I'm honored to have jon batiste's support for BIG RED'S MERCY, available now from Pegasus Books. And I'm sure Deborah Cotton, the book's hero, would second Jon's quote on the back cover: Americans 'have to face race ... or you're not gonna fix the problems.' Nice shot @defenton!

Thank you jon batiste for lifting up BIG RED'S MERCY by Mark Hertsgaard, the gripping story of racial justice activist Deborah Cotton, who forgave the young men who shot her and 18 other people at a second line parade in Jon’s home town of New Orleans. 🎶 David Fenton

I want EVERY Democratic supporter, EVERY independent voter and EVERY undecided voter to take a moment to read this and listen to this statement by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez which absolutely encapsulates this MISSION CRITICAL MOMENT.

America owes this outstanding legislator a debt of gratitude for…

For #EarthDay I watched dontlookupfilm It’s got a key flaw: it’s all too antiseptic. Death by the #climatecrisis isn’t sudden oblivion. It’s waves of constant and worsening suffering, misery, & series of mass extinctions. We should all be so lucky as to be hit with a comet.

What's the best thing you can do to help save the Earth? CARE. When you care enough to understand the problems that face us you'll be more willing to pitch in. No one size that fits all but the world would be a better place if we all did something. Today's Berardelli Bonus.

Anybody know how/where to get one of these shirts?
(Sexiest man alive is also one of the smartest...)

Here is the great Jane McAlevey doing what she did best — preaching the gospel of organizing for power to trade union activists — on a November night in Milwaukee in 2019. ⁦Jane McAlevey⁩ and I drove around Wisconsin that day, plotting to undo the damage done by Scott Walker.

Like the warning label on cigarettes?

The ban was written before women had the right to vote.

'I chose journalism, then wars chose me. Exposing war crimes — wherever they occur — is central to my identity as an American, a journalist and a Jew.'

From my latest article in the Washington Post (gift link)-- washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

Worth a read today 👇

And now take a look at what the national-populists in so many countries have in common these days.

This may be the most important and courageous piece of original reporting I’ve seen published at HuffPost during my decade here. I applaud the painstaking transparency Akbar Shahid Ahmed wove into his writing. I’m so proud we share a newsroom, and even prouder to call him my friend.

The power of print, even in the absence of print. No digital equivalent.

What has happened to humanity?

And Maya L. Kapoor (@mayalkapoor.bsky.social) is speaking on the 'Making Obscure Animals and Ecosystems Compelling Main Characters' panel with Bethany Brookshire, Doug Main and moderator Benji Jones.

Friday, April 5 at 10am. Room 109, Annenberg School for Communication, 1st Floor. conference.sej.org/agenda/

Kyle Pope Mongabay Pulitzer Center Rainforest Investigations Network (RIN) As part of the workshop, Elena González will be moderating the 'Climate and the Local Angle' section, with speakers Ana Bueno and Tevin Wooten.

Saturday, April 6 at 9:05am. Benjamin Franklin Ballroom 3, Sheraton Philadelphia University City Hotel.

CCNow is going to be at #SEJ2024 !

Our very own Kyle Pope is hosting the 'Mini-Workshop 4. Nearby and Far Away: What Local Reporting and Global Investigative Collaborations Can Learn From One Another.'

Catch him on Saturday, April 6 at 9am. conference.sej.org/agenda/

Looking forward to this! If you're at Yale, please stop by. Covering Climate Now

Every time someone says there are no more taboos in today’s Western societies, I think to myself: ‘yeah, try having a realistic conversation at your next dinner party about the climate crisis, and about what it requires from us. And good luck.’