Daniel Ellsberg’s Life Beyond the Pentagon Papers

After revealing the government’s lies about Vietnam, Ellsberg spent six decades as an anti-nuclear activist, getting arrested as many as ninety times in civil-disobedience protests. (from The New Yorker):

https://www.newyorker.com/news/postscript/daniel-ellsbergs-life-beyond-the-pentagon-papers

LESSON LEARNED: Mississippi’s Surprising Success in Public Education (Literacy). (PBS Q&A)

https://youtu.be/V8DdW4fysYk

 

The New Yorker Interview

A. G. Sulzberger on the Battles Within and Against the New York Times

The paper’s publisher discusses bias in reporting, the Times’ financial comeback, and criticisms of its coverage of Trump, trans issues, and the war in Ukraine.

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/a-g-sulzberger-on-the-battles-within-and-against-the-new-york-times

 

Ocean Vuong: ‘I don’t believe a writer should just keep writing as long as they’re alive’

The award-winning poet and author on bringing his career to a meaningful end, processing the death of his mother via verse, and his love of mixed martial arts

https://apple.news/A-QUx7brzRLe-CPvOVj6_WQ