There's a wrong way and a right way to report this

The whole NYTimes debacle about Zohran Mamdani's identity is extra painful because of course they would defend themselves and not back down. Even in 2025, there are white people who feel entitled to ultimately determine the identity, professional privileges, and public perception of non-white people

Uh oh.

The White House Correspondents’ Association said it fired host Amber Ruffin so it can instead focus the dinner on celebrating the First Amendment.

Which apparently can be done best by preventing a gay black woman from speaking.

One of many moments in Omar El Akkad’s new book, “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” that will stop you in your tracks.

I wrote about the White House X account — which is steeped in the sociopathic posting style of far-right extremists — and seems to get more sinister and cruel with its posts each week of the administration. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

when i say that there are people who care less about workers and their rights than they do the primacy of a masculinist blue collar identity politics, i am taking about people like sean o’brien

This week:

For all those wondering, this is my son, PER-C (Percy). We share no blood but he is my life. He came from Tennessee (legally, of course) four years ago and lives with me in Germany.

I am so proud of him and raising him has been the best, most rewarding thing I've done in my life.

health insurance ceos pressured the doj to pursue federal charges against mangione to act as a “deterrent” against “copycat vigilante killers”

then he got hit with federal charges.

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Let's talk about how to report on right-wingers without amplifying their hateful rhetoric. Far-right extremists count on YOU to spread their messages for them. Here's a thread of resources.

1) The Oxygen of Amplification: Better Practices for Reporting on Extremists, Antagonists, and Manipulators

"The suspect is believed to have played a violent simulation of warfare, involving deliberate targeting of horses and reigious figures, with the ultimate goal of regicide."

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I also like when journalists are a little petty while covering important news events.

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