Reposted by Peter BresnanChenjerai Kumanyika @chenjerai.bsky.social · 14/03/2025www.npr.org/2025/03/14/1...npr.orgWhat's more "American" than the right to protest? : It's Been a MinuteLast weekend, former Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil was arrested by federal immigration authorities. The move was an escalation in the Trump administration's crackdown on dissent, and it h... 1195
Reposted by Peter BresnanJeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Massive encroachment by Bezos into The Washington Post’s opinion section - makes clear dissenting views will not be published I still have not felt encroachment on my journalism on the news side, but if Bezos tries interfering with the news side I will be quitting immediately and letting you know 68187692095
Reposted by Peter BresnanAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 26/02/2025There are a lot of good journalists at the post who do not deserve the outright vandalism their bosses are committing to a great paper. 30994126
Reposted by Peter BresnanChenjerai Kumanyika @chenjerai.bsky.social · 16/02/2025I’m thrilled and grateful to share that Empire City is nominated for the Ambie awards for: Best history podcast, Best Reporting, and Podcast of the year! My incredible team worked to bring us the history we need to create the future we absolutely must fight for. Energy up for more good news. 5948
Reposted by Peter BresnanPatrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 06/02/2025Low on the list but it sucks so tremendously bad that everyone has to say “DOGE" all the time 1171667132
Reposted by Peter BresnanChenjerai Kumanyika @chenjerai.bsky.social · 27/01/20251) Here’s a small sampling of what the NYPD has been up to and or what we’ve learned about the NYPD just in the last five months since Empire City came out: 1) September 11, 2024 NYPD Buried Hundreds of Misconduct Cases" www.propublica.org/article/nypd...propublica.orgThe NYPD Is Tossing Out Hundreds of Misconduct Cases — Including Stop-and-Frisks — Without Even Looking at ThemThe department has killed more than 400 cases of alleged misconduct this year that an oversight board had investigated and substantiated. It’s part of a lax attitude toward discipline under the curren... 33760323
Peter Bresnan @peterbresnan.bsky.social · 31/12/2024moose says happy new year, especially to the haters 040
Peter Bresnan @peterbresnan.bsky.social · 24/12/2024it was such a delight working on this piece with @laurameckler.bsky.social! 030
Peter Bresnan @peterbresnan.bsky.social · 03/12/2024some extraordinary work from some of my colleagues that really speaks for itself: www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...washingtonpost.comRevenge, fire and destruction: A year of Israeli soldiers’ videos from GazaThe Post verified more than 120 photos and videos of the war in Gaza - providing an uncensored view of one of the most deadly and destructive wars in this century. 020
Peter Bresnan @peterbresnan.bsky.social · 24/11/2024watching the sopranos for the first time and im having impure thoughts about paulie “walnuts” gualtieri 100
Reposted by Peter BresnanChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Just to be clear: the incoming Trump administration is going to war against their own Republican senate majority and the constitution's advice and consent provision so they can make a man investigated for ***sex trafficking a minor*** into the most powerful law enforcement officer in the country. 1166327997620
Reposted by Peter BresnanWill Oremus @willoremus.com · 08/11/2024I still believe in the value of journalism. But it's hard some days not to notice that we spend all day writing stories meant to hold powerful people to account, yet those powerful people rarely seem to get held to account and in fact only grow stronger while we grow weaker and less relevant. 441029116
