“If you continue to provide the support, if you continue to provide the diplomatic protection, then it’s a little hard to then complain when 12,000 kids are killed,” Nicholas Kristof says of Joe Biden’s moral failure in the Israel-Gaza war.

Listen: nyti.ms/3QkdqqD

It's hard to understand why an economics professor showing concern for a student would be thrown to the ground and arrested. This is not an obvious way to defuse a crisis.

So delighted to be talking with Nick about his remarkable book! Come join us!

Readers in the Boston area: Please join me on May 16 for a conversation with former Harvard University President DrewFaust about my new memoir, “Chasing Hope”! Thanks to Harvard UniversityBooks for arranging. Looking forward to the conversation and meeting people.

A judge in Oregon was so appalled by the case of a man who funded videos of monkeys being tortured, mutilated and slowly killed that he sentenced the man to longer than the prosecutors recommended. Good. oregonlive.com/crime/2024/04/…

Did you expect Margaret Sullivan — who often had to showcase The New York Times shortcomings as a public editor there — to NOT tell it like it is on student protests now that she is working at Columbia University? margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/some-thought…

President Biden, please listen to these nonprofit leaders.

Cassidy Hutchinson, who is obviously not voting for Donald Trump, says she’s open to voting for President Biden in 2024, a remarkable turnaround for an aide who once worked for Mark Meadows, the former chair of the House Freedom Caucus.

“If you continue to provide the support, if you continue to provide the diplomatic protection, then it’s a little hard to then complain when 12,000 kids are killed,” Nicholas Kristof says of Joe Biden’s moral failure in the Israel-Gaza war.

Listen: nyti.ms/4aU91Tx

The latest in drone wars:

What strikes me about this Pew Research Center survey is that only 49 percent of Republicans say that Trump did nothing wrong in trying to overturn the 2020 election (some of the rest say what he did was unethical but not illegal, or aren't sure). pewresearch.org/politics/2024/…

Come meet me on my book tour, beginning May 15, to share my new memoir 'Chasing Hope.' Here are the major stops!

I get some pushback from readers on my Biden-Gaza column, in New York Times Opinion letters to the editor: nytimes.com/2024/04/24/opi…

It hasn't gotten much attention, but Azerbaijan continues to threaten Armenia and to hold Armenian hostages -- and it may get much worse, as Noubar Afeyan notes.

My audio conversation with sarah wildman for New York Times Opinion about how Gaza became Biden's war, and about the empathy gap and miscalculations in a man I've admired that have led to mass civilian death and to starvation: nytimes.com/2024/04/24/opi…

Follow Jessica for quickly posted videos of the escalating situation at Columbia tonight. ⬇️⬇️

How an Ex-N.B.A. Player Is Diversifying Wine One Sip at a Time nytimes.com/2024/04/22/din…

🔴 Black Tuesday Campaign Update 🔴

As executions surge in #Iran , prisoners are resorting to hunger strikes to protest 'state murder.'

With over 95 executions recorded in the first months of 2024, the situation is dire.

🔗iranhumanrights.org/2024/04/hunger…

#ایران #اعدام‌ها

It was disgraceful how large companies used non-compete clauses to handcuff worker mobility. This is an excellent step forward.

China gets a lot of flak for expelling/denying/harassing journalists. Less covered - how India does the same.