For clarity....Columbia University, the institution that houses the Knight First Amendment Institute and the Pulitzers is barring journalists from being on the ground to cover whats happening on campus? Got it.

Defund the fucking police

In case you missed yesterday's very long (6,600-word!) interview/profile with me in New York Magazine, from E. Alex Jung (probably), on my obsession with debating and arguing (!), on the birth of Zeteo, and on my past career, childhood, fandom of Jason Statham, and more:
nymag.com/intelligencer/…

I haven’t read anything better on Puff. Writer Craig Jenkins said EVERYTHING that needs to be said. vulture.com/article/diddy-…

i profiled mehdi hasan and dug around into why his msnbc show was canceled nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Solidarity with the Columbia protesters. It's sickening to see a university president feign concern for 'safety' while unleashing NYPD force on college students expressing the controversial view that genocide is wrong.

I’m on Columbia’s campus. the cops made the school’s facility workers take down the encampment and take apart the food not yet eaten, after 120 students (and I hear 2 NLG observers) were arrested. all campus doors are locked, teachers are canceling classes due to fear of NYPD etc

I wrote about Diddy vulture.com/article/diddy-…

Ahhhhh 😭😭😭🔥🔥🔥🔥 thecut.com/article/olayem…

A little flex, if I may: I have eleven by-lined stories in this issue. (Some, admittedly, are very small.)

Benedict Wong has played a spy, a scientist, and Marvel’s Sorcerer Supreme. Finally, with ‘3 Body Problem,’ the actor plays someone like himself. trib.al/fqCIaNK

I wrote about Beyoncé's 'Cowboy Carter' vulture.com/article/beyonc…

Free. Evan. Now.

I wrote about Kendrick and Drake (and Cole) vulture.com/article/kendri…

Last month I spent a day in Philly with the one & only Tierra Whack to talk abt the turbulence she experienced since Whack World, which informed the contents of her upcoming refreshingly transparent debut album. The story is in this week’s issue of New York Magazine vulture.com/article/tierra…

so i *did* wind up going to the oscars red carpet. didn't even have to wear a gown

The first night of Ramadan, Al Jazeera Studio decorates with the names of the Palestinian children killed by Israel in #Gaza

Photo source: Tamer Almisshal | تامر المسحال

Happening now: pro-Palestinian protesters have partially blocked traffic in front of the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood to protest the Oscars.