Carole V. Bell
@cvbell.bsky.social
🇯🇲Culture critic, media & politics prof and researcher. I 💙 Art & Democracy. Writing: NPR, Boston Globe, IndieWire, LATimes, NYTimes, Washington Post, Oprah Daily, The Emancipator, Kirkus and BookPage. UNC J-School PhD. Linktr.ee/Cvbell
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Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
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Happy 2025 Books We Love Day. So excited to share this with you. If you love books or you're looking for something great to read NPR has the handpicked, heartfelt recs for you! Proud to be a contributor again this year. Dig in.
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Of all the people to attack, a sitting US Senator, husband of a congresswoman who survived being shot in the head, a former Naval aviator who flew 39 combat missions and a freaking actual honest to god astronaut who’s been to space four times!
These are not bright guys.
These are not bright guys.
November 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Of all the people to attack, a sitting US Senator, husband of a congresswoman who survived being shot in the head, a former Naval aviator who flew 39 combat missions and a freaking actual honest to god astronaut who’s been to space four times!
These are not bright guys.
These are not bright guys.
Jimmy Cliff: 8 Essential Songs www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/a...
Jimmy Cliff: 8 Essential Songs
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November 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Jimmy Cliff: 8 Essential Songs www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/a...
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
Love this series and this book. And I can not tell you how many times I’ve read the last few chapters of The Secret Room for joy and comfort. My heart. You nailed it.
November 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Love this series and this book. And I can not tell you how many times I’ve read the last few chapters of The Secret Room for joy and comfort. My heart. You nailed it.
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I love books AND NPR and recommendation lists! Can’t wait to check it out after work today.
Happy 2025 Books We Love Day. So excited to share this with you. If you love books or you're looking for something great to read NPR has the handpicked, heartfelt recs for you! Proud to be a contributor again this year. Dig in.
apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
apps.npr.org
November 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
I love books AND NPR and recommendation lists! Can’t wait to check it out after work today.
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Well, guess who woke up this morning and put an insane bunch of books on hold at the library!
Happy 2025 Books We Love Day. So excited to share this with you. If you love books or you're looking for something great to read NPR has the handpicked, heartfelt recs for you! Proud to be a contributor again this year. Dig in.
apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
apps.npr.org
November 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Well, guess who woke up this morning and put an insane bunch of books on hold at the library!
🎁 The next is by one of my fave mystery writers. The London set Maeve Kerrigan series by @janecasey.bsky.social is kind of like Tana French’s Dublin Murder series with more chemistry and snark. And the Secret Room delivers two deviously impossible scenarios. So much fun.
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Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
apps.npr.org
November 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
🎁 The next is by one of my fave mystery writers. The London set Maeve Kerrigan series by @janecasey.bsky.social is kind of like Tana French’s Dublin Murder series with more chemistry and snark. And the Secret Room delivers two deviously impossible scenarios. So much fun.
apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
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Regina Black is magic. I adore her new romance AUGUST LANE about love and Black influence in country music. I was mad at her hero Luke Randall and his creator before I hit Page 1 (with good reason). And then, I fell deeply in love. Please give this a try: apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
apps.npr.org
November 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Regina Black is magic. I adore her new romance AUGUST LANE about love and Black influence in country music. I was mad at her hero Luke Randall and his creator before I hit Page 1 (with good reason). And then, I fell deeply in love. Please give this a try: apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
Like an Edwardian Succession, this stylish gothic romp centers a nest of fortune-hunting vipers vying to inherit a fortune. But this is a novel by the phenomenal @kjcharleswriter.com so it’s also stylish and sexy. Fun fun fun. apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
apps.npr.org
November 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Like an Edwardian Succession, this stylish gothic romp centers a nest of fortune-hunting vipers vying to inherit a fortune. But this is a novel by the phenomenal @kjcharleswriter.com so it’s also stylish and sexy. Fun fun fun. apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
I contributed multiple entries about my favorite books across genres to the Books We Love again this year. Top of the heap was The White Hot by Quiara Hudes. apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
apps.npr.org
November 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
I contributed multiple entries about my favorite books across genres to the Books We Love again this year. Top of the heap was The White Hot by Quiara Hudes. apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
Happy 2025 Books We Love Day. So excited to share this with you. If you love books or you're looking for something great to read NPR has the handpicked, heartfelt recs for you! Proud to be a contributor again this year. Dig in.
apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
apps.npr.org
November 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Happy 2025 Books We Love Day. So excited to share this with you. If you love books or you're looking for something great to read NPR has the handpicked, heartfelt recs for you! Proud to be a contributor again this year. Dig in.
apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
She goes full court press on independence (genuine or not). And after all that drops out?
November 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
She goes full court press on independence (genuine or not). And after all that drops out?
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I honestly don’t understand why those people thought condemning socialism was job 1 today. This is the problem most in need of solving? Really?
November 21, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I honestly don’t understand why those people thought condemning socialism was job 1 today. This is the problem most in need of solving? Really?
What?! Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, former Trump loyalist, says she is resigning from Congress
Source: AP News
apnews.com/article/marj...
Source: AP News
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, former Trump loyalist, says she is resigning from Congress
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a once-loyal supporter of President Donald Trump who has become a critic, says she is resigning from Congress in January.
apnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:24 AM
What?! Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, former Trump loyalist, says she is resigning from Congress
Source: AP News
apnews.com/article/marj...
Source: AP News
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This is making me happy today. Is Pope Leo almost too cool?😎
Despite sounding very much like a post and video churned out by AI, this is actually true — www.classicfm.com/music-news/p...
November 22, 2025 at 12:44 AM
This is making me happy today. Is Pope Leo almost too cool?😎
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Trump, who has called Mamdani a “total nutjob” and a “communist lunatic,” previously suggested a Mamdani mayoral victory would result in him withholding federal funding from New York.
Trump Says He’s ‘Okay’ With Mamdani Considering Him A Fascist In Friendly Meeting
Trump, who has called Mamdani a “total nutjob” and a “communist lunatic,” previously suggested a Mamdani mayoral victory would result in him withholding federal funding from New York.
www.forbes.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Trump, who has called Mamdani a “total nutjob” and a “communist lunatic,” previously suggested a Mamdani mayoral victory would result in him withholding federal funding from New York.
Sometimes it really is your own people. FOX NEWS reports: “Voters say White House is doing more harm than good on economy.”
Unhappy with the economy. Pain with prices. Unsure about Trump administration policies. It adds up to high disapproval...
www.foxnews.com/politics/fox...
Unhappy with the economy. Pain with prices. Unsure about Trump administration policies. It adds up to high disapproval...
www.foxnews.com/politics/fox...
Fox News Poll: Voters say White House is doing more harm than good on economy
Trump's approval hits new lows as 76% view economy negatively in the latest Fox News poll. Rising costs for groceries, utilities spark voter dissatisfaction nationwide.
www.foxnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Sometimes it really is your own people. FOX NEWS reports: “Voters say White House is doing more harm than good on economy.”
Unhappy with the economy. Pain with prices. Unsure about Trump administration policies. It adds up to high disapproval...
www.foxnews.com/politics/fox...
Unhappy with the economy. Pain with prices. Unsure about Trump administration policies. It adds up to high disapproval...
www.foxnews.com/politics/fox...
Love the fitted pink suit.
November 21, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Love the fitted pink suit.
Donald Trump Calling Women Pigs and More: A Brief History “The president continues to behave in ways that not a single parent I know would tolerate from their elementary-school-aged kids,”The Atlantic’s McKay Coppins wrote.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/d...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/d...
Donald Trump Calling Women Pigs and More: A Brief History
The president recently revisited one of his favorite insults for women he doesn’t like, snapping, “Quiet, piggy,” at a female reporter who dared to ask a question about Jeffrey Epstein.
www.vanityfair.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Donald Trump Calling Women Pigs and More: A Brief History “The president continues to behave in ways that not a single parent I know would tolerate from their elementary-school-aged kids,”The Atlantic’s McKay Coppins wrote.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/d...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/d...
Love this news. A fabulous smart campus romance is getting a second life onscreen. Bridget Jones, Notting Hill and Love Actually producer Working Title has found its next rom-com in the shape of British Nigerian author Bolu Babalola’s novel Honey And Spice.
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Working Title Options Film Rights To Bolu Babalola’s Rom-Com Novel ‘Honey And Spice’
Bridget Jones, Love Actually and Notting Hill powerhouse Working Title has found its next rom-com.
deadline.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Love this news. A fabulous smart campus romance is getting a second life onscreen. Bridget Jones, Notting Hill and Love Actually producer Working Title has found its next rom-com in the shape of British Nigerian author Bolu Babalola’s novel Honey And Spice.
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The latest emails from Jeffrey Epstein's estate show communications with a vast web of influential figures in politics, academia, business and more, even after he registered as a sex offender. n.pr/3LNga0k
The latest Epstein emails reveal the powerful people who sought his counsel
The latest emails from Jeffrey Epstein's estate show communications with a vast web of influential figures in politics, academia, business and more, even after he registered as a sex offender.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:22 AM
The latest emails from Jeffrey Epstein's estate show communications with a vast web of influential figures in politics, academia, business and more, even after he registered as a sex offender. n.pr/3LNga0k
Most def passive aggressive. The idea of multiculturalism and Zohran being named after an African leader, is antithetical to Trump’s worldview and value system. It’s his name but isn’t legitimate or even real to DJT. It just can’t be.
November 20, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Most def passive aggressive. The idea of multiculturalism and Zohran being named after an African leader, is antithetical to Trump’s worldview and value system. It’s his name but isn’t legitimate or even real to DJT. It just can’t be.
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SCOOP — A former staffer for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), Natalie Green, 26, was charged today for falsely reporting she was attacked by 3 men who wrote "TRUMP WHORE" on her stomach bc of her job. It was staged by her + a friend.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Employee of a Federal Official Charged with Conspiracy to Falsely Report Violent Attack and Giving False Statements to Law Enforcement
A New Jersey woman was charged with conspiring and falsely reporting to law enforcement that she had been violently assaulted with a firearm due to her employment with a federal official.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:22 PM
SCOOP — A former staffer for Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), Natalie Green, 26, was charged today for falsely reporting she was attacked by 3 men who wrote "TRUMP WHORE" on her stomach bc of her job. It was staged by her + a friend.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.
Van Drew isn't named in the complaint but I've confirmed w/ his office.