writer and author, @USCAnnenberg adjunct prof, contributing editor @LAReviewofBooks; books include Parts Per Million; Tessie and Pearlie:A Granddaughter's Story
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Craig Coyner helped turn Bend, Oregon, into one of the nation’s fastest-growing cities. Then, having been pulled through a vortex of the same crises that were churning through towns across the West, he became homeless in the city where he was once mayor. nyti.ms/44g69xx
‘Hot Ones’ Was a Slow Burn All Along nytimes.com/2023/04/03/arts/… congrats @cschonberger!
Joy Horowitz retweeted
Watch this. All this America First and hatred is a re-boot and should frighten us all.
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Joy Horowitz retweeted
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson confronted the lawyer arguing for outlawing affirmative action with how his proposed college admissions system would privilege a white legacy applicant over a Black descendent of slaves. Listen here -->
I voted early yesterday — dropped my ballot at the post office — and received a text today from my Secretary of State’s office, notifying me that my ballot was on the way! Way to go #LosAngelesCountyRegistrarofVoters and #CaliforniaSecofState #democracylives
Brilliant reporting by @cncep— Johnson & Johnson and a New War on Consumer Protection newyorker.com/magazine/a-rep… via @NewYorker
Joy Horowitz retweeted
A love letter to all the teachers going back to school. You will be remembered by thousands. latimes.com/opinion/story/20… Thanks @JoyHorowitz & @latimes #lausd @JFKCougars #edchat #EduProtocols #WeAreCUE
Can you remember yours? #letusnowpraisegreatteachers
Joy Horowitz retweeted
I celebrate teachers of my youth— Ms. Leah Funk, Ms. Murilla Davis, Ms. Nancy Longfellow and Mrs. Joanne Cavally “ in these times of catastrophic teacher shortages, plummeting funding for needed supplies and… hysterical laws in dozens of states limiting how teachers can talk..”
Joy Horowitz retweeted
Here's what we love about working at CREW: we don't just fight, we win.
We've been fighting for years to get the secret memo that AG Bill Barr cited to not charge Trump with obstruction.
Today, we won. It's going to be public.
Why multi-media journalism is so affecting — just listen to these inspiring teachers, and you’ll believe in the promise of public education again. nytimes.com/interactive/2022…
“What a queasy-making book to have in your hands. Once someone has happily worked alongside one of the most flagrant and systematic and powerful liars in this country’s history, how can anyone be expected to believe a word they say?” nytimes.com/2022/08/17/books…
Everything old is new again! When the #PointerSisters funky #Automatic is released by @lakestreetdive, life is good — especially for the tune’s songwriter @brockwalsh, who also happens to be my hubby. instagram.com/reel/ChKcchJlM…