What ICE Should Have Learned from the Fugitive Slave Act by @jelaniya.bsky.social Americans took to the streets to defend their neighbors in the nineteenth century, too. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress. — Frederick Douglass

@jelaniya.bsky.social: From Selma to Minneapolis. On MLK Day, the death of Renee Good calls to mind another woman who died protesting for the rights of others. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Alan talks with @jelaniya.bsky.social, the Dean of the Columbia School of Journalism, about social media vs. traditional newspapers/television; what this means for journalism; and how Columbia is preparing tomorrow’s journalists for the new reality. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...

Our celebration of The Autobiography of Malcolm X is next Thursday! @jelaniya.bsky.social leads this powerful evening. Luminaries Nikole Hannah-Jones, James Ijames, and Dr. Ilyasah Shabazz discuss the book and its mighty legacy, with readings by actors Joe Morton and Hampton Fluker. bit.ly/4nQ7pje

Holy shit. Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Columbia Journalism School announced today a historic investment in student opportunity: nearly $10 million in scholarship support for 2026–27, made possible through the generosity of our donors. 📰 Learn more: https://journalism.columbia.edu/news/cjs-expands-scholarship-access #ReportingBeginsHere

Great episode of Alan Alda's Clear + Vivid podcast with @jelaniya.bsky.social, dean of @columbiajournalism.bsky.social You'll hear how AI will disrupt journalism, what "free speech" means under the Trump administration, and how journalism is a public good.

QPL’s Culture Connection is honored to host this in-depth virtual conversation with authors @jelaniya.bsky.social, @astille.bsky.social, and David Shoemaker! Join us on Wednesday, November 5 at 5PM. www.queenslibrary.org/calendar/cul...

Great LOCAL NEWS election coverage from Columbia Journalism School students. Check out the latest on the races that affect you most: cjspolitics.substack.com

1. “Why Doesn’t Anyone Trust the Media?” @jelaniya.bsky.social, @taylorlorenz.bsky.social, @jackshafer.bsky.social, @maxtani.bsky.social "The journalists here differ in . . . how they interpret threats against press freedom in the US . . ." harpers.org/archive/2025...

This week @jelaniya.bsky.social drops in to talk about Abraham Lincoln, Steven Spielberg's film, and how the man is remembered in black communities. Find the new episode of Reckoning with Jason Herbert and Jelani's new book below.

And find @jelaniya.bsky.social new book here or wherever you get your books: amzn.to/48UFBqf

“If you look at the decline of trust in American institutions, it is overwhelmingly connected to the dynamics of local relationships.” @jelaniya.bsky.social in the Harper’s Forum on establishment media’s crisis of trust.

I spoke to @jelaniya.bsky.social about Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln, the promise of Barack Obama, and the greatest Patrick Swayze movie ever made. jasonherbert.substack.com/p/jelani-cob...

The Black Lives Matter movement. America’s first Black president. The election of Trump. A resurgence of white nationalism. @jelaniya.bsky.social connects the political dots of America’s last decade on this week’s “More To The Story.” The latest from @revealnews.org: tinyurl.com/32v58wy9

Want to learn how to craft a compelling op-ed? Watch “Op-Ed Writing for Historians" with @bryanbanksphd.bsky.social, @jelaniya.bsky.social, @mauracunningham.bsky.social, @franhirsch.bsky.social, @brianros1.bsky.social, & moderator @lmansley.bsky.social. #AHAOnline 🗃️

In the Harper’s Forum, Jelani Cobb (@jelaniya.bsky.social), Taylor Lorenz (@taylorlorenz.bsky.social), Jack Shafer (@jackshafer.bsky.social) and Max Tani (@maxtani.bsky.social) dissect establishment media’s credibility crisis. harpers.org/archive/2025...

How tRump pivoted from ‘What will you do for me?’ to ‘What will you do to people who I don’t like?’ @jelaniya.bsky.social #Pinks Writer and historian Jelani Cobb on race in Donald Trump’s America www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...

Fantastic piece on @jelaniya.bsky.social in @theguardian.com. “The Trump campaign in 24 was much more contingent upon the question of: ‘What will you do to people who I don’t like?’" www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...

New Yorker staff writer @jelaniya.bsky.social joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to discuss his new essay collection, Three or More is a Riot: Notes on How We Got Here: 2012-2025. @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/jelani-cobb-...

Attended a very interesting and insightful talk with @jelaniya.bsky.social launching his newest book: “Three or More is a Riot” with Salamishah Tillet at the Center of Brooklyn History. Thanks for hosting @bklynlibrary.bsky.social!

Still stunned by D’Angelo’s departure. Grateful for the brilliant musical legacy he bequeathed to us. I thought it worth re-posting this meditation on black music and black mortality. www.newyorker.com/news/daily-c...

‼️ On today's @msignorile.bsky.social Show ‼️ @mjsdc.bsky.social of @slate.com @markpocan.bsky.social @jelaniya.bsky.social 🔊Listen Here: siriusxm.us/Signorile Give us your calls at: 866-997-4748

On Oct 15 1:30pm ET, join @columbiajournalism.bsky.social Dean @jelaniya.bsky.social & @climate.columbia.edu Dean Alexis Abramson for Truth, Trust, & the Climate Beat, a virtual conversation on communicating the science of climate change with clarity & depth: www.climate.columbia.edu/events/deans...

New PRESS BOX w/ @joelanderson.bsky.social A 25 for 25 double feature: @jelaniya.bsky.social on the Future of Journalism School @edsbs.bsky.social on the Weird Internet open.spotify.com/episode/3PIU...

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Dropping on October 14th.

@jelaniya.bsky.social What a pleasure to watch Sinners and then read J Cobb’s profile of Ryan Coogler. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Want to learn how to craft a compelling op-ed? Watch “Op-Ed Writing for Historians" with @bryanbanksphd.bsky.social, @jelaniya.bsky.social, @mauracunningham.bsky.social, @franhirsch.bsky.social, @brianros1.bsky.social, and moderator @lmansley.bsky.social. #AHAOnline 🗃️

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/779593... Happy to announce that my next book, a collection of my work at the New Yorker, will hit shelves on October 14th. More information about events to come shortly!

We've become so accustomed to lawbreaking that this probably won't ripple much, but it is important not to forget that firing the IRS Commissioner for refusing to break the law--if that's in fact what happened here--would and should prompt immediate articles of impeachment in any other presidency.

Not necessarily the “best” summer reread, but an important one. Reading for first time in a few years for research. @jelaniya.bsky.social @clintsmithiii.bsky.social

I bomb atomically…

“The fundamental civic unit in this nation in ‘neighbor.’” What a powerful historical insight from @jelaniya.bsky.social on the mystical power of proximity — to transcend political noise, and even sometimes smooth the deep neural grooves of race and caste.

it’s absurd that NYT forced him to delete these skeets, which … convey the factual information that Zohran Mamdani is, in fact, a man of South Asian descent who was born and raised in Africa, and that the pseudonymous source of the hacked material is a white supremacist eugenicist.

Some people get into journalism because they’re skeptical of power, and others do so because they’re impressed by it. Moments like this are clarifying with respect to who’s who.

@jelaniya.bsky.social on historic parallels to the reaction to ICE raids: "My students are like, 'Oh, so these people who came out against the Fugitive Slave Act were all abolitionists?' I said, 'No, these were people who could not countenance the idea of their neighbors being taken from them.'"

“The fundamental civic unit in this nation is neighbor.” - @jelaniya.bsky.social 🇺🇸

Such a lovely reflection on older fatherhood by @jelaniya.bsky.social. The Old Man www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

@jelaniya.bsky.social‬ reflects on becoming a parent at 47 and the rising average age of first-time American dads, a trend aided in part by growing gender equality, I.V.F. treatments, and other factors.

Ahead of Father’s Day I wrote about being the child of an older father and the older father of children for the New Yorker. Happy Father’s Day! www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

I remember the first time Ananda and I met at Howard. Such a bright light. Condolences to her fam and all the HU fam who knew and loved her.

CJS is shaping journalism across continents: 🎥 "Gig Workers Rising," by alumni/faculty wins Telly Awards 🇮🇳 Assoc. Dean Anusha Shrivastava tours newsrooms, meets new students 🎤 Dean @jelaniya.bsky.social delivered the Reuters Memorial Lecture at Oxford More: journalism.columbia.edu/news/faculty...

@jelaniya.bsky.social, today's thread features your great recent @newyorker.com column. Would you be able to share to get all this scholarship to your followers? Thanks! bsky.app/profile/amer...

@jelaniya.bsky.social has been a friend for 25+ years, so I always root for him. But special kudos for this interview with #RyanCoogler in which we are allowed into the circle of Black male trust as the director shows emotional appreciation for mentor #SpikeLee podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t....