Sending the deepest condolences to you, Karen. The journeying on with and through grief is so difficult, and I hope you take comfort in the memories you have, and that you are able to build upon and lean into your support network. 💜🕊️
I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
By Chris Quinn, Editor, cleveland.com/The Plain Dealer A college student withdrew from consideration for a reporting role in our newsroom this week because of how we use artificial intelligence. It reminded me again how college journalism programs are failing to prepare students for the workforce. I mentioned this in a column before, and readers asked me to explain
A conscientious journalism grad withdraw from a job when she learned the Cleveland Plain Dealer uses AI to write its stories.
Now the editor is castigating her and journalism professors for not being “prepared for the workforce.”
You can’t make this shit up.
www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
"Racial authoritarianism" is the word.
Benito's reaction in video form
Benito leaning on the table with his hand on his face
Benito leaning on the table with his hand on his face, ceovering his eyes
Bad Bunny's reaction to Album of the Year
Bad Bunny wins the #GRAMMYs award for Album of the Year.
“Oh! The Grammy goes to Luther Vandross!” - Cher
A powerful Grammy Awards in memoriam segment celebrated the legacies of the late D’Angelo and Roberta Flack at the 68th annual ceremony.
‘luther’ by Kendrick Lamar & SZA wins the #GRAMMYs award for Record of the Year.
screencap of WH tweet
the White House's official X account gloats over the arrest of Don Lemon with a chains emoji
And there are more arrests:
"Pam Bondi said that she had ordered the arrests of Mr. Lemon and three others in connection with the demonstration at a church: Georgia Fort, an independent journalist; and Trahern Jeen Crews and Jamael Lydell Lundy, both activists."
🧾 www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Arresting Black journalists is also vice signaling. Their base is racist and hates journalists and they want to get them excited again. The mainstream media industry has never protected Black journalists or journalists of color the way it should.
The arrest of my friend and colleague Don Lemon is an outrageous attack on the First Amendment and free speech in America. This cannot stand.
'Sinners' is officially the most nominated film in Oscar history — with 16 nominations 🏆
I just got on to Grandma Willie this week! Freddie Jean been in my rotation for years now. Who's the other lady you mentioned here?
BREAKING: The Hennepin County District Attorney's office says they have jurisdiction to charge the ICE agent involved in the fatal Minneapolis shooting.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Federal immigration officers shoot and wound 2 people in Portland, Oregon, authorities say.
Mariah Carey becomes the first artist in history to spend 100 total weeks at #1 on the Hot 100.
Yes, and water is wet. Black unemployment is consistently (substantially) higher compared to that of their White counterparts.
...and yet there's still handwringing over whether we need any shifts on issues of inclusion.
I'm tired.
The 21-member choir is booked six months out, performing everywhere from Cook County Jail to charity events and swanky holiday parties.
UPDATE — For those who want to help, there’s now a way to donate directly to the 7500 South Shore Tenants Union to help with emergency relocation costs as residents “vacate in one of the snowiest winters in Chicago’s history.”
Details in our story.
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Northwestern can forget me donating to them in the coming year.
I'm a proud @medillschool.bsky.social alum but this news from Northwestern just disappoints me to the nth degree.
The Grinch dancing to “I’m a Slave 4 U” by Britney Spears.
Christina Aguilera performs “My Favorite Things” from ‘The Sound of Music’ for her Christmas special.
Happy birthday to the late Tina Turner.
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Miss Mexico has been crowned the 2025 Miss Universe.
NBC News is calling it for Mamdani.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...
2 MILLION VOTES: NYC! All before 9 p.m.
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