% of [publicly available] complaints" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

BREAKING: In a 3-2 vote Oklahoma's Pardon and Parole board recommended clemency for Tremane Wood, a man sentenced to death for a killing his brother admitted to committing www.huffpost.com/entry/oklaho...

Worth noting that Mamdani isn’t the only Dem win last night to show Gaza has made the rising wave in the party far less deferential to Israel. Spanberger & Sherill signed a key early critique from Congress of Biden’s blank check for Netanyahu, citing natsec experience: crow.house.gov/media/press-...

This is occurring in a chilling environment & rush to avoid disturbing power created by Trump/GOP. But make no mistake: plenty of powerful Dems will be thrilled to face less scrutiny Dodging accountability is a bipartisan tendency that helped bring us to this point. Broad reflection to change that.

Tremane Wood is facing execution on November 13. I revisited his case to investigate how a group of judges and prosecutors have secretly coordinated in ways that have undermined Tremane’s final chance to live. www.huffpost.com/entry/oklaho...

For months, Mohamed Khamis Douda shared accounts of what life was like under siege. He was killed when RSF fighters finally took the Darfur city, raising fears activists and civil society figures are being hunted down @kaamilahmed.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Key to see how developments in the Caribbean are a flashing red light for Americans too. "At the same time the Trump admin [is] calling a broad swath of Americans terrorists...they’re also asserting their right to drone strike anybody the president calls a terrorist" www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

You can't make this up.

NEW: As Trump escalates against Venezuela, US troops may face unlawful orders. Guardrails offer little hope of preventing war or crimes (including domestically) because "there was already a precedent the president could blow up anybody who he said was a terrorist" www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

"The removal eliminated a passage that read, “Our founders established ADL with the clear understanding that the fight against any one form of prejudice or hate cannot succeed without countering hate of all forms.”"

Another day, another Biden aide saying their disastrous Gaza policy should guide the US now. This time it's Jamie Rubin, who a fellow senior State Dept official under Biden told me colleagues saw as a "joke" Remarkable—& revealing about the US foreign policy establishment—that figures continue to..

Karine Jean-Pierre here pushes the lines on Gaza that many Biden admin staff hope will keep their record from harming their continued pursuit of power/$ 1) Biden's choices, not mine 2) "heartbreaking" - but no mention of US responsibility Untrue & deeply unconvincing www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp-vi...

I doubt I’m alone in one of my first responses to this being a visceral, overwhelming feeling that it’s politically unwise — a gut reaction honed over decades that it took a minute to overcome. No better evidence of how rare, necessary and overdue language like this is in American public life.

"A 2,000-household survey in Gaza... suggested that the official figures were likely to be undercounting the number of people killed in the war by roughly 39 percent... The majority of those killed — some 56 percent — were women, children and the elderly." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/o...

Under both Biden & Trump, US bids for Gaza ceasefires ignored accountability for acts during the war — a requirement under US law & likely a key ingredient for any meaningful peace. Weakening that process now is another grim sign about the lasting power of Trump’s peace. www.bbc.com/news/article...

"The @rescue.org currently has > 500 tonnes of medical equipment & hygiene supplies ready to dispatch to Gaza, but has still not been able to move this life saving aid across the border due to ongoing bureaucratic delays by the Israeli authorities."

Appreciated Van & Rachel inviting me back on Higher Learning to discuss if peace can take hold in Gaza – and how damaging patterns in US policy toward Israel from Biden through to Trump are keeping Palestinians in prolonged danger, famine & pain. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYXP...

Six former students of a now-closed "troubled-teen" facility in Arizona told HuffPost they were abused. The facility's founder, Jeannie Courtney, told HuffPost she believes her accusers are making it all up. From @taiylersimone.bsky.social and I www.huffpost.com/entry/troubl...

"As the ADF's influence in Britain has grown since Trump’s re-election, Farage has suddenly started speaking out against abortion. The New York Times could find no previous record of him campaigning against abortion during his 31-year political career" www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

I'll be live on @npr.org's 1a starting around 11am ET to discuss Gaza, Venezuela, France, Ukraine & more. Tune in if you can!

NEW: Trump clinched a Gaza deal by breaking with 2 years of failed US war policy. It's likely doomed if he sustains patterns Biden began & he intensified: -deferring to Netanyahu -disregarding Palestinians -dismissing domestic+global critics of US-Israeli choices www.huffpost.com/entry/gaza-p...

Trump's Gaza peace could be doomed if the U.S. persists in policy patterns initiated by President Joe Biden: deference to Netanyahu, disregard for Palestinians and dismissing skeptics of the war strategy in Washington and beyond via @akbarshahidahmed.huffpost.com www.huffpost.com/entry/gaza-p...

NEW: Trump clinched a Gaza deal by breaking with 2 years of failed US war policy. It's likely doomed if he sustains patterns Biden began & he intensified: -deferring to Netanyahu -disregarding Palestinians -dismissing domestic+global critics of US-Israeli choices www.huffpost.com/entry/gaza-p...

Stepping away from this app — and the news cycle — to recharge after a very intense period of book revisions. See you on October 6! 🙏🏽

Clarity from @unicef.org on the theft of aid intended for ~2700 malnourished Palestinian children: "A sustainable ceasefire [in Gaza] is essential to create an environment where such incidents no longer occur, and aid can reach those who need it most – safely, quickly, and effectively.”

It appears ICE is not following its own directives when it comes to the treatment of pregnant and postpartum women in detention centers, according to a letter shared exclusively with HuffPost.

In helping Israel pummel Gaza, US officials (particularly Biden aides) increasingly worried about being personally implicated in war crimes. Today's UN finding of genocide is a big signal they could be held responsible for, among other matters, failing to stop it per their international obligations

Los Angeles teachers are patrolling the streets, linking w immigration/ tenants’ advocates, and repurposing lockdown policies designed to protect students from active shooters or wildfires — all to protect them from ICE @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social and I report www.huffpost.com/entry/los-an...

On today's Your Call @kalwradio.bsky.social, we discussed the fallout from Israel's airstrike in Qatar on the region and the conflict going forward. Listen to the audio here, w/ @akbarshahidahmed.huffpost.com & Mouin Rabbani @jadaliyya.bsky.social: www.kalw.org/show/your-ca...

From 10am PT / 1 pm ET on, I’ll be live on @kalwradio.bsky.social discussing the latest around Gaza & US foreign policy. Tune in if you can — and let me know if there are questions or topics you’d like covered! 🙏🏽

Looking back at Charlie Kirk's political commentary, his importance as an organizer, and his potential legacy in the MAGA movement: www.huffpost.com/entry/charli...

"Signature Aviation [in which Bill Gates holds a key share is] popping up across Trump’s deportation pipeline...HuffPost scoured govt records, location data, spotting reports + matched photos to planes [linked] to ICE" @mattshuham.bsky.social @gnobes.huffpost.com: www.huffpost.com/entry/bill-g...

I take a deep dive into the Supreme Court’s maneuver this week that embraced racial profiling by ICE in LA. And if you think there's no way it could ever impact you, experts and analysts tell me exactly why that is wrong.

So far during the second Trump administration, this puts the US military at: —1,000+ air strikes in Yemen (in March-April) —65+ air strikes in Somalia —5 air strikes and 2 JSOC ground raids in Syria —1 night of B-2 strikes on 3 sites in Iran —1 air strike in Iraq —1 air strike in the Caribbean

"Absent much stronger & immediate action by the outside world, Gaza could soon be physically erased, its surviving people herded into camps or expelled entirely ..such an outcome would stain not only Netanyahu + his cabinet but also a generation of world leaders." www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...

Jerry Nadler ends his remarkable career, conceding that his brand of politics on the Middle East is over. “I don’t know what to say at this point,” he said. “I can’t defend what Israel is doing.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/n...

“As of Aug. 10, 70.4% of immigration detainees, or 41,822 out of 59,380 detainees, do not have a criminal record ‘She’s paranoid… She doesn’t want to talk to anyone. I think she’s permanently damaged.’”

In arming Israel under Biden & Trump —regardless of its battlefield conduct or sincerity about a ceasefire deal— the US has always said it's prioritizing Hamas hostages in Gaza. It's now been exactly a year since H executed 6 amid the fighting, 3 of whom could have been quickly freed under a deal.

Happy Labor Day everyone! A reminder that Trump has just about decimated the federal workforce. Nearly 10% of all federal workers forced out of their jobs since Jan. "We’re seeing the arson of our government." www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Settlers celebrate "the first kindergarten to be opened in one of the former settlements evacuated in 2005... 'We will also open new kindergartens in Gush Katif,' he said, referring to the [former Jewish] settlement in Gaza" www.jpost.com/israel-news/...

I got to talk with @lataco.bsky.social's @eltragon.bsky.social about his tireless documentation of immigration raids in LA, and how his knowledge of the city's street food scene makes him a better immigration reporter

NEWS: ICE's Chantilly office is a "black box" where conditions are increasingly dire, attorneys & a relative of person detained tell @msnbc.com - 1 meal a day = a single burrito - some 40-90 ppl crammed into room, sleeping on concrete - Some held as long as 7 days www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/v...

At 11am ET, I'll be live on @npr.org's 1A discussing Gaza and prospects for change in US-Israel policy — as well as developments re: Ukraine, India/tariffs, Tigray, Thailand & more. Tune in if you can!

A rough week for those hoping Democrats will forget Gaza/revert to Biden's blank check for Israel: -Hakeem Jeffries blasted as "AIPAC Shakur" -Disastrous Ritchie Torres/Jack Lew interviews (latter defends killing kids) -Jake Sullivan claims to push for halting weapons -DNC ditches anodyne statement

Pressed by @timmiller.bsky.social Jake Sullivan deflects from Biden’s debate disaster, saying he worked on national security not politics. The reality via officials: Sullivan always thought politically + Biden’s limitations were clear, including on foreign policy www.instagram.com/reel/DN4J1IE...

With Trump now considering a Blair-Kushner plan for Gaza, worth remembering who else sought advice on the war from the former British PM & Iraq invasion architect: Tony Blinken, in the final months of the Biden admin Constant, depressing echoes of Biden-era failure, with even more Palestinian death

“There can be a path that encourages the Israeli government to allow in more aid [for Gaza] without threatening” US weapons That logic has guided Democrats for 2 years, with chilling results. Today’s DNC vote showed the debate over it is now central to the party: www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...