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In their April 29, 2024 issue, The Mercury’s previous editorial board published their goodbyes to the paper and to the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). In their final issue, the outgoing managing ...

This story also appeared as the top story in The Objective’s weekly newsletter, The Front Page. Subscribe here. Reckon News is shutting down and laying off 11 staffers. The newsroom, born in the U.S.

For days, Yale University sophomore Megan Vaz couldn’t leave her bed or eat regularly. It was April, and the nauseating, sinking feeling in her stomach wasn’t from the flu or a failed exam. Her ...

Three of the many Self Magazine articles discussing chronic illness and disability. Collage by James Salanga. This story was originally for Mother Jones and is republished with permission. Last week, ...

Dave Roberts, Paul Skenes, Pat McAfee, Tarik Skubal, and Aaron Boone on the press conference stage at All-Star media day in Atlanta. Photo by Jen Ramos Eisen. Get The Objective in your inbox every ...

Get The Objective in your inbox every week. “It has long been our anxious wish to see, in this slave-holding, slave-trading, and negro-hating land, a printing-press and paper permanently established ...

Herald Community Newspapers is a group of roughly two dozen hyperlocal newspapers across Long Island. The Herald is owned by Richner Communications, Inc. (Photo courtesy of Karina Kovac). Michael ...

Al Jazeera journalist Sami Al-Hajj shakes hands with an attendee at the 2008 Global International Journalism Conference. Photo from Kristine Lowe via Flickr. Get The Objective in your inbox every week ...

The Feb. 5 rally in support of laid-off Washington Post workers. Photo via Wikimedia Commons user skdb. That means, Felton said in a post on X, “the team covering America beyond D.C. is now 90% white.

Photo of the San Diego Union-Tribune courtesy of Tilthouse via Wikimedia Commons. Headshot courtesy of Laura Castañeda. In July 2023, employees at the San Diego Union-Tribune were surprised by an ...