Bilal Baydoun
@bilalb.bsky.social
opinions my own. Director of Democratic Institutions @rooseveltinstitute.org and Roosevelt Forward. #FirstGen Go Blue.
Wild times we live in.
October 19, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Wild times we live in.
Great time as always to advocate for press freedom.
October 7, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Great time as always to advocate for press freedom.
I don’t think anyone is ready or fully grasping what this sweeping takeover will mean
September 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I don’t think anyone is ready or fully grasping what this sweeping takeover will mean
Vowels were the biggest threat to American democracy all along. Who knew.
September 26, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Vowels were the biggest threat to American democracy all along. Who knew.
Just left the funeral service for these children, community members killed by Israeli airstrike in South Lebanon yesterday. Dearborn is reeling. What we understand here is that the atrocities we fund and facilitate abroad always come back home.
September 23, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Just left the funeral service for these children, community members killed by Israeli airstrike in South Lebanon yesterday. Dearborn is reeling. What we understand here is that the atrocities we fund and facilitate abroad always come back home.
Fresh off the press!
August 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Fresh off the press!
This is one of the funnier lines I've seen it a book review.
July 31, 2025 at 5:05 PM
This is one of the funnier lines I've seen it a book review.
As @ositanwanevu.com wrote last year, “the student left is the most reliably correct constituency in America.”
July 31, 2025 at 3:15 PM
As @ositanwanevu.com wrote last year, “the student left is the most reliably correct constituency in America.”
Our moment from the newsstand.
July 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Our moment from the newsstand.
July 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Life in 2025 is wild. You'll be reading a news article when suddenly a pop-up informs you that "billionaires control much of the information that reaches the public."
July 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Life in 2025 is wild. You'll be reading a news article when suddenly a pop-up informs you that "billionaires control much of the information that reaches the public."
Such a staggering visual, and this was before the current defund efforts. (“Democracy Without Journalism?” Pickard)
June 16, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Such a staggering visual, and this was before the current defund efforts. (“Democracy Without Journalism?” Pickard)
In his excellent book "Democracy Without Journalism," @victorpickard.bsky.social cites the ambitious Obama-era FCC report on the "information needs of communities." While the report thoroughly documented the collapse of media markets, it notably ruled out an affirmative role for government. (2/5)
May 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
In his excellent book "Democracy Without Journalism," @victorpickard.bsky.social cites the ambitious Obama-era FCC report on the "information needs of communities." While the report thoroughly documented the collapse of media markets, it notably ruled out an affirmative role for government. (2/5)
Ta-Nehisi Coates’s point that the material is downstream from culture is easy to cast aside, but its explanatory power is undeniable (as my colleague @shahrzadshams.bsky.social’s work on the culture of neoliberalism clarifies so well).
May 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Ta-Nehisi Coates’s point that the material is downstream from culture is easy to cast aside, but its explanatory power is undeniable (as my colleague @shahrzadshams.bsky.social’s work on the culture of neoliberalism clarifies so well).
I'm sorry I gotta head back to the other app.
May 8, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I'm sorry I gotta head back to the other app.
This is the bottom fold of the paper.
May 7, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This is the bottom fold of the paper.
Democracy cannot survive anywhere without journalists. We are witnessing the deadliest assault on journalists of our lifetimes right now. Democracy advocates must speak out against the killing of journalists.
April 3, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Democracy cannot survive anywhere without journalists. We are witnessing the deadliest assault on journalists of our lifetimes right now. Democracy advocates must speak out against the killing of journalists.
I was bummed that Michigan won't see it but then I remembered it would look like this regardless
March 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I was bummed that Michigan won't see it but then I remembered it would look like this regardless
Truly astonishing that Palestinian journalists prepare death notes like this, telling us they will be killed, continue reporting anyway, and then are killed. And hardly a whimper from the institutional world ostensibly devoted to press freedom.
March 25, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Truly astonishing that Palestinian journalists prepare death notes like this, telling us they will be killed, continue reporting anyway, and then are killed. And hardly a whimper from the institutional world ostensibly devoted to press freedom.
I mean, it’s offering to save souls for the meager price of $14.99.
March 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I mean, it’s offering to save souls for the meager price of $14.99.
This dude can write.
March 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This dude can write.