Media Cuts

Katie Robertson at The Washington Post: The Los Angeles Times is cutting more than 10 percent of its newsroom jobs, its executive editor, Kevin Merida, said on Wednesday. In an email to staff, Mr. Merida said the company was restructuring and would eliminate 74 roles...

Beating a Rule

David Lerman, Laura Weiss, and Avery Roe at Roll Call Hard-right House conservatives derailed legislation scheduled for floor votes Tuesday in a rebuke to GOP leadership. A group of House Republicans bucked their party to vote against a rule devised by GOP leaders to...

Gannett and News Deserts

Katie Robertson at NYT: Hundreds of journalists for the country’s largest newspaper chain walked off the job on Monday, accusing the company’s chief executive of decimating its local newsrooms, and demanding a change at the top. The walkout was the biggest labor...

Tim Scott, Unprecedented

Michael Kruse and Sydney Gold at Politico: There’s never been anybody in the history of the Republican Party quite like Tim Scott. A descendant of enslaved people, the second son of a single mother, a bachelor, a teetotaler and an erstwhile insurance salesman, the...

Civility at Law

From the Federalist Society: Deborah Enix-Ross would like to see a national movement promoting civility. She has made civics, civility, and collaboration a primary focus of her term as President of the American Bar Association. Ms. Enix-Ross has taken her message that...

CMC Remembers Ambassador McGann

From Claremont McKenna College: Retired U.S. Ambassador C. Steven McGann ’73, whose distinguished diplomatic and public service career spanned decades, and who played a key role in forging humanitarian policies that increased global peace and security, while...

Humans of Public Service

Humans of Public Service (HOPS) is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that shares stories of public servants on social media platforms such as LinkedIn and Instagram. Our mission is to create content that tells the story of humans in public service, share stories...