Todd Gitlin
Professor of Journalism and Sociology, Chair of Communications, Columbia University. Writer of nonfiction & novels. Troublemaker. Retweet is only pass-through.
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It's unlikely that BlackRock's climate strategy will save the planet
Failure on climate action happens at both the government and the corporate level.
Todd Gitlin
#BlackRock will not save the world @felixsalmon
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Trump’s Legal Team Is a Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy
The president has produced an assembly of morally compromised and disgraced attorneys to defend him in the impeachment trial.
DOJ Defies Court Order to Produce Memos and Notes From Jared Kushner’s Mueller Interview
The Department of Justice on Friday evening released 176 pages of notes from former Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s interviews with key witnesses during his office’s investigation into Russian election interference. But the records, produced under...
Capt. ‘Sully’ Sullenberger: Like Joe Biden, I Once Stuttered, Too. I Dare You to Mock Me.
The retired pilot responds to recent comments from the president’s daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, on the way the former vice president talks.
Todd Gitlin
Capt. ‘Sully’ Sullenberger: Like Joe Biden, I Once Stuttered, Too. I Dare You to Mock Me.
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Kids’ Climate Lawsuit Thrown Out by Appeals Court
The appeals court said the young plaintiffs lack standing to sue and would have to turn to the government or the voters for solutions.
Emails Reveal U.S. Justice Dept. Working Closely with Oil Industry to Oppose Climate Lawsuits
DOJ attorneys describe working with industry lawyers as a ‘team,’ raising questions about whether government was representing the American people.
Todd Gitlin
If you don't think who's in the White House matters, see this: Emails Reveal U.S. Justice Dept. Working Closely with Oil Industry to Oppose Climate Lawsuits
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Why Do Trump Supporters Support Trump?
Michael Lind’s “The New Class War” sees class divisions at the heart of America’s current political divide.
Inside Prime Time
With a New IntroductionUnsurpassed since its first publication, Inside Prime Time is the only book to take us behind the scenes to reveal how prime-time shows get on the air, stay on the air, and are shaped by the political and cultural climate of...
William Barr: The Carl Schmitt of Our Time
For Carl Schmitt, laws and constitutions didn’t arise from moral principles. At their basis, there was always a sovereign authority, a decision-maker. US Attorney General William Barr’s defense of unchecked executive authority in his recent speech...
Todd Gitlin
This is dynamite. Bad ideas have consequences. @ProfessorShaw William Barr: The Carl Schmitt of Our Time nybooks.com/daily/2020/01/… via @nybooks
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As Top Foundations Resist Divesting from Fossil Fuels, What Might Change Their Minds?
Leading climate funders are still invested in oil and gas stocks despite a five-year push for divestment. In the second of a two-part article, we look at the moral and strategic arguments for divesting that funders have (or have not) found...
Harvard Law Students Protest Paul Weiss Over Exxon Ties
Thirty first-year law students are urging their peers to avoid recruiting events with Paul Weiss due to the firm's role representing Exxon Mobil in climate change litigation.
Todd Gitlin
Good for them! @DivestHarvard Harvard Law Students Protest Paul Weiss Over Exxon Ties at.law.com/PfqRZL?cmp=sha… via @lawdotcom
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US broadcast news coverage of Australian fires largely fails to connect the crisis to climate change
Todd Gitlin
US broadcast news coverage of Australian fires largely fails to connect the crisis to climate change
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NPR’s sanitizing of Trump’s Milwaukee rally shows how he’s broken the media
In trying to be above taking sides, the mainstream media does Trump a favor by making order out of his chaos.
Todd Gitlin
NPR’s sanitizing of Trump’s Milwaukee rally shows how he’s broken the media vox.com/2020/1/15/2106… via @voxdotcom
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Want to Stop Australia’s Fires? Listen to Aboriginal People
Our ancestors survived in a fire-prone landscape for millenniums. We can learn from their techniques.
Why Is the United States So Bad at Foreign Policy?
It’s not just Trump. Washington hasn’t had a coherent strategy for decades.
Why Is America So Depressed?
It’s no coincidence that our politics and our mental health have declined so rapidly, at the same time.
Trump Shares Photoshopped Image Tying Pelosi and Schumer to Iran
In a morning barrage, he shared an image claiming the Democratic leaders support the ayatollah and retweeted other criticism aimed at the speaker.
Todd Gitlin
'The Trump campaign is hoping that the killing boosts his popularity. But a recent USA Today/Ipsos Poll found that a majority of respondents, 52 percent to 34 percent, viewed Mr. Trump’s action as “reckless.”'
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Revealed: US listed climate activist group as ‘extremists’ alongside mass killers
DHS listed activists engaged in non-violent civil disobedience targeting oil industry alongside white supremacists in documents
23andMe has sold the rights to develop a drug based on its users’ DNA
Consumer genomics firm 23andMe has signed its first deal to sell the rights to develop a new drug for inflammatory diseases to a pharmaceutical company