Jack Mirkinson
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Editor @thenation / @discourse_blog Bluesky: https://t.co/0wYidsHwMI Email: jmirkinson @ thenation dot com / jack @ discourseblog dot com
The moment Israel targeted British journalist Steve Sweeney in southern Lebanon.
my one tip for the “how can young writers make more money?” discourse is to note that editors will often pay a bonus if you go long. So like, my Gawker contract was $8/word, but I’d often file 2–3 times as many words as initially agreed upon, and they’d bump me up to $10/word
Years from now, it will be obvious why, in this specific moment in human history, as we faced high-powered technologies and political ideologies aimed at paving the way for their dominance over humans, what emerged—what had to emerge—was an intense, global debate about, of all things, Zionism. tabletmag.com/feature/zionis…
Donald Trump has described Sir Keir Starmer as “a loser” in conversations with friends, The Telegraph can disclose Robert Mendick has the full story 👇 telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/…
Applications for the summer/fall 2026 session of @thenation internship are now open! 🔴 $20/hr, 35 hrs/week 🔴 6 months long, starting June 22 🔴 application deadline April 19 thenationfund.org/internship-app…
On The Late Show with Stephen Colbert discussing America’s fraught history with Iran and risks of unclear objectives in military affairs. Full segment: youtu.be/uZ1CEl3zpqQ?si…
