Celeste Lavin

She Fought a Book Ban. She May Never Teach Again.

My new story, a deep dive on what it can mean to protest in America today. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/u...

We stand in solidarity with the @postguild.bsky.social. Democracy dies in darkness, and it's a lot harder to shine a light from a shrinking newsroom. #SaveThePost

At our second bargaining session yesterday, @nytimes.com management's actions spoke louder than words. After giving us a lecture saying we are the ones “bogging” things down, company reps wholly rejected our proposals.

THE TIMES IS UNION-MADE: Today we began bargaining our new contract, and in our first session, we not only told management we were united, we showed them. Our bargaining committee presented a pledge signed by 80% of our union, supporting five core priorities…..

Live: Thousands gather to memorialize woman killed by ICE agent in Minneapolis The mother of the deceased driver identified the woman as Renee Nicole Good, 37. Video of the shooting shows agents near the vehicle as Good reversed and then pulled forward. One agent appeared to fir...

Live: Thousands gather to memorialize woman killed by ICE agent in Minneapolis

"The mother of the woman who was killed identified her as Renee Nicole Good, 37, a Minneapolis resident."

Days of rain, record-breaking ‘king tide’ soak Berkeley; sun returns Tuesday Weather experts warned that the days of rain could elevate the risk of small landslides until the ground dries out.

Weather experts warned that the days of rain could elevate the risk of small landslides until the ground dries out.

After more than 3 YEARS on strike facing relentless union busting, @pghguild.com members at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette have won!

This is a testament to the power that working people have when we stand in solidarity with each other.
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Anti-fascist protesters clash with attendees outside Turning Point event at UC Berkeley A skirmish led to arrests in the street, and protesters jeered back and forth with those lining up to attend the event, held two months after Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

A skirmish led to arrests in the street, and protesters jeered back and forth with those lining up to attend the event, held two months after Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

Statement from The NewsGuild of New York and Condé United on illegal firing of four union leaders who demanded answers about this week’s layoffs at Teen Vogue, other brands Late Wednesday night, Condé Nast’s VP of Labor Relations notified the Guild that the Company was immediately terminating four Condé United leaders for engaging in the protected concerted activity of gathering in their 1 World Trade Center office to demand answers on this week’s abrupt layoffs at multiple brands including WIRED and the consolidation at Teen Vogue. These egregious terminations are a flagrant breach of the Just Cause terms of our contract and an unprecedented violation of their federally protected rights as union members to participate in a collective action. Through these illegal terminations, Condé Nast management is attempting to intimidate and silence our members' advocacy for the courageous cultural and political journalism of Teen Vogue, as well as diverting attention away from the obvious lack of corporate leadership at the company. Condé United members illegally fired are: Alma Avalle: Writer, digital producer at Bon Appetit; NewsGuild of New York first vice president, trans activist, and union leader Jake Lahut: Wired senior reporter covering the Trump White House Jasper Lo: Senior fact checker at The New Yorker and US Army veteran: outgoing first vice chair of The New Yorker Union Ben Dewey: Videographer at Condé Nast Entertainment, former vice chair of the CNE unit “Management’s attempt at union-busting, using intimidation and grossly illegal tactics to try to suppress protected union activity, will not stand,” said Susan DeCarava, president of The NewsGuild of New York. “The NewsGuild of New York has zero tolerance for bad bosses who harass, target and disrespect our fellow Guild members. We represent nearly 6,000 media workers across the tri-state area and we stand firmly in solidarity, ready to fight for the rights of our members illegally fired from their jobs at …

Breaking News: Late last night Conde Nast illegally fired 4 union organizers who asked company execs to explain the downsizing of Teen Vogue and continued layoffs. We’ve filed a grievance.

New York will have its first Muslim mayor. Virginia will have its first female governor. And for the first time in U.S. history, a Muslim woman will hold statewide office. Here's a look at historic firsts from Tuesday's elections. nyti.ms/4nDyvKs

"Journalism is not a crime": Chicago reporters sue Trump over violence at ICE protests Press groups say Trump's agents used force to silence reporters.

NEW: ICE is attacking journalists in Chicago, and the @chicagonewsguild.bsky.social is fighting back.

"Journalism is not a crime," @jschleuss.com told @axios.com.

The 1st Amendment makes press freedom a cornerstone of our democracy, and we will fight to defend it.

www.axios.com/2025/10/06/d...

The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”

"The New York Times Guild unit of the NewsGuild of New York joins AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters in urging the Israeli authorities to allow journalists in and out of Gaza." mailchi.mp/nyguild.org/...

Breaking: The Trevor Project received a stop-work order last night on its contract with the national 988 suicide prevention hotline. The Trump administration is eliminating the option for LGBTQ callers to the hotline to press 3 and connect with someone who specializes in LGBTQ mental health.

“Its language is unabashedly demeaning, its policy stigmatizes transgender persons as inherently unfit, and its conclusions bear no relation to fact,” she wrote.

The Times spoke to people being trapped inside a Panama hotel after deportation from the US and the individual stories of horror are almost too much to bear www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/w...

Joe Biden Frees Leonard Peltier The ailing Native American rights activist has been in prison for nearly 50 years after the U.S. government lied to put him there.

🚨 BREAKING: Joe Biden Grants Clemency To Leonard Peltier www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-bi...

Journalists for the Athletic push to join the New York Times union It’s unclear whether the Times, which shuttered its own sports desk after buying the Athletic, will fight the journalists’ effort to join the bargaining unit.

NEW: The staff of the Athletic has signed union cards and today petitioned NYT management to join the Times Guild www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...

Sports Job ARE Times Guild Jobs.

My colleagues * (but also many are NY colleagues 🤷🏻)

Sports jobs are union jobs - folks at The Athletic are ny colleagues and they should be in the Guild with me, too!!

U.S. v. Skrmetti: Teen At Heart of the Supreme Court's Trans Healthcare Case Calls It "Body Horror" What trans teens fear about U.S. v. Skrmetti, reported from the steps of the Supreme Court.

my latest @teenvogue.bsky.social:

I interviewed trans teens across the U.S.—including L.W., the 16-year-old at the heart of U.S. v. Skrmetti—on their fears and anxieties about the threat of gender-affirming care bans and a looming Trump admin.

"Trans healthcare is suicide prevention, at its core."

A stylized photo collage displaying a photo of Times Tech Guild workers picketing outside the New York Times building in Midtown Manhattan in early November 2024, overlaid in light red, with the Times Tech Guild logo and large, outlined, all caps text: We Have A Deal

✊🎉WE HAVE A DEAL 🎉✊

We are thrilled to announce we have reached a tentative three-year agreement with @nytimes.com, pending ratification by our members. There’s so much to share but here are just a few highlights of the deal:

Trans people centered themselves in a trans case before a very not trans court Not only was Chase Strangio arguing, but a trans plaintiff was in the courtroom Wednesday, as were many other trans people: lawyers, journalists, observers. It matters.

NEW: Trans people centered themselves in a trans case before a very not trans court. Not only was Chase Strangio arguing Wednesday, but a trans plaintiff was in the courtroom, as were many other trans lawyers, journalists, and observers.

"Trans people were not hidden Wednesday, and that matters."

So excited this is now available to all journalists everywhere! Disability is part of society -- 28.7% of American adults are disabled -- yet many journalists don't know how to cover disability, so either ignore it altogether or produce stories with harmful misrepresentation. Listen and learn today!

Florida Tries a Subtler Way to Curb Progressive Ideology: Cut Sociology Conservatives in Florida have moved from explosive politics to subtler tactics to uproot liberal “indoctrination” in higher education by removing subjects like sociology from core requirements.

Florida schools and colleges have become a testing ground for conservative policies meant to limit or expunge what Republicans describe as “woke” indoctrination. Rather than trying to regulate what a professor can say, the new strategy aims to remove entire courses.

Thank you! So glad you were there with us!

"In messages circulated on Friday, State Department staff wrote that high-level officials do not want press materials to include three specific phrases: “de-escalation/ceasefire,” “end to violence/bloodshed” and “restoring calm.”

Anti-Trans Legislative Risk Assessment Map: New Adult Map This map shows the 2-year risk for anti-trans laws. For the first time, included in this release is a new adult map showing the risk for trans adults in the United States.

This map by @erininthemorning.bsky.social is essential journalism www.erininthemorning.com/p/anti-trans...