Then Thursday August 21 @ 8p, I and DJ B-Sharp will commemorate the 25th anniversary of e. badu’s Mama’s Gun with a public listening session + discussion. Both events will be at The Eaton with the aid of @mahoganybooks.bsky.social (8/20) and Chuck Levin’s (8/21). www.eventbrite.com/e/a2b-vinyl-...

Come through, y’all!

American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg. theatln.tc/IuULQFiY

The Department of Health and Human Services has pressed the NIH to ignore court orders, dismissing NIH lawyers' advice to resume business as usual, @katherinejwu.com reports. As of this week, some institutes and centers are still not issuing any new grants: theatln.tc/MVl9uWmj

“We are now in the second decade of a years-long temper tantrum sparked by the election of Barack Obama—not to mention the failed attempts to elect a woman to succeed him...” @adamserwer.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

I wrote about Neil Gaiman, and the women accusing him of sexual coercion, assault and abuse. www.vulture.com/article/neil...

Ashli Babbitt’s mother and the wife of a notorious insurrectionist moved into a townhouse near @hannarosin.bsky.social’s home in deep-blue Washington, D.C. Getting to know them proved to be a revealing—and surprising—experience.

Love this: "A quiet monologue runs through my head at all times. It is this: dinner dinner dinner dinner. The thing about dinner is that you have to deal with it every single night." www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...

"The courtroom is not designed to be the arbiter of scientific truth." But, for "shaken baby syndrome" diagnoses, it often is. More amazing reporting on this controversial issue from @pamelacolloff.bsky.social. www.propublica.org/article/shak... #txlege

"In this episode of Radio Atlantic, we make the case for reading books, one memory at a time." Hanna Rosin speaks with Rose Horowitch and other Atlantic writers about the books they read in high school that stuck with them.

Every year on this day I think of this man, his family, and every person I met in Newtown in December 2012 www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

“I’m a big fan of the blues not because they are sad, they’re not, but because they give us a rhythm to keep moving.” From a letter Nikki Giovanni wrote to @jenishawo.bsky.social, in which the poet said she always felt her job "is to move on." @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...

As an editor, @jenishawo.bsky.social worked with Nikki Giovanni, who died on Monday. The poet's most important lesson: Never stop moving forward.

More than a century ago, the United States backed a coup that destroyed Hawai‘i’s sovereign government. What does America owe the Islands now? @adriennelaf.bsky.social reports on the Hawaiians pushing for self-determination: theatln.tc/mMdVYy2u

I loved writing this piece with the perfect editor @boriskachka.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...

omg. thank you for everything, Nikki

"Why would a girl with such a wonderful father ever need a second one? Because someone must have dropped Tom on his head as a baby." Glorious @CaitlinPacific essay on Seamus Heaney, her father, poetry, Catholicism, the Troubles, death, and hope. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Always read ADAM SERWER!

I’m in the middle of about 6 other books, including at least 2 essay collections and a stack of recent magazines I’m behind on, but I couldn’t resist this when I saw it at Kramer’s Books yesterday… edited by Wesley Morris!?

I am forever grateful whenever anyone takes the time to read my work. Thanks again, Jason.

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Why do so many Americans live in poverty? Because so many rich people benefit from it, the sociologist Matthew Desmond told Annie Lowrey last year. theatln.tc/oc1NTW54

important clarification in the kicker icymi 🙂

popped up from book leave for a moment to write about the election, American individualism, impulses toward self-care, and how we need each other www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...

I am posting on Bluesky the piece I wrote about Bluesky for the @theatlantic.bsky.social. The short version is that it seems very nice here but also it is bad that it seems nice because social media is bad and we need to abandon it. Further thoughts follow 👇 www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

I’m really up … ready to watch this fight. Who am I becoming!? 🤣

"When universities like Harvard shifted their definition of ability, large segments of society adjusted to meet that definition," David Brooks writes, The effect was transformative: www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

“When people vote with their feet, they’re sending a clear signal about which places make them optimistic about the future,” Jerusalem Demsas writes. “What does it say about liberal governance that Democratic states cannot compete with Florida and Texas?” theatln.tc/iVE307pQ