Eric Pape
@ericpape.bsky.social
Journalist in CA (prev. in Europe, SE Asia, LatAm, Africa.)
Recent writing: The Atavist, Capital & Main...
Ex-Newsweek
Bylines: LA Times, NYT, Foreign Policy, NPR…
Long-form editing: Rolling Stone, USA Today…
Journalism prof. @USC
Three-point shooter
Recent writing: The Atavist, Capital & Main...
Ex-Newsweek
Bylines: LA Times, NYT, Foreign Policy, NPR…
Long-form editing: Rolling Stone, USA Today…
Journalism prof. @USC
Three-point shooter
Very much worth reading.
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Very much worth reading.
Reposted by Eric Pape
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Does it seem odd when the same people who laud Charlie Kirk as a paragon of free speech use his death to enact a sweeping speech crackdown?https://truthout.org/articles/conservatives-are-using-charlie-kirks-death-to-enact-sweeping-speech-crackdown/?utm_campaign=Truthout+Share+Buttons
Conservatives Are Using Charlie Kirk’s Death to Enact Sweeping Speech Crackdown
The US has entered a new era of McCarthyism as the Trump administration equates leftist critique with “terrorism.”…
truthout.org
September 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Does it seem odd when the same people who laud Charlie Kirk as a paragon of free speech use his death to enact a sweeping speech crackdown?https://truthout.org/articles/conservatives-are-using-charlie-kirks-death-to-enact-sweeping-speech-crackdown/?utm_campaign=Truthout+Share+Buttons
From Los Angeles these recent days, this song seems to resonate.... www.dailymotion.com/video/x46pa
David Bowie - This is not America
Dailymotion video by Manon de Rep
www.dailymotion.com
June 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
From Los Angeles these recent days, this song seems to resonate.... www.dailymotion.com/video/x46pa
My journalism colleague Jeremy Lindenfield was stuck by a projectile fired by authorities while filming an LAPD crackdown on anti-ICE protesters in Downtown LA.
Incredibly chaotic scene Los Angeles as LAPD is pushing forward a skirmish line and violently arresting anti-ICE protesters. You can also hear me grunt when police shoot me in the abdomen with some kind of projectile.
June 10, 2025 at 7:23 AM
My journalism colleague Jeremy Lindenfield was stuck by a projectile fired by authorities while filming an LAPD crackdown on anti-ICE protesters in Downtown LA.
Do you suffer from Car Brain?
www.fastcompany.com/91330344/car...
www.fastcompany.com/91330344/car...
‘Car Brain’ is killing us—literally
As millions of Americans take to the road this weekend, we would do well to rethink how we behave behind the wheel.
www.fastcompany.com
May 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Do you suffer from Car Brain?
www.fastcompany.com/91330344/car...
www.fastcompany.com/91330344/car...
What happens when your Cybertruck gets in an accident?
Check out this wild story about the Cybertruck that was hit by another car and suffered $58K in damages. www.edmunds.com/car-news/202...
Check out this wild story about the Cybertruck that was hit by another car and suffered $58K in damages. www.edmunds.com/car-news/202...
Our Tesla Cybertruck Test Ended With a $58,000 Repair Bill
We planned to test a Tesla Cybertruck for a year and 20,000 miles. But a crash led to a massive repair bill, causing us to offload our Cybertruck several months ahead of schedule.
www.edmunds.com
May 2, 2025 at 6:33 AM
What happens when your Cybertruck gets in an accident?
Check out this wild story about the Cybertruck that was hit by another car and suffered $58K in damages. www.edmunds.com/car-news/202...
Check out this wild story about the Cybertruck that was hit by another car and suffered $58K in damages. www.edmunds.com/car-news/202...
My colleague Mark Kreidler wrote this excellent, important and very readable piece on the unstable ground international students in the US are standing on. I have many students in such circumstances. capitalandmain.com/internationa...
International Students Get an Education in Fear
How Trump’s treatment of foreign students risks budgetary crises for schools and a national brain drain.
capitalandmain.com
May 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
My colleague Mark Kreidler wrote this excellent, important and very readable piece on the unstable ground international students in the US are standing on. I have many students in such circumstances. capitalandmain.com/internationa...
The human impact of the Trump-DOGE budget cuts… capitalandmain.com/doge-impact-...
The DOGE Impact Tracker
Investigating Money, Power and Society.
capitalandmain.com
May 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The human impact of the Trump-DOGE budget cuts… capitalandmain.com/doge-impact-...
Trump wins Canadian election for the Left — wild… In stunning comeback, Carney’s Liberals projected to win Canada’s federal election - The Washington Post
April 29, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Trump wins Canadian election for the Left — wild… In stunning comeback, Carney’s Liberals projected to win Canada’s federal election - The Washington Post
Everyone who gets informed — or dis-informed — via social media should really read this: www.fastcompany.com/91321143/bot...
Bot farms invade social media to hijack popular sentiment
Governments, financial influencers, and entertainment insiders are using data center-like facilities full of phones to push narratives fabricated through fake social media engagement.
www.fastcompany.com
April 28, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Everyone who gets informed — or dis-informed — via social media should really read this: www.fastcompany.com/91321143/bot...
So strange that a man like Trump, who largely made his own international reputation in tourism, is now doing such damage to the industry… Marco Rubio sends harsh message to those considering a U.S. visit - MSNBC
April 17, 2025 at 10:07 PM
So strange that a man like Trump, who largely made his own international reputation in tourism, is now doing such damage to the industry… Marco Rubio sends harsh message to those considering a U.S. visit - MSNBC
History tells us that this sort of sudden registration of millions of people — who have been relentlessly demonized by people in power — can be a prelude to the large scale abuse of rights. …Judge allows Trump requirement that everyone in the U.S. illegally must register to move forward - NBC News
April 11, 2025 at 8:18 AM
History tells us that this sort of sudden registration of millions of people — who have been relentlessly demonized by people in power — can be a prelude to the large scale abuse of rights. …Judge allows Trump requirement that everyone in the U.S. illegally must register to move forward - NBC News
More dangerous plane stuff at a US airport on two planes that, among others, carried DC lawmakers. Administration suggests nothing to see here. How would you feel if you were on that plane? www.yahoo.com/news/two-pla...
Two Planes Just Collided. Trump Team Is Arguing With People About it.
Donald Trump is choosing to pick a fight instead of responding to the accident.
www.yahoo.com
April 11, 2025 at 6:14 AM
More dangerous plane stuff at a US airport on two planes that, among others, carried DC lawmakers. Administration suggests nothing to see here. How would you feel if you were on that plane? www.yahoo.com/news/two-pla...
Trump's tariffs are set to jack up the price of gaming. How will young men react?
Trumps’ Tariffs Hit Gamers open.substack.com/pub/youngmen...
Trumps’ Tariffs Hit Gamers open.substack.com/pub/youngmen...
Trumps’ Tariffs Hit Gamers
The Left can capitalize with online and IRL organizing
open.substack.com
April 8, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Trump's tariffs are set to jack up the price of gaming. How will young men react?
Trumps’ Tariffs Hit Gamers open.substack.com/pub/youngmen...
Trumps’ Tariffs Hit Gamers open.substack.com/pub/youngmen...
Barcelona has a bunch of cool modernizations of old structures with lots of inventiveness.
Wow very interesting. I need to get more info on this. I have a few friends & relatives traveling there this April & May. But this sounds like it’s far into the future.
April 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Barcelona has a bunch of cool modernizations of old structures with lots of inventiveness.
Transforming heavy, brutal architecture into cool and more human space... Barcelona is about to transform its skyline’s biggest eyesore into a stunning tech hub
April 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Transforming heavy, brutal architecture into cool and more human space... Barcelona is about to transform its skyline’s biggest eyesore into a stunning tech hub
Strongman leaders sometimes feel the need to try to turn art into self-glorification. It doesn’t typically go well.
Why President Donald Trump now has a problem with the Smithsonian
Why President Donald Trump now has a problem with the Smithsonian
Trump believes institutions have fallen prey to ‘woke’ ideology
www.the-independent.com
March 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Strongman leaders sometimes feel the need to try to turn art into self-glorification. It doesn’t typically go well.
It is ironic that Trump, a man who has made money for decades in the hotel industry, is undermining tourism in the US via his policies on Canada and immigration... www.fastcompany.com/91300967/the...
The Trump administration has started detaining some European travelers—and things could get dire for U.S. tourism
Uncertainty about the safety and stability of U.S. travel could have a detrimental effect on the tourism economy.
www.fastcompany.com
March 29, 2025 at 8:58 AM
It is ironic that Trump, a man who has made money for decades in the hotel industry, is undermining tourism in the US via his policies on Canada and immigration... www.fastcompany.com/91300967/the...
In a better world, RFK Jr would provide a thoughtful reply to the story of Lesley Hu and her son Pierce.
magazine.atavist.com/sins-of-the-...
magazine.atavist.com/sins-of-the-...
March 29, 2025 at 3:21 AM
In a better world, RFK Jr would provide a thoughtful reply to the story of Lesley Hu and her son Pierce.
magazine.atavist.com/sins-of-the-...
magazine.atavist.com/sins-of-the-...
As we approach the 28th anniversary of a tragedy that was part of a violent consolidation of power by a strongman, it is worth looking back on this Mother Jones article by Rich Garella and myself. www.motherjones.com/politics/201...
A Tragedy of No Importance
Before Iraq, before Afghanistan and before Bosnia, the West set out to heal another ruined country—Cambodia.
www.motherjones.com
March 29, 2025 at 3:18 AM
As we approach the 28th anniversary of a tragedy that was part of a violent consolidation of power by a strongman, it is worth looking back on this Mother Jones article by Rich Garella and myself. www.motherjones.com/politics/201...
What do you think of this "Toyota" Cybertruck?... www.fastcompany.com/91294552/tes...
Tesla owners are disguising their cars with fake badges as a form of resistance
When bumper stickers aren’t enough, some Tesla owners are taking to rebadging their cars to distance themselves from Elon Musk.
www.fastcompany.com
March 27, 2025 at 10:06 PM
What do you think of this "Toyota" Cybertruck?... www.fastcompany.com/91294552/tes...
It was rewarding editing @capitalandmain.bsky.social's George Sanchez-Tello column — published here by Rolling Stone — on the long run for Black and brown Angelenos in this new Trump era. www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Running While Black, Latino, or Asian American -- Under Trump
What the Hood Half Marathon through the streets of historically Black Los Angeles taught one writer about fear, anxiety, and fellowship.
www.rollingstone.com
March 26, 2025 at 11:54 PM
It was rewarding editing @capitalandmain.bsky.social's George Sanchez-Tello column — published here by Rolling Stone — on the long run for Black and brown Angelenos in this new Trump era. www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
Farewell to an incisive thinker who fought the good fight... Goodbye, Kevin Drum www.motherjones.com/media/2025/0...
Goodbye, Kevin Drum
"Take care of Donald Trump for me."
www.motherjones.com
March 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Farewell to an incisive thinker who fought the good fight... Goodbye, Kevin Drum www.motherjones.com/media/2025/0...
Very worth noting that JFK Jr built up the anti-vaccine group Children Health Defense, cited here.
Texas parents of child who died of measles urge others not to vaccinate.
The couple, members of the Mennonite community in Gaines County, were interviewed by the anti-vaccination group Children Health Defense.
The couple, members of the Mennonite community in Gaines County, were interviewed by the anti-vaccination group Children Health Defense.
Texas parents of child who died of measles urge others not to vaccinate
The couple, members of the Mennonite community in Gaines County, were interviewed by the anti-vaccination group Children Health Defense.
www.texastribune.org
March 21, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Very worth noting that JFK Jr built up the anti-vaccine group Children Health Defense, cited here.