Nausheen Husain
@nausheen.bsky.social
writer and professor of journalism | words in The Nation, The Appeal, The HuffPost, Chicago Tribune | send tips: DM or nhusain@syr.edu | urdu mein bhi
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Deeply moving to see this first family.
November 5, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Deeply moving to see this first family.
"No hell is hot enough or eternal enough for Dick Cheney. Any discussion of his works must begin with the 2021 assessment of Brown University’s Costs of War Project that found, conservatively, that the War on Terror killed between 897,000 and 929,000 people across five of its battlefields."
All day, many of you have been asking for a Cheney obituary from me. Get ready:
His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.
www.thenation.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
"No hell is hot enough or eternal enough for Dick Cheney. Any discussion of his works must begin with the 2021 assessment of Brown University’s Costs of War Project that found, conservatively, that the War on Terror killed between 897,000 and 929,000 people across five of its battlefields."
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Dick Cheney is dead now, but his legacy lives on. The damage he did is still unfolding. The hegemonic, hypermilitaristic ideology he promoted has become the baseline norm.
November 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Dick Cheney is dead now, but his legacy lives on. The damage he did is still unfolding. The hegemonic, hypermilitaristic ideology he promoted has become the baseline norm.
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we ended up where we are now for a number of reasons, but one was that Dick Cheney realized he could go on camera, lie about saying things he’d previously said on camera, and TV interviewers would just sputter
November 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
we ended up where we are now for a number of reasons, but one was that Dick Cheney realized he could go on camera, lie about saying things he’d previously said on camera, and TV interviewers would just sputter
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Not sure how many Cheney obits will mention this murderous legacy of his.
Post-9/11 wars have contributed to some 4.5 million deaths, report suggests
Researchers attempt to calculate the number of deaths attributable to the war on terrorism, across Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Somalia and Yemen.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Not sure how many Cheney obits will mention this murderous legacy of his.
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Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
October 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
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Journalist must be safely allowed into Gaza as this transition is occurring.
A free press is the only guarantee that every day people will be protected.
A free press is central to knowing the rules are being followed.
A free press is essential to peace.
A free press is the only guarantee that every day people will be protected.
A free press is central to knowing the rules are being followed.
A free press is essential to peace.
Today is an important day - the remaining Israeli hostages were released, Israel freed Palestinian prisoners, and the bloodshed in Gaza has stopped.
It’s now time to rebuild. As I said before, it can’t go back to an open air prison, it must be a place where Palestinians can thrive.
It’s now time to rebuild. As I said before, it can’t go back to an open air prison, it must be a place where Palestinians can thrive.
October 13, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Journalist must be safely allowed into Gaza as this transition is occurring.
A free press is the only guarantee that every day people will be protected.
A free press is central to knowing the rules are being followed.
A free press is essential to peace.
A free press is the only guarantee that every day people will be protected.
A free press is central to knowing the rules are being followed.
A free press is essential to peace.
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BREAKING: The post-10/7 wars have killed or injured at least 236,505 people in Gaza alone. The U.S. has spent over $31 billion and counting in the wider region since Oct. 7, 2023, where millions have been displaced, according to new Costs of War research. [THREAD]
Photo Credit: Heidi Levine, 2025
Photo Credit: Heidi Levine, 2025
October 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
BREAKING: The post-10/7 wars have killed or injured at least 236,505 people in Gaza alone. The U.S. has spent over $31 billion and counting in the wider region since Oct. 7, 2023, where millions have been displaced, according to new Costs of War research. [THREAD]
Photo Credit: Heidi Levine, 2025
Photo Credit: Heidi Levine, 2025
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📢Join us for Killing the Story, a virtual event on Oct. 7, 1pm PT/4pm ET!
Palestinian, Arab, & Muslim journalists give firsthand accounts about how media manufactures consent & silences dissent as we approach 2 years of the Israeli-imposed & U.S.-backed genocide in Gaza.
tinyurl.com/killingthest...
Palestinian, Arab, & Muslim journalists give firsthand accounts about how media manufactures consent & silences dissent as we approach 2 years of the Israeli-imposed & U.S.-backed genocide in Gaza.
tinyurl.com/killingthest...
September 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
📢Join us for Killing the Story, a virtual event on Oct. 7, 1pm PT/4pm ET!
Palestinian, Arab, & Muslim journalists give firsthand accounts about how media manufactures consent & silences dissent as we approach 2 years of the Israeli-imposed & U.S.-backed genocide in Gaza.
tinyurl.com/killingthest...
Palestinian, Arab, & Muslim journalists give firsthand accounts about how media manufactures consent & silences dissent as we approach 2 years of the Israeli-imposed & U.S.-backed genocide in Gaza.
tinyurl.com/killingthest...
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JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters:
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October 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
JUST IN: Chicago journalistsa re suing DHS and ICE over force used against reporters:
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storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Wishing everyone a good week ahead. Take care of yourselves and don't give in to the fascists.
October 6, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Wishing everyone a good week ahead. Take care of yourselves and don't give in to the fascists.
Very Large Thumbs Down
October 6, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Very Large Thumbs Down
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If you're interested in Paramount, CBS News, the Free Press, or the right-wing takeover of the media, please help spread this around and let's see if we can find out anything interesting :-)
If you work at CBS News and have anything you'd like to share, please text me on Signal premthakker.35
Your anonymity will be protected
Your anonymity will be protected
October 2, 2025 at 10:23 PM
If you're interested in Paramount, CBS News, the Free Press, or the right-wing takeover of the media, please help spread this around and let's see if we can find out anything interesting :-)
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I’m so incredibly proud of my colleagues at other indie and nonprofit media orgs across the city, when I say this city is extraordinary these are the folks I’m talking about
Still thinking about the way Chicago indie media came together yesterday to demand Steve’s release.
That level of solidarity in such a crucial moment gives me hope.
What’s happening in Chicago is reaching people. Amanda Seales shared it on IG.
Tired, but encouraged to keep pushing.
That level of solidarity in such a crucial moment gives me hope.
What’s happening in Chicago is reaching people. Amanda Seales shared it on IG.
Tired, but encouraged to keep pushing.
September 29, 2025 at 12:56 AM
I’m so incredibly proud of my colleagues at other indie and nonprofit media orgs across the city, when I say this city is extraordinary these are the folks I’m talking about
Media criticism, 1969:
"The Chicago Tribune told its readers how to eat well on a welfare budget in a March 7 article that could have been ghost-written by Marie Antoinette. Marie told the bread-starved peasants of France to eat cake. The Tribune told Chicago's welfare poor to try cake mix."
"The Chicago Tribune told its readers how to eat well on a welfare budget in a March 7 article that could have been ghost-written by Marie Antoinette. Marie told the bread-starved peasants of France to eat cake. The Tribune told Chicago's welfare poor to try cake mix."
September 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Media criticism, 1969:
"The Chicago Tribune told its readers how to eat well on a welfare budget in a March 7 article that could have been ghost-written by Marie Antoinette. Marie told the bread-starved peasants of France to eat cake. The Tribune told Chicago's welfare poor to try cake mix."
"The Chicago Tribune told its readers how to eat well on a welfare budget in a March 7 article that could have been ghost-written by Marie Antoinette. Marie told the bread-starved peasants of France to eat cake. The Tribune told Chicago's welfare poor to try cake mix."
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If you have an extra $10 a month to spare, here's a list of worker-owned cooperative news sites you might want to support:
• 404 Media
• Defector
• The Flytrap
• Flaming Hydra
• The Appeal
• Aftermath
• Racket
• Hell Gate
• The 51st
• The Colorado Sun
• Range Media
• Discourse Blog
• Pop Heist
• 404 Media
• Defector
• The Flytrap
• Flaming Hydra
• The Appeal
• Aftermath
• Racket
• Hell Gate
• The 51st
• The Colorado Sun
• Range Media
• Discourse Blog
• Pop Heist
September 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
If you have an extra $10 a month to spare, here's a list of worker-owned cooperative news sites you might want to support:
• 404 Media
• Defector
• The Flytrap
• Flaming Hydra
• The Appeal
• Aftermath
• Racket
• Hell Gate
• The 51st
• The Colorado Sun
• Range Media
• Discourse Blog
• Pop Heist
• 404 Media
• Defector
• The Flytrap
• Flaming Hydra
• The Appeal
• Aftermath
• Racket
• Hell Gate
• The 51st
• The Colorado Sun
• Range Media
• Discourse Blog
• Pop Heist
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The @aaup.org just shared guidance for academic workers on how to protect themselves online www.aaup.org/news/advisor...
Advisory to Academic Workers
In a moment when it is becoming increasingly difficult to predict the consequences of our online speech and choices, the AAUP and Faculty First Responders are issuing guidance to AAUP members and othe...
www.aaup.org
September 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The @aaup.org just shared guidance for academic workers on how to protect themselves online www.aaup.org/news/advisor...
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A UN commission of inquiry concluded that Israel has committed four of the five genocidal acts defined under the 1948 Genocide Convention, and has such called on governments worldwide to stop sending weapons to Israel.
mondoweiss.net/2025/09/un-i...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/09/un-i...
#Palestine #Israel
UN inquiry finds Israel is committing genocide, calls for arms embargo
A UN commission of inquiry concluded that Israel has committed four of the five genocidal acts defined under the 1948 Genocide Convention, and has such called on governments worldwide to stop sending...
mondoweiss.net
September 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A UN commission of inquiry concluded that Israel has committed four of the five genocidal acts defined under the 1948 Genocide Convention, and has such called on governments worldwide to stop sending weapons to Israel.
mondoweiss.net/2025/09/un-i...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/09/un-i...
#Palestine #Israel
Have been trying to formulate some of this for a while and I'm glad I got to write it down, including an interview with Dr. Erin Steuter, for @prismreports.org.
Elite American media never had a “war on terror” reckoning. Palestinians are paying the price, writes @nausheen.bsky.social in an op-ed. Western journalists’ coverage of the genocide confirms that agenda-setting newsrooms learned nothing from their harmful post-9/11 reporting.
Media never had a “war on terror” reckoning. Palestinians are paying the price
Western journalists’ coverage of the genocide confirms that agenda-setting newsrooms learned nothing from their harmful post-9/11 reporting
prismreports.org
September 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Have been trying to formulate some of this for a while and I'm glad I got to write it down, including an interview with Dr. Erin Steuter, for @prismreports.org.
Today at #datajconf: we talked about what we've learned about pedagogy in the process of running datajournalismteachers.club. Focused on grounding data journalism in tools *and* humanities, teaching with a learner-centered rather than a "banking" model, and how we learn in community. Join the club!
September 10, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Today at #datajconf: we talked about what we've learned about pedagogy in the process of running datajournalismteachers.club. Focused on grounding data journalism in tools *and* humanities, teaching with a learner-centered rather than a "banking" model, and how we learn in community. Join the club!
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I'm speaking today at @datajconf.com to data journalists, and trying to convince them it's a good idea to collaborate with civic sector and advocacy organizations on data-driven news stories! Very excited, a little nervous!
September 9, 2025 at 6:35 AM
I'm speaking today at @datajconf.com to data journalists, and trying to convince them it's a good idea to collaborate with civic sector and advocacy organizations on data-driven news stories! Very excited, a little nervous!
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I’ve heard from a lot of parents who are NOT introducing their kids to generative AI but fewer who are.
If you are using generative AI with your young children and are open to chatting about it, please get in touch!
If you are using generative AI with your young children and are open to chatting about it, please get in touch!
Hello parents! I'm interested in talking to people with kids <8 about how they're thinking about introducing (or not) their kids to Generative AI.
Do you let your kid talk to ChatGPT? Are you trying to keep childhood AI-free?
I'd love to chat! DMs open/Signal in bio/julia.wong@theguardian.com
Do you let your kid talk to ChatGPT? Are you trying to keep childhood AI-free?
I'd love to chat! DMs open/Signal in bio/julia.wong@theguardian.com
September 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I’ve heard from a lot of parents who are NOT introducing their kids to generative AI but fewer who are.
If you are using generative AI with your young children and are open to chatting about it, please get in touch!
If you are using generative AI with your young children and are open to chatting about it, please get in touch!
By far, the most needed AI tool I learned about at #datajconf was introduced by Bette Dam asking: "Can we use an AI tool to investigate ourselves [journalists] rather than someone else?" Bette has reported on Afghanistan for decades and knows intimately how deeply flawed elite news coverage is.
September 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
By far, the most needed AI tool I learned about at #datajconf was introduced by Bette Dam asking: "Can we use an AI tool to investigate ourselves [journalists] rather than someone else?" Bette has reported on Afghanistan for decades and knows intimately how deeply flawed elite news coverage is.
I'm at #datajconf in Athens this week and one very cool thing we've done is take a tour of the library of Journalists' Union of Athens Daily Newspapers, where they've kept a history of Greek news outlets. This is one of the oldest prints they have of, I believe, a paper called Neos Aristophanes.
September 9, 2025 at 5:26 AM
I'm at #datajconf in Athens this week and one very cool thing we've done is take a tour of the library of Journalists' Union of Athens Daily Newspapers, where they've kept a history of Greek news outlets. This is one of the oldest prints they have of, I believe, a paper called Neos Aristophanes.
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Reporters from across newsrooms in Chicago are collaborating to collect visual evidence of federal agents detaining people & using force in Chicago.
Send videos to tinyurl.com/chicagojourn..., or get in touch via email chicagojournalists@protonmail.com.
Send videos to tinyurl.com/chicagojourn..., or get in touch via email chicagojournalists@protonmail.com.
September 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Reporters from across newsrooms in Chicago are collaborating to collect visual evidence of federal agents detaining people & using force in Chicago.
Send videos to tinyurl.com/chicagojourn..., or get in touch via email chicagojournalists@protonmail.com.
Send videos to tinyurl.com/chicagojourn..., or get in touch via email chicagojournalists@protonmail.com.