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Jelani Cobb

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your new neighbor from your old neighborhood. dean. writer. left-hander & occasional photographer. known to frequent the new yorker and columbia journalism school.

Joined May 2023

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historianpub historianpub.bsky.social · Jan 31
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Jelani Cobb jelaniya.bsky.social · Jan 24
#LivesMatter

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Jelani Cobb jelaniya.bsky.social · Jan 24
The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress. — Frederick Douglass

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Utamu utamu.bsky.social · Jan 20
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Kate Klonick klonick.bsky.social · Dec 4, 2025
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Columbia Journalism School columbiajournalism.bsky.social · Dec 4, 2025
Columbia Journalism School announced today a historic investment in student opportunity: nearly $10 million in scholarship support for 2026–27, made possible through the generosity of our donors. 📰 Learn more: journalism.columbia.edu/news/cjs-expands-sc… #ReportingBeginsHere

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melanie d.g. kaplan melaniedgkaplan.bsky.social · Dec 2, 2025
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Julian Zelizer zelizer.bsky.social · Nov 14, 2025
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Queens Public Library qplnyc.bsky.social · Nov 1, 2025
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Jelani Cobb jelaniya.bsky.social · Nov 5, 2025
Great LOCAL NEWS election coverage from Columbia Journalism School students. Check out the latest on the races that affect you most: cjspolitics.substack.com
Columbia Journalism Politics and Elections | Juan Manuel Benítez | Substack

Student reporting and analysis on politics, elections and civic engagement. Click to read Columbia Journalism Politics and Elections, a Substack publication. Launched 5 days ago.

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Longreads longreads.com · Oct 31, 2025
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Harper’s Magazine harpers.bsky.social · Oct 30, 2025
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Mother Jones motherjones.com · Oct 29, 2025
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American Historical Association historians.org · Oct 21, 2025
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Harper’s Magazine harpers.bsky.social · Oct 22, 2025
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Joanne Belknap joannebelknap.bsky.social · Oct 18, 2025
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missdebcollege missdebcollege.bsky.social · Oct 18, 2025
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Fiction/Non/Fiction Podcast fnfpodcast.bsky.social · Oct 16, 2025
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patacon-pisao patacon-pisao.bsky.social · Oct 16, 2025
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Jelani Cobb jelaniya.bsky.social · Oct 15, 2025
Still stunned by D’Angelo’s departure. Grateful for the brilliant musical legacy he bequeathed to us. I thought it worth re-posting this meditation on black music and black mortality. www.newyorker.com/news/daily-c...
Hip-Hop at Fifty: An Elegy

A generation is still dying younger than it should—this time, of “natural causes.”

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SiriusXM Progress siriusxmprog.bsky.social · Oct 14, 2025
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Columbia Climate School climate.columbia.edu · Oct 10, 2025
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Bryan Curtis bryancurtis.bsky.social · Oct 1, 2025
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Jelani Cobb jelaniya.bsky.social · Sep 19, 2025
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Squandering a Windfall

The U.S. is making it harder for international students to come. Billions of dollars are on the line.

collegewatch.substack.com

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Jelani Cobb jelaniya.bsky.social · Sep 18, 2025
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

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Columbia Journalism School columbiajournalism.bsky.social · Sep 18, 2025
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Jelani Cobb jelaniya.bsky.social · Sep 3, 2025
Dropping on October 14th.

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jhh1822 jhh1822.bsky.social · Sep 2, 2025
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American Historical Association historians.org · Aug 26, 2025
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Jelani Cobb jelaniya.bsky.social · Aug 14, 2025
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/779593... Happy to announce that my next book, a collection of my work at the New Yorker, will hit shelves on October 14th. More information about events to come shortly!
Three or More Is a Riot by Jelani Cobb: 9780593978207 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

From one of the definitive journalists of this era -- acclaimed historian, Pulitzer finalist, staff writer at the New Yorker, and dean of Columbia Journalism School--comes a kaleidoscopic, real-time....

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Jamal Greene jamalgreene.bsky.social · Aug 9, 2025
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silaslapham silaslapham.bsky.social · Jul 24, 2025
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Jelani Cobb jelaniya.bsky.social · Jul 22, 2025
I bomb atomically…

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Alex purplechrain.bsky.social · Jul 4, 2025
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Chris Ingraham cingraham.bsky.social · Jun 22, 2025
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All In with Chris Hayes allinwithchris.bsky.social · Jun 20, 2025
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The Tennessee Holler thetnholler.bsky.social · Jun 20, 2025
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Michael Luo michaelluo.bsky.social · Jun 16, 2025
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The New Yorker newyorker.com · Jun 14, 2025
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Jelani Cobb jelaniya.bsky.social · Jun 14, 2025
Ahead of Father’s Day I wrote about being the child of an older father and the older father of children for the New Yorker. Happy Father’s Day! www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Lessons of Later-in-Life Fatherhood

Being an older parent, just like my dad.

newyorker.com

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Jelani Cobb jelaniya.bsky.social · Jun 12, 2025
I remember the first time Ananda and I met at Howard. Such a bright light. Condolences to her fam and all the HU fam who knew and loved her.

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Columbia Journalism School columbiajournalism.bsky.social · Jun 4, 2025
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Ben Railton americanstudier.bsky.social · Jun 1, 2025
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Alondra Nelson alondra.bsky.social · Jun 1, 2025
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Julia Rose Kraut juliarosekraut.bsky.social · May 25, 2025
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Jelani Cobb jelaniya.bsky.social · May 25, 2025
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
A Tumultuous Spring Semester Finally Comes to a Close

The biggest mistake that some universities have made is to presume that the White House is operating in good faith. It is not.

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earthdaddy earthdaddy.bsky.social · May 15, 2025
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curvyletter curvyletter.bsky.social · May 15, 2025
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Mark Armstrong markarms.bsky.social · May 2, 2025
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Jelani Cobb jelaniya.bsky.social · May 3, 2025
What are you even talking about? Grace was a gatdamn hero.

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Mark Armstrong markarms.bsky.social · Apr 29, 2025
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Jelani Cobb jelaniya.bsky.social · Apr 28, 2025
Ryan Coogler and I passed in a hallway at NBC the week Fruitvale Station came out. Twelve years later I had the good fortune to write this profile of him and delve into his perspectives on music, religion, history and where Sinners came from: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Ryan Coogler’s Road to “Sinners”

The film represents a departure for the “Black Panther” director, and a creative risk; it grapples with ideas about music, race, family, religion—and vampires.

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Jelani Cobb jelaniya.bsky.social · Apr 28, 2025
www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...
Ryan Coogler on “Sinners”

The director talks with the staff writer Jelani Cobb about his influences and mentors, and how he made a vampire story “uniquely personal.”

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Adam Serwer adamserwer.bsky.social · Apr 24, 2025
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American Historical Association historians.org · Apr 3, 2025
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Jelani Cobb jelaniya.bsky.social · Mar 16, 2025
journalism.columbia.edu/news/cjs-fac...
A Statement from Columbia Journalism School Faculty Defending Press Freedom | Columbia Journalism School

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Jelani Cobb jelaniya.bsky.social · Mar 14, 2025
A few words on journalism, risk and what I actually said.

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Elon Green handle.invalid · Mar 13, 2025
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Prasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD prasad.bsky.social · Mar 11, 2025
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