Our courageous #USC journalists, documenting history, deserve far better than the bureaucratic obfuscation and absurd scolding they received from our "media relations" officers. Shame on you USC for barring the outside press, and stonewalling the only journalists on site.

1) For the past 4 years, we've been putting blood, sweat and tears into an 8-part audio documentary (podcast) about history of the NYPD. I'm honored to report that Tribeca Audio, Crooked Media and Wondery will help us share it with world this June! tribecafilm.com/films/empire-c…

To keep his far-right partners on board and prevent an election, in which Likud will be decimated and he will be turfed out of office, Netanyahu needs to keep the "total victory" myth alive. That's only possible by avoiding a deal / Anshel Pfeffer אנשיל פפר haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

I'm sure I'm not the first to notice this, but it's startling that the Met Gala theme is JG Ballard's story, "The Garden of Time," a fantasy about rich, decadent idlers who spend their entire store of magic failing to beat back a mob that engulfs them. lithub.com/read-the-1962-…

Next week's New Yorker cover. “Class of 2024” by Barry Blitt.

I talk a LOT of smack about podcasting in this interview, and shove some harsh truths in your face. Sorry.

the game hasn't even started yet, and the announcing/narration is ...

New efforts pass anti-protest laws, repress protected speech, and smear #Gaza #encampment protestors, invite a political boomerang come November. My piece, in The Nation. thenation.com/article/politi…

Well I just found my favorite new coffee shop. Thanks Mission Coffee Co for not being like those other places that don't have wifi. A girl's gotta work.

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Reflecting on "Stories From the Heart of the Land," a series abt people & the natural world. Pt 1 Feat. Elizabeth Arnold Jonathan Goldstein The Kitchen Sisters Kelly McEvers jesikah maria ross (she/her) Chris Brookes Series by Jay Allison & Emily Botein. What story would you tell? transom.org/2024/shl-portr…

Happy Kershaw Day to all who celebrate!

This kicker... wsj.com/world/europe/e…

My favorite Tim Walz fact is that he named a highway after Prince and signed the bill in purple ink.

ally in chief

With large-scale protests planned at the Democratic National Convention, 30 Uncommitted delegates representing 700,000 voters waiting for a meeting, and student encampments likely to restart in the coming weeks, VP Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are running out of time to unite

It's Mookie day!

A national strike, imagine that

Opinion by Matt Bai: Conversations between candidates and reporters often fail to reveal anything. There’s a better way. wapo.st/3TDnVXV