American. Journalist. New York Times Opinion writer and MS Now political analyst.
Are Republicans going to let the Heritage Foundation destroy Head Start? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/u...
Trump Administration Plans to Upend Head Start by Deregulating It (Gift Article)The White House tried but failed to block funding for preschool for poor children. Instead, it will seek to strip away standards on health, literacy — and brushing teeth.www.nytimes.comOne point of contrast is Damian Williams - the first Black American to serve as attorney for the Southern District of New York - who quit Paul Weiss last year after the firm struck a deal with Trump.
Mara GayA story of late-capitalism and cowardice www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/u...
A story of late-capitalism and cowardice www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/u...
How a Top Law Firm Went From Standing Up to Trump to Bending the Knee (Gift Article)Paul Weiss was a progressive stalwart for decades and led the legal resistance against President Trump in his first term. Then it surrendered without a fight. This is the inside story of its transform...www.nytimes.comGoodbye and thank you to Betye Saar, a giant and a favorite www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/a...
Betye Saar, Artist Who Upended Black Stereotypes, Dies at 99 (Gift Article)Working with dolls, family photographs, fabric scraps and other found objects, she became a leading figure in assemblage art.www.nytimes.comMamdani Calls Netanyahu a ‘War Criminal’ and Calls on U.S. to Arrest Him www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/n...
Mamdani Calls Netanyahu a ‘War Criminal’ and Calls on U.S. to Arrest HimMayor Zohran Mamdani challenged the United States to execute an international arrest warrant against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, which New York itself cannot do.www.nytimes.comAmericans are using oatmeal to stretch their food and dreaming about robbing grocery stores while Republicans use government to make their rich friends richer. There are many words for this. Like plunder. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/u...
Faced With Piles of New Paperwork, People Are Losing Food Stamps (Gift Article)Arizona’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program rolls have plummeted, offering a possible preview of national trends as states try to avoid new federal penalties.www.nytimes.comWe are interviewing voters in battleground counties on camera, to understand what they want to see from politicians and from democracy itself. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/o...
Opinion | ‘It’s Chaos’: What New York’s Suburbs Can Tell Us About the Mood of the Country (Gift Article)The midterms are looming. We asked people in New York City’s suburbs how they feel about the state of America.www.nytimes.comThe cautious centrists and center-left politicians who have dominated the Democratic Party for so long have failed. Voters see this, which is why the uprising within the Democratic Party is unlikely to be contained. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/o...
Opinion | The Democratic Establishment Is Finally Getting the Reckoning It Deserves (Gift Article)The Democratic Party needs shaking up.www.nytimes.com“The British did not take it well,” Mayor Mamdani says in his Independence Day speech, maybe the most millennial language ever used to describe the American Revolution youtu.be/XcxRUkGAM-w
Mayor Mamdani Delivers Address Marking America’s 250th BirthdayYouTube video by NYC Mayor's Officeyoutu.beThe Supreme Court is one vote away from undoing the 14th Amendment.
Ned ResnikoffThe Birthright citizenship ruling should be a wake up call to any Dem who is still on the fence about court reform. We are essentially one seat change away from the Court undoing Reconstruction by fiat.
