For anyone discovering Shaboozey rn his Colors show performance is wild good #COWBOYCARTER #cowboycarter youtube.com/watch?v=rQMtXD…

TAKING ACTION: The NYTimesGuild has filed a grievance over the harassment and discrimination of members during the Times' investigation into an alleged leak of newsroom information about “The Daily” to the Intercept. Read more here nyguild.org/post/Grievance

🚨With just 7 days to go until our contract with Spotify expires **100%** of our members have signed a strike pledge. We are prepared to take all actions necessary to reach a fair deal! 🚨

We call on @NYTimes CEO Meredith Levien and Publisher AG Sulzberger to agree to contract terms that protect trans and gender-nonconforming workers in the NYT Tech Guild union. We are asking the public to support us in this effort by signing our petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/nyt-…

🧵Our unit has been decimated by layoffs over the past year. It's left many of us feeling anxious about job security and the direction of the company. And yet NO ONE from Spotify management turned up to our first bargaining session in December...

🦅THE L.A. TIMES GUILD IS WALKING OUT🦅

We are calling for a one-day walkout TOMORROW, Jan. 19, in protest of management's proposal to cut staff and multiple unfair labor practices.
docs.google.com/document/d/1gJ…

Today marks the final edition of the Sports section produced by The New York Times Sports desk reporters and editors. Please join us at 12:30 p.m. today to celebrate our colleagues and remind management that sports jobs are union jobs! All are welcome.

My friend and co-worker Brian Jarboe and his family have suffered a big blow. If you've ever heard a segment on one of NPR big shows that moved you - Brian had a lot to do with it. If you can contribute even a little, we'd so appreciate it.
gofund.me/eb5ebb00

A call out to Daily listeners!

The The New York Times’s decision to replace our Sports section with nonunion employees sets a troubling precedent. More than 1,000 NYTimesGuild, @WirecutterUnion + New York Times Tech Guild members signed a petition demanding that Times management stop violating our contract and respect union work.

also. tomorrow. tiny desk NPR Music. a dream come true.

In mere minutes, hundreds of Washington Post employees in DC + around the US will step away from work & demand that The Washington Post management gets serious about bargaining — and bring us a wage proposal, something the Post has refused to do for NINE MONTHS and counting. (1/x)

This is so exciting!

News: I.M.P. is opening a new 450-person club next to the 9:30 Club called The Atlantis on May 30. Tickets for the inaugural show list will be $44 and the Foo Fighters will be the first show.

Breaking News: A grand jury in New York has voted to indict Donald Trump over his role in a hush money payment to a porn star, according to four people with knowledge of the matter. nyti.ms/3ZzQXrb

The Washington Post Guild is fighting for fair pay at the bargaining table. The Post hasn’t budged from current levels — the lowest around $30,000. In the DC area, this is unlivable. At a place like The Post, it’s unconscionable.

Read our zine to see how we’re hoping to change that 🧵

I'm back on the poetry beat in my free time and so thrilled I got to review Clint Smith's latest collection for NPR Books. These are poems about trust, fatherhood, and the very complex, cyclical world we live in. The book is out today.
npr.org/2023/03/28/116…

I wrote about the aftermath of the McPherson Square encampment clearing, which has seen only 22 people move into some kind of housing. Decentralized services make it harder to reach people and, significantly, erodes trust residents have for city services dcist.com/story/23/03/28…

JOINED kennybeats ON HIS NPR TINY DESK ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ go watch

Y’all won. FLOAT. 2/16.🕴🏾