I'm speaking at Northwestern Medill 's convocation. My friends couldn't be happier for me. Kind of.

Got a bunch of notifications and, “Oh, Corn Pop” must have come up. And it is true, Biden’s career wouldn’t have gone far without Black people. He says he always need to show them appreciation, which today raises questions about he’s doing that. : washingtonpost.com/politics/at-a-…

BREAKING: Meadows, Giuliani and other Trump allies charged in Arizona 2020 election probe washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

Is my blue check coming back?!

Evan Bates is such a phenomenal technician and I can watch him slide from edge to edge all the damn day. #worldfigure2024

On Thursday, I'll moderate a chat with The Pulitzer Prizes & Dayton Literary Peace Prize-winning authors Robert Samuels & Toluse Olorunnipa about “His Name Is George Floyd.' The free public event will be at 7p at the The Carter Center, 3-7-24.
Find more info here:
acappellabooks.com/pages/events/1…

It did okay.

pulitzer.org/winners/robert…

I've returned to my job as a national enterprise reporter at The Washington Post! Just picked up my first few notepads and am so ready to fill them with stories from around the country!

I was feeling proud of myself because I knew all the songs playing at the Grammy’s, so they didn’t make me feel old. But then the U2 cameras gave me motion sickness and I need some saltines and a warm towel over my eyes.

one day, he wanted to be Vice-President.
“Why not President?” someone asked.
“I thought about that,” he said. “But as Vice-President you get to speak more and have a forum to deliver messages.”:
newyorker.com/news/the-polit…

oh my.

“I can’t stand by and do nothing while the party seems hellbent on Trump”: my latest piece in the The New Yorker is on the last gasp of the Iowa kingmakers : newyorker.com/news/the-polit…

A newspaper piece is like putting together a tightly knit rubber band. A magazine is like a cat pulling apart a bowl of yarn. Gosh, I hope this interview I did with Nieman Storyboard makes sense: niemanstoryboard.org/stories/pulitz…

George Floyd died because of a lack of oxygen due to Derek Chauvin placing 90+ pounds of force on the most fragile points of Floyd’s neck. Our research showed he did not show signs of a fentanyl overdose. This is fully in our book; this clip mangles coroner’s words unfairly

Everyone should read this book. It’s excellent!

When I asked why our book was banned, the school district said they did not even read it. They did it preemptively. In this essay, I detail the heartbreaking, eye opening experience of your work being kept away from students. Please check it out: newyorker.com/news/essay/whe…

Respect the Haven CDC received the donated copies of 'His Name is George Floyd' earlier this week. They're available for pick-up.

Whitehaven community folks interested in the book for young people they know can get in touch with CDC Dir. Jason Sharif through Facebook or email.

Tim Scott is no longer running for president, but he left us with a question about how large racism should factor into one’s life and how can dismiss truths to fit our own sense of triumph. Tremendously proud of this piece: newyorker.com/news/the-polit…