On the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, which was signed by Johnson on Aug. 6, 1965, I look back and forward to our own time.

Teaching and Writing in a Time of DEI Backlash. Thursday, Aug. 7, at 10:15 a.m. at the AEJMC bsky.app/profile/aejm...

Why democracy needs careful journalists like Jake Tapper.

"If everyone has just a little bit of courage, then no one has to be a hero." --Rep. Sarah McBride, quoting her father on Pod Save America.

What are your favorite signs from the marches yesterday? #Handsoff

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The Washington Post & LA Times sparked controversy by not endorsing Kamala Harris at the direction of their owners. What could this mean for journalism under Trump? Learn more at our roundtable with @sulliview.bsky.social, @davidtzmindich.bsky.social, Matt Brown & Caitlin Petre: bit.ly/4i5fi2a

Participating in my first protest of the new administration: a union-led protest in NYC yesterday against cuts to education and medical research. I wasn't a speaker... just a body in the crowd... but it felt like a good start.

Attempting to transfer incarcerated transgender women to men's prisons has got to be one of Cheeto Mussolini's shittiest and most dangerous moves ever.

Note to my U. S. Rep: I am outraged by Trump's EO that seeks to bar transgender women prisoners from serving in federal women's prisons. Moving these women to men's prisons subjects them to sexual assault and other violence by male prisoners. I urge your office to fight this cruel executive order.

For those of you still taking a break from the news, this is a good time to reengage. The Times reported today on plans to start deportation raids in Chicago. Those of us with some degree of privilege have the moral responsibly to keep our eyes open and protect the least powerful.

With Trump's insanity about Greenland, Panama, and Canada, it's a good time to watch what I consider to be the all-time funniest take on him: John Mulaney's "A Horse in the Hospital." www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhkZ...

My latest article, printed Christmas morning, inspired by a movie that asks existential questions about how the world would look without us. writingaboutourgeneration.com/blog-2-2/wha...

I don't care how many friends I lose over this controversial opinion, but the time has come for a courageous stand, even if I stand alone. Here goes: I think polio is bad.

"Mr. Kushner, 70, pleaded guilty in 2004 to 16 counts of tax evasion, a single count of retaliating against a federal witness and one of lying to the Federal Election Commission" and so now he will be US ambassador to France www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/u...

As a historian who studies race and representation, I often dip into Howard Zinn’s People’s History of the United States, which explains clearly and cogently how elites have long used bigotry and xenophobia to keep workers in check. Zinn can help us to understand Trump (A thread). 1/x

I try to be nonpartisan in front of my large Journalism and Society lecture class, but today I told my students how disgusted I was by Nancy Mace's resolution that would forbid trans women from using the restroom that aligns with their gender identity, targeting one person: Sarah McBride. Just vile.

It was 8.5 years ago that I wrote this widely-shared piece in CJR about the need for journalists to push back against then-candidate Trump like Edward R. Murrow did against Joseph McCarthy. Years later, some of you might find it timely. www.cjr.org/analysis/tru... @columjournreview.bsky.social

Who made this? Ahahaha

There are many reasons to be frustrated with the New York Times, but it is still one of our best checks on power and worthy of our attention and financial support. Today’s powerful editorial: www.nytimes.com/2024/11/14/o...

Has there ever been a pick worse than Matt Gaetz?

In case you're in the market for a new media textbook. The second edition of this book is out now.