I cover workers for the NYT. New Book: "Mutiny, the Rise and Revolt of the College-Educated Working Class." https://xitter.cf/t.co/6dwnXoVqbW
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I have a story up today about why young college grads are feeling so angry: It’s more than just rising unemployment and the threat of AI. It’s a deep sense of betrayal. 1/ nytimes.com/2026/03/27/busin…
Not great when you're playing at home during the World Series and the crowd makes it sound like a road game.
“There aren’t many Democrat attorneys who are effective like her,” said Mike Davis, a former Republican Senate aide who helped oversee Mr. Kavanaugh’s nomination process. “She doesn’t have a problem in Trump world — she was so good on Kavanaugh.” nytimes.com/2026/10/25/busin…
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An insane and deeply troubling story from @semaforben semafor.com/article/10/25/20…
I profiled the DC superlawyer Beth Wilkinson--arguably the most successful lawyer in the country representing both Trump allies and bitter Trump enemies. I tried to get at how she pulls it off, and whether there's a future in this line of work nytimes.com/2026/10/25/busin…
A metaphysical question: If a Swiss bank leaves Switzerland, is it still a Swiss bank? wsj.com/finance/banking/a-sw…
Really enjoyed this conversation--we chewed over how the leftward lurch in this year's Democratic primaries is downstream of college grads' long-simmering economic frustrations xitter.cf/Timodc/status/21105044…
Today’s pod: @RoyCooperNC on his campaign’s secret sauce and concerns about Dems underperforming polls.
Then @noamscheiber on the radicalization of the college educated working class and whether a class based coalition could even work.
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Shawn Fain's campaign slate says he has decisively won re-election as UAW president, after a contentious past year or two within the union's board and with the federally appointed monitor. Big victory for him and his leadership team.
My colleagues @rebeccadobrien and @JackEwingNYT wrote a good piece about Fain's challenges back in August nytimes.com/2026/08/28/busin…
Great book idea xitter.cf/mattfleg/status/210783…
If I were running the Red Sox, I think I would have started Suarez today, effectively conceding that I'm unlikely to beat Schlittler. Then go with Tolle and Gray in games 2 & 3, to save my best pitchers for games I have a better chance of winning.
“The blood does not coagulate but oozes in many spots through the unbroken skin.” The nuclear scientists who spoke up about existential risk knew a thing or two about scaring people. Here's what we can learn from them in the age of AI. nytimes.com/2026/09/28/busin…
For my money, the most instructive analogy b/w AI and nukes maybe the 1980s, when nuclear scientists helped derail Star Wars/missile defense. 2/
"Asking for help was explicitly criticized during my childhood,” said Clint Harris, a 1st-generation college grad. “Rather than say, ‘We don’t know how to help you with algebra," they would have said, ‘Its important to learn the skill of self-reliance.’” nytimes.com/2026/09/18/busin…
"If you’re a white working-class guy in an elite profession, you’re also facing pretty serious barriers.” Some very persuasive evidence that the "class ceiling" is a huge problem for white-collar workers. nytimes.com/2026/09/18/busin…