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Bryan Curtis @bryancurtis.bsky.social · 7d

New PRESS BOX w/ @joelanderson.bsky.social

A 25 for 25 double feature:

@jelaniya.bsky.social on the Future of Journalism School

@edsbs.bsky.social on the Weird Internet
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A 25 for 25 Double Feature: Dean Jelani Cobb on the Future of J-School. Plus, Spencer Hall on “Weird Internet.”

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Jelani Cobb @jelaniya.bsky.social · 19d

collegewatch.substack.com/p/squanderin...

Squandering a Windfall

The U.S. is making it harder for international students to come. Billions of dollars are on the line.

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Jelani Cobb @jelaniya.bsky.social · 20d

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

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Columbia Journalism School @columbiajournalism.bsky.social · 20d

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

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Jelani Cobb @jelaniya.bsky.social · Sep 3

Dropping on October 14th.

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jhh1822.bsky.social @jhh1822.bsky.social · Sep 2

@jelaniya.bsky.social What a pleasure to watch Sinners and then read J Cobb’s profile of Ryan Coogler. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Ryan Coogler’s Road to “Sinners”

The film represents a departure for the “Black Panther” director, and a creative risk; it grapples with ideas about music, race, family, religion—and vampires.

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American Historical Association @historians.org · Aug 26

Want to learn how to craft a compelling op-ed? Watch “Op-Ed Writing for Historians" with @bryanbanksphd.bsky.social, @jelaniya.bsky.social, @mauracunningham.bsky.social, @franhirsch.bsky.social, @brianros1.bsky.social, and moderator @lmansley.bsky.social. #AHAOnline 🗃️

Op-Ed Writing for Historians: How to Pitch, Write, Revise, and Get Your Ideas to the Public

YouTube video by American Historical Association

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Jelani Cobb @jelaniya.bsky.social · Aug 14

Following the Stono Rebellion of 1739, South Carolina prohibited any more than 2 black people without the company of a white man.

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Jelani Cobb @jelaniya.bsky.social · Aug 14

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/779593...

Happy to announce that my next book, a collection of my work at the New Yorker, will hit shelves on October 14th. More information about events to come shortly!

Three or More Is a Riot by Jelani Cobb: 9780593978207 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

From one of the definitive journalists of this era -- acclaimed historian, Pulitzer finalist, staff writer at the New Yorker, and dean of Columbia Journalism School--comes a kaleidoscopic, real-time....

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Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social · Aug 9

We've become so accustomed to lawbreaking that this probably won't ripple much, but it is important not to forget that firing the IRS Commissioner for refusing to break the law--if that's in fact what happened here--would and should prompt immediate articles of impeachment in any other presidency.

Jacob Bogage @jacobbogage.bsky.social · Aug 9

🚨 WaPo EXCLUSIVE

Hours before Trump removed Billy Long as IRS commissioner, his agency clashed with the White House over sharing immigrants’ tax data.

IRS, White House clashed over immigrants’ data before tax chief was ousted

The Trump administration’s move to push out IRS Commissioner Billy Long came after the agency said it couldn’t release some information on taxpayers suspected of being here illegally.

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Silas Lapham @silaslapham.bsky.social · Jul 24

Not necessarily the “best” summer reread, but an important one. Reading for first time in a few years for research. @jelaniya.bsky.social @clintsmithiii.bsky.social

Cover of James Q Whitman’s “Hitler’s American Novel”

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Jelani Cobb @jelaniya.bsky.social · Jul 23

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Jelani Cobb @jelaniya.bsky.social · Jul 22

I bomb atomically…

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Jelani Cobb @jelaniya.bsky.social · Jul 19

Savage.

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Ami Fields-Meyer @fieldsmeyer.com · Jul 5

“The fundamental civic unit in this nation in ‘neighbor.’”

What a powerful historical insight from @jelaniya.bsky.social on the mystical power of proximity — to transcend political noise, and even sometimes smooth the deep neural grooves of race and caste.

All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · Jun 20

@jelaniya.bsky.social on historic parallels to the reaction to ICE raids:

"My students are like, 'Oh, so these people who came out against the Fugitive Slave Act were all abolitionists?' I said, 'No, these were people who could not countenance the idea of their neighbors being taken from them.'"

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Jelani Cobb @jelaniya.bsky.social · Jul 5

I was at the game. I thought it went perfectly. #LGM

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Jelani Cobb @jelaniya.bsky.social · Jul 5

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Alex @purplechrain.bsky.social · Jul 4

it’s absurd that NYT forced him to delete these skeets, which … convey the factual information that Zohran Mamdani is, in fact, a man of South Asian descent who was born and raised in Africa, and that the pseudonymous source of the hacked material is a white supremacist eugenicist.

bouie’s skeet, deleted at the direction of the NYT:
“he is a south Asian man born in Uganda?”

bouie’s skeet, deleted at the direction of the NYT:
“and the source is a eugenicist who opposes affirmative action because he thinks brown people are an inferior race! cool!”

bouie’s skeet, deleted at the direction of the NYT:
“I think you should tell readers if your source is a nazi”

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Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · Jun 22

Some people get into journalism because they’re skeptical of power, and others do so because they’re impressed by it. Moments like this are clarifying with respect to who’s who.

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All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · Jun 20

@jelaniya.bsky.social on historic parallels to the reaction to ICE raids:

"My students are like, 'Oh, so these people who came out against the Fugitive Slave Act were all abolitionists?' I said, 'No, these were people who could not countenance the idea of their neighbors being taken from them.'"

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Jun 20

“The fundamental civic unit in this nation is neighbor.” - @jelaniya.bsky.social 🇺🇸

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Michael Luo @michaelluo.bsky.social · Jun 16

Such a lovely reflection on older fatherhood by @jelaniya.bsky.social. The Old Man www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Lessons of Later-in-Life Fatherhood

Being an older parent, just like my dad.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Jun 14

@jelaniya.bsky.social‬ reflects on becoming a parent at 47 and the rising average age of first-time American dads, a trend aided in part by growing gender equality, I.V.F. treatments, and other factors.

Lessons of Later-in-Life Fatherhood

Being an older parent, just like my dad.

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Jelani Cobb @jelaniya.bsky.social · Jun 14

I think they call their parents old no matter what age you have them at. 😂

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Jelani Cobb @jelaniya.bsky.social · Jun 14

Ahead of Father’s Day I wrote about being the child of an older father and the older father of children for the New Yorker. Happy Father’s Day!

www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Lessons of Later-in-Life Fatherhood

Being an older parent, just like my dad.

www.newyorker.com

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