I know it's hard to do but you have to tune out the constant & I mean constant torrent of criticisms on social media re: activism & organizing. If you don't, it can stop you from trying to do any activism or organizing. Most of the critics aren't doing any organizing themselves so keep trying things

Robert Redford talking about how the Algerian War led him to interrogate his own understanding of the United States of America.

Scoop: Status has obtained the termination letter The Washington Post sent to @karenattiah.bsky.social, in which it informed her that she was being fired for social media posts "about white men." Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/karen-atti...

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

Every major publication in this country needs to have dedicated staffers or correspondents reporting on gaming, streamers, podcasts, and TikTok. Not as a once in a while thing. As standard beats. These are massive segments of American culture. No excuses for it anymore.

The shooting of Charlie Kirk was the 46th school shooting of the year. The 47th one happened moments afterwards. www.cnn.com/2025/09/10/u...

New from me: A rightwing influencer did ride along with Ice as they detained four people on Sunday in Chicago www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

it's stunning what a rare and radical statement this is defector.com/five-years-o...

Fuck yes! The bullshit "racketeering" charges against the #StopCopCity protesters are being dismissed; not over yet, but this is very good news www.wabe.org/breaking-geo...

people are always telling me that we just have to wait for olds to die off & then everything will be fine. i usually respond with, "the woman who lied about emmett till whistling & got him lynched was 21. the murderers were 24 & 35. there's more to do than wait.” there will always be hitler youth.

"school shooting industry"

This is my favorite thing I've read in the past week. We typically discuss the job market as it relates to those searching to land a job. But even those *with* jobs feel unsettled and disillusioned, and are planning a raft for when our ship sinks

Mother Jones is looking for a fluent Hebrew/English speaker who can help us fact-check some translations -- ideally someone with research/fact check/journalism experience. It would be a few hours of paid work. DM me if interested!

A private investigator. Psychics. Calls to the FBI. Dozens of reports to regulators. A million dollar legal battle. A restraining order. An arrest warrant. American surrogacy raked in approximately $5 billion in 2024. What can go wrong?

this was a fun one: i got to chat with Alice Wu about the new Criterion release of Saving Face. we talked rom-coms, love, betting on yourself, and revisiting such a personal project decades later. pvguide.ghost.io/alice-wu-int...

Aug 29 marks 20 years since Hurricane Katrina. @siric.bsky.social profiles 4 young climate advocates whose lives it changed—2 of whom fled New Orleans during Katrina as kids @teenvogue.com: "For them, combatting climate change, environmental racism, and structural inequality has become a calling."

find yours here go.bsky.app/2Fq4P6e

Ahhh, the Eater GoFundMe is just $800 away from reaching $15,000! Can we do that today, folks? www.gofundme.com/f/eater-isnt...

When I see people on here unknowingly join moral panics around child safety and technology, I think about how the future of this very platform hangs in the balance of this legislation that is designed to force us back onto big tech platforms. It’s not about the kids. It’s about all of us

Real talk (reel talk?): BWDR recently lost a partnership that covered nearly half our operating budget, so things are suddenly very tough. If what we do has ever meant something to you, or you’ve ever thought about subscribing, now’s the time—it *truly* makes a difference.

I’m hearing from multiple sources within government and advocacy groups that law enforcement will begin arresting homeless people in DC by TONIGHT. As I wrote yesterday, there are not enough shelter beds to accommodate the number of people who live outside in DC. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Whenever another shitty media thing happens I always see people say 'support Teen Vogue!' and it's true that Teen Vogue are doing amazing work contrary to all their sister publications but they are still a Conde brand. You could also champion supporting indie media!

Area Critic (Me) Needs New Job. Reach out if you want me to write for you! Doesn't have to be reviews!

What Trump's new assault on D.C.'s homeless population looks like: Heavily armed DEA agents accost a 50-year-old unhoused man, searching for drugs or alcohol. Finding none, they leave. Outreach workers warn him to clear out by Wednesday and give him some pretzel Goldfish. "And go where?" he asks.

Eliminating critics is not how you "boost" your coverage of Hollywood and culture, it's how you make that coverage more toothless. variety.com/2025/digital...

NEW: Amid concerns about the stability of the agency, records show nearly 40% of the doctors offered jobs at the VA from January through March of this year turned them down — quadruple the rate of rejections for the same period a year earlier.

New research shows Idaho lost one in three obstetricians after its abortion ban took effect About half of those OBs left the state—and none moved to states with abortion bans, the lead author says. More evidence that abortion bans impact other forms of health care. New @motherjones.com:

So you’re telling me the Wizard of Oz presented itself as a towering force of overwhelming technology, only to be unmasked as just some guy, off-screen?

and here's David Mamet revealing that getting snubbed by Terry Gross is what radicalized him into conservatism

BTW, if you want to read an actually good story about Sydney Sweeney I really liked this from 3 years ago defector.com/the-money-is...

I wrote about the recent use of "divisive" as a tool for sanitizing history and laundering patriotism www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

When the nearest major hospital is 80+ miles away, rural hospitals (with as few as 2 ER beds) play a critical role in stabilizing trauma patients. The OBBA's $50B rural health fund won't nearly make up for the losses hospitals like these face from Medicaid cuts. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

This is from my last story as a fellow at Mother Jones. As someone who arrived at journalism via career switch, I've used it as a vehicle to reflect on questions in my own life—namely, what family, community, and solidarity mean to me. A little on the ones I’m most proud of below:

For @motherjones.com: I spoke with Lily Tang Williams—a 2024 GOP nominee for the US House who attacks critics of Trump and ICE—about growing up during the Cultural Revolution in China, her struggles coming to the US, and her thoughts on why Democrats are failing immigrants and the working class.

What's frustrating about "male loneliness" discussions is there is almost never mainstream conversations into how men from marginalized groups experience loneliness in different and unique ways.

Some good news: Hawaii, parts of California, NYC, and other places are starting to prove that it's possible to stop incarcerating girls. I wrote about some of the strategies they're using to do it. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

For my last story as a fellow at @motherjones.com, I got to do what I love most: Talk to regular people about the impacts federal policy has on their day-to-day lives. I'm so grateful to the people who shared their worries and stories of student debt with me. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

NEW: We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims officers use a “minimum amount of force.” You can judge for yourself. By @nicolefoy.bsky.social @mckenziefunk.com

I'm a @motherjones.com reporter looking to speak with federal workers (past and present) at SAMHSA, particularly those whose portfolios included substance use disorder/fentanyl/opioids. My signal is abbyvesoulis.09. As always, you can remain anonymous. 🙏

NEW: I spoke with a woman named Andrea about her experience being detained by ICE after calling the cops for help during a domestic violence incident. She was recently postpartum, breastfeeding & put in an all-male facility. She was detained for 2.5 months.

I wrote about Epstein and the rot that's killing us. "To wave off every horror as a distraction is to participate in the very obfuscation that protects the powerful." Special thanks to @sarahkendzior.bsky.social for talking with me for this piece.

“You enter legally, and suddenly, because of someone else’s whim, you’re illegal. It doesn’t make sense.” I wrote about the hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan TPS holders losing legal status overnight as a result of the Trump administration's mass deportation push.

Oh I forgot to post the baseball cards of the striking workers they were handing out. Genius.

From the most recent @motherjones.com issue: Meet Shawn Ryan—a former Blackwater employee, current famous podcaster, and a man perfectly suited to our slightly paranoid times As one former SEAL told us: “I cannot believe that fucking idiot is a shot caller now.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

for @bwdr.bsky.social’s jonathan demme issue i wrote about rachel getting married, a movie that is very special to me for reasons vulnerable to admit but that i put into words anyway. thank you to @ohhhaeee.bsky.social for the gorgeous art and @carriecourogen.bsky.social for her brilliant edits!

Massive Attack announce alliance of musicians speaking out over Gaza

"Barred from using Clearview AI, NYC police relied on a marshal in the fire department to run a search that turned up photos of the student at his high school graduation." www.thecity.nyc/2025/07/18/n...

New: After he leaked Zohran Mamdani’s Columbia application data to the New York Times, critics called Jordan Lasker a “eugenicist.” A Mother Jones report shows there’s much more to his backstory. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

“It was a perfect storm.” In Milford, MA, a town where 30 percent of the population is foreign-born, the arrest of 18-year-old Marcelo Gomes da Silva set off a chain reaction unlike anything the community had seen before. My latest for @motherjones.com: