The FT has launched a WhatsApp channel dedicated to the US presidential race. Join here: on.ft.com/435gLiE

“The Ivy League is where the whole scandalous model of nearly free labour in college sports was born and that is where it is going to die.” Dartmouth basketball team votes to become first US college athlete union ft.com/content/f895e5… with Taylor Nicole Rogers

.National Association of REALTORS® just settled lawsuits brought by home sellers claiming that the trade group conspired to inflate agents’ commissions, and reshaped the way homes are sold in the US in the process... More in the Financial Times ft.com/content/7fe917…

ICYMI, latest Financial Times Swamp Notes podcast with Rana Foroohar Taylor Nicole Rogers and Sonja Hutson on Biden and Trump battling for union support: open.spotify.com/episode/3cGkdg…

"We are cheap labour" Inside the rising pro-union sentiment at southern US auto plants. From Claire Bushey, Taylor Nicole Rogers & me: ft.com/content/01dfeb…

Had blast breaking down all things Cowboy Carter on Life and Art podcast, from FT Weekend this week with Lilah Raptopoulos and Ludo Hunter-Tilney. Spoiler alert: we loved it. You can listen here: link.chtbl.com/lifeandart

Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter has triggered a high level confab between the FT’s London and New York bureaus. Yes, it’s the Life & Art podcast featuring myself (London) and Lilah Raptopoulos and Taylor Nicole Rogers (NYC) link.chtbl.com/lifeandart Life and Art podcast, from FT Weekend

The Tortured Poets Department comes under the forensic but somewhat disputatious attention of the FT’s Life & Art podcast here, featuring me, ⁦Lilah Raptopoulos⁩ and ⁦⁦⁦Taylor Nicole Rogers⁩ on.ft.com/3JDYnV3

Welcome to #FTWeekendFestival! Shout-out to FT US Guild members on today’s program, including Lilah Raptopoulos, Marc Filippino, Robert Armstrong & @sonjahutson. They want a #faircontractnow, just like all our unit's 60+ US workers. Sadly, Financial Times defines “fair” as “heads I win, tails you lose”.

The limbo of work and legal status has pushed many of the 182,000 migrants who have arrived in NYC since 2022 to informal jobs in the city’s underground economy. Here are their stories. (with Eva Xiao & Steff Chavez in the Financial Times) on.ft.com/3JUpEmo

SO BASICALLY PUBLIC LIBRARIES ARE JUST 0.4% OF THE NEW YORK CITY BUDGET, BUT THE MAYOR IS TRYING TO CUT THE LIBRARY'S BUDGET WAY BACK. I’M TALKING $58.3 MILLION! LIBRARIES ARE ALREADY CLOSED ON SUNDAYS BECAUSE OF PREVIOUS CUTS AND MOST BRANCHES WILL BE OPEN FOR JUST FIVE DAYS A

#HotStrikeSummer may be over but labor is still heating up. We've assembled a panel of union organizers and reporters covering the movement for what is guaranteed to be an interesting discussion ft April Joyner Taylor Nicole Rogers Bianca Flowers and NewsGuild of New York Pres Susan DeCarava #NABJ24

From Chicago James Fontanella-Khan Taylor Nicole Rogers Donald Trump questions Kamala Harris’s racial identity at Black journalist conference ft.com/content/9fe651…

A great time to re-read this fascinating piece by Taylor Nicole Rogers on Kamala Harris’s college sorority. Skee-wee! ft.com/content/f511bd… via @ft

At #NABJ24? Join the Financial Times masterclass on sourcing, moderated by yours truly, at 1pm!

An internal poll conducted before Biden withdrew found Teamsters were split: 37% for Trump, 45% for Biden. -⁦Taylor Nicole Rogers⁩ on.ft.com/4dPQbOm

As 9,300 Canadian rail workers threaten to strike at midnight, business leaders warn of “devastating” consequences for North American economies Financial Times ft.com/content/8b7e6c…

How did Harley-Davidson chief executive Jochen Zeitz go from cofounding a non-profit aiming to make businesses a force for social good to publicly repudiating the motorcycle maker's DEI goals? ft.com/content/bf37e8… via Claire Bushey, Patrick Temple-West & myself @ft

"Growth is going to come from immigrants... Regardless of where you're at politically, this demographic reality is coming." A look at businesses & cities deviating from the wider anti-immigration sentiment because they need more people: ft.com/content/bcc2c1… w/Taylor Nicole Rogers

We have some exciting news to share: We have a deal!! More than two years after our union was recognized, we’ve finally come to a tentative agreement with the Financial Times and will put it to our members for a vote.