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I am very sorry to report the death of @bydebprice, a tremendous journalist, a Nieman Fellow (Class of 2011), and a real trailblazer for LGBTQ people in newsrooms and around

In small-town Louisiana, it was still cool in 1926 to arrest "idle negroes" who weren't working for local white farmers. Once their labor force was captive, farmers would bail them

My hottest take: Even a garbage-fire debate like last night has huge value in a presidential election. Think how many people have watched Trump say nonsense like he did last

"I'm not allowed to say anything anymore," says man quoted in national magazine, who will vote for Trump because, in today's P.C. climate, you can't even insult people to their

2008: "Roy Den Hollander is not a fan of the New York ladies," filing a lawsuit to make "Ladies' Nights" at bars illegal.https://www.indiewire.com/2008/09/bachelor-of-the-year-roy-den-hollander-220522/2020: Roy Den H

I say that as a longtime fan of Vox and Vox Media, which I think is the best of the big VC-backed digital media companies.But it is still jarring to

The @latimes "expects to lose MORE THAN HALF OF ITS ADVERTISING REVENUE in the coming months."If that's an accurate estimate of the level of bleeding, a lot of newspapers are