sort of like the narrative devices in "dexter" in a way?

For your syllabi and personal reading lists 👇🏾

“Personal attacks are strongly associated with greater media coverage but show no correlation with fundraising, vote margins, legislative success or personal wealth.”

Two megaphones face each other, one blue and one red, separated by a zigzag line. The blue side has stars on the top and bottom, while the red side mirrors this pattern. The design suggests a theme of political discourse or confrontation.

Everyone knows political insults grab attention, but how much do politicians actually gain from them?

New Notre Dame research takes a closer look at the incentives behind divisive rhetoric: https://go.nd.edu/bcf70c

Birthright Citizenship Under the U.S. Constitution The 14th Amendment has long been understood to grant American citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil.

Want an explainer for commonly asked questions about birthright citizenship and the Trump administration's attacks on it? My colleagues @sam-breidbart.bsky.social and Maryjane have you covered @brennancenter.org:

Award-winning historians @marthasjones.bsky.social and @katemasur.bsky.social go in-depth on the relevant history in this amicus brief. This is the equivalent of getting a master class for free...

historian friends: any way to find c19 voter registrations or anything related to voting?

historian friends: any way to find c19 voter registrations or anything related to voting?

#Historians: if the first "Constitutional relations" box on this C19 census form is checked for men, did that mean person could vote? Talking 1870 census here. The next to this one is about disfranchisement bc of rebellion, so no voting

#Historians: if the first "Constitutional relations" box on this C19 census form is checked for men, did that mean person could vote? Talking 1870 census here. The next to this one is about disfranchisement bc of rebellion, so no voting

Data Dashboard A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working towards effective government for the American people.

Link to data dashboard is here: bestplacestowork.org/data-dashboa...

Pope Leo tells journalists: “It is up to you to show the sufferings that war always brings to the people; to show the face of war and to relate it through the eyes of the victims, so as not to transform it into a videogame.”
www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

“What Is To Be Done: Historians of Crisis in a Moment of Crisis” is available online now here: muse.jhu.edu/issue/56406 Thanks to UNC press, the full issue will be available for a short time without paywall.

"And finally, ethical journalism will advocate for truth. And I think that is a need that is unfortunately often unmet."

Showing up: "And that is a really, really crucial practice for ethical reporters because it eliminates the “he said, she said.” If you can see it with your own eyes, as journalists have told me, then that kind of false equivalence is gone."

'All journalism advocates': Anita Varma on solidarity journalism Anita Varma on her forthcoming book, Solidarity in Journalism, the limits of the advocacy vs. journalism conversation, and more.

"But I think some of that has to do with dominant tendencies to define journalism ethics in terms of impartiality, where somehow it’s taken as impartial to start your story by quoting the official" @anitawrites.bsky.social in @objectivejournos.bsky.social objectivejournalism.org/2026/03/qa-a...

What We Keep Getting Wrong About the Iran War - Builders Public debate about the Iran War has filled with oversimplified narratives, bigotry, and misinformation. Here are six common mistakes people make—and how to keep the conversation grounded in facts, co...

buildersmovement.org/2026/03/11/w...

Trusting News awarded Brown Democracy Medal from Penn State University - Trusting News The medal recognizes work being done to advance democracy in the United States and internationally.

We're thrilled and honored to announce that we have received the 2026 Brown Democracy Medal from the The McCourtney Institute for Democracy at Penn State. 🎉

The award recognizes work being done to advance democracy in the US and internationally.
trustingnews.org/trusting-new...

Today is #StudentPressFreedom Day! 🎉

💪✍️ Join us and @splc.org in celebrating student journalists and advocating for the protections they need to continue their work.

🔗 Learn more: studentpressfreedom.org

At the oldest Spanish-language parish in Minnesota, the next five Fridays mean one thing: enchiladas. “Lenten enchiladas is our biggest fundraiser of the year,” Rev. James Bernard said.

Video: Elizabeth Flores/The Minnesota Star Tribune.

The press vs the power | What would you fight for? | University of Notre Dame Observer founder Robert Sam Anson had a contentious yet strong relationship with ND President Father Hesburgh.

"The lifelong relationship between Anson and Father Hesburgh, always contentious but full of respect, offers a powerful archetype of how the media and those in power should treat each other—a model that seems long lost in this era." fightingfor.nd.edu/stories/the-...

Breaking the news

Headline: The 2028 Democratic Presidential Contenders, Ranked by Nate Silver.

1) Haven't read this.
2) You shouldn't.
3) Here were "strongest" Dem candidates at comparable points, 2.5 years before elex that Dems won:

—1974: Teddy Kennedy early leader. 1976: Prez Jimmy Carter.
—1990: Mario Cuomo leading. 1992: Prez Bill Clinton.
—2006: HRC leading. 2008: Prez Obama.

Yes, so many book pages gone, so many outlets gone. And the NYT has shifted its focus to more reviews of commercial fiction under its current editor

Notebook: Return of the Freestanding Book Review! On the happy occasion of the revival of The Washington Post's stand-alone book review section, Book World, we take a look at the rocky recent history of the newspaper book review.

Also with digital reading habits what reviews there are do not get seen by the circumstantial reader as they once were in newspapers & magazines; they are seen by people who seek them out. Why we started Book Post books.substack.com/p/notebook-r...

Bc so many places have cut back on reviews?

Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.

Ty for this thread. (also and ND grad) I often think of Astra Taylor‘s book us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

I do not make this comparison lightly.

The real threat of AI is the collapse of trust - Poynter Why journalism needs to prove which images are authentic — not just label deepfakes

We're unprepared for AI's big threat.

It isn't just deepfakes. It’s a world where nothing is trusted, including real evidence.

I wrote in Poynter about fake images from MN, Trump's Maduro photo, and AI "enhanced" ICE agent faces.

Instead of labeling what's fake, we need ways to label what's real.