David Dexter

Today, I'm proud to announce the launch of The Revival Lab. It was Brandi’s dream, and though she isn't here to celebrate, I know we will create something she'd be proud of.

Melvin Mora 3B-SS-LF-CF Debut: 1999 - Retired: 2011 ARI - NYM - BAL - COL

Me: It sure is annoying seeing all these Yankees fans at Camden Yards. 1996 Baltimore Sun: Lenin warned us about this.

Here's a speech I gave at Borealis' Racial Equity in Journalism Fund gathering on the role media policies & mainstream media institutions have played in upholding racial subordination as a result of the anti-democratic features of the U.S. Constitution.

our staff recs section this issue features analysis from @theankler.bsky.social, @dissentmag.bsky.social, @prismreports.org, @thephilacitizen.bsky.social, and @truthout.org! links can be found here: www.therevivallab.org/fighting-tec...

Click through and read about insights offered by @naomiaklein.bsky.social, @astra.bsky.social, @gilduran.com, @stevenrenderos.bsky.social, Tawana Petty, Caren Tepp, and others! www.therevivallab.org/fighting-tec...

In this week's issue of The Revival Letter, our Research Director reflects on the "Fighting Technofascism" convening hosted by our friends at @mediajustice.bsky.social and @conmijente.bsky.social, sharing takeaways from just a few of the incredible speakers. www.therevivallab.org/fighting-tec...

In the old days a dude like this would just live with his mom and wear a stupid hat and spend all day in his room working on a treatise about some shit until he’s forced to get a job at a pants factory and then get fired from the pants factory and get a job pushing a hot dog cart

Kaleb passed 3 months after Brandi. I didn't know him but was sad I'd never read anything new by either of them again. I'm sad that I relate to so much of this, but I'm even sadder that others have to understand what this is like. It meant a lot to me to read this today.

One year ago this week we lost the great writer Kaleb Horton. I am still very sorry that I won't ever get to read anything new by him ever again. Today his partner @katehascats.bsky.social joins us to write about her experience of loss and grief.

Happy Trey Mancini Day.

Today In 1980: Baltimore #Orioles manager Earl Weaver launches into a legendary argument with umpire Bill Haller after getting himself tossed in the top of the 1st inning of a game vs. the Detroit #Tigers at Memorial Stadium! (Salty language alert!) #NSFW #MLB #Baseball #History

Less than two weeks. We cannot wait! @ruha9.bsky.social delivers the Parker Lecture, and Richard Prince receives the Parker Award. September 10 in D.C., or you can join us virtually! Get your tickets and be a part of our annual celebration for media justice: buff.ly/2cbGM31

I am an executive producer of a feature-length documentary directed by my friend, Christina DiPasquale, called Barrio Television. It was announced today that the feature-length doc is now a finalist for the Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film.

this is the best explanation of MLB's contemporary labor issues I've ever seen. show it to any friend who likes baseball. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHvE...

Check out the last issue of the Revival Letter, where our Research Director reflects on the themes surfaced at the @historyscience.bsky.social annual meeting! www.therevivallab.org/precedented-...

Featured in our staff recs section this week, check them out: @freepress.bsky.social @techpolicypress.bsky.social @justinhendrix.bsky.social @motherjones.com @bostonreview.bsky.social @404media.co www.therevivallab.org/playing-for-...

This week's issue of The Revival Letter is out! Yotam Marom, author of "For Louder Days: Reaching Beyond a Politics of Powerlessness" speaks to our Project Director about how movements on the left can reevaluate their approach to gaining and wielding power. www.therevivallab.org/playing-for-...

Yotam + @revivallab.bsky.social = must read

NEW VIDEO: I talked to former senior FanDuel employees about what actually happens behind the sportsbook app. VIP gamblers. “Reactivation” campaigns. Behavior tracking. Responsible gaming teams. Athlete access. And how normal it felt from the inside youtu.be/9Lwhy29umzU?...

Just Cause is the single most important issue to the majority of our unit — it's what protects us from retaliation and arbitrary termination, and empowers us to advocate for a better workplace. Here's why fair Just Cause matters so much to us, and what we're doing to fight for it 👇

Mike Elias: the fuck I can't.

Wikipedia workers have unionized, and they're demanding recognition. Wiki Workers United in the U.S. is demanding voluntary recognition from the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia. WWU-US is organizing with the CWA. cwa-union.org/news/release...

Black baseball is part of a rich and ongoing tradition in Baltimore. Here are the faces of its birth, life, and revival baltimorebeat.com/black-baseba...

Check out the latest Revival Letter, where we look at the economic realities of moviemaking and whether the financing of art necessarily results in its capture. www.therevivallab.org/the-hollywoo...

Come check out the forthcoming documentary (work in progress) on the remarkable story of how Puerto Rican activists created the first Latino bilingual public-affairs show on TV (PBS). I am the film's exe producer & will join its director (Christina DiPasquale) & producer for a discussion afterwards.

BREAKING: 12 state AGs have launched an antitrust suit to block the proposed $111 billion merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery. Free Press is grateful for the state-led effort to defend consumer choice & journalism against a billionaire push to censor & control the media:

Read her book!

The American Library Association is auctioning off a bunch of the classic celebrity “READ” posters along with a bunch of other full sized literacy posters. This is going to fix so many of my problems, I just know it. movieposters.ha.com/c/search/res...

ProPublica spoke to dozens of people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.” We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words. ➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/4veRIqA

New from me: The cops who AI-enhance blurry photos to try to catch suspects are actually just tampering with evidence, lying to the public and raising the risk of wrongful arrests

The best thing that was left at the Washington Post, @capitalweather.bsky.social, is now independent! Essential forecasting for the DMV that is not being kept behind a paywall. Donating to support was a much better use of dollars I used to give to Jeff Bezos. www.capitalweather.com/support-us/

Diesel exhaust contains nitrogen oxides, which help form smog, and fine particulate matter, including soot, which are linked to respiratory and heart disease. And these generators could trigger 14,000 episodes of asthma symptoms every year. Link: www.washingtonpost.com/business/202....

Today @dairinstitute.bsky.social is releasing the Luddite Lab Resource Hub. The hub hosts case studies, resources, and political education for unions, labor organizations, and workers who want to fight “AI” and automation at work. labor.dair-institute.org

BREAKING: More Perfect University and @mayor.nyc.gov Zohran Mamdani are hosting a Rental Ripoff Hearing *Student Edition* to hear from students, young people, and first-time renters about their living conditions and rent. RSVP and be there Thursday. actionnetwork.org/forms/rsvp-m...

The food on the trays doesn’t even look like food. In photos smuggled out of Georgia’s prisons, what passes for a meal is either grossly inadequate for a grown man, unrecognizable sludge, or both. www.themarshallproject.org/2026/05/16/g...

30 years ago today, Camden Yards witnessed the Ultimate Grand Slam. Bases loaded, down 3, 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th. 3-2 pitch. Chris Hoiles pulled off the unbelievable. ghostsof96.beehiiv.com/p/may-17-the...

Part 2 of our conversation with @thrasherxy.bsky.social is out now. It's an unpacking of the power dynamics on campus and beyond. At the end Dr. Thrasher helps us kick off a new section memorializing Revival Lab founder Brandi Collins-Dexter and her work. www.therevivallab.org/part-2-the-o...

We sat down with @thrasherxy.bsky.social to discuss his upcoming book The Overseer Class (out 5/19). It's a deep conversation about power, identity, privilege, and how the legacy of slavery is felt in workplaces today. www.therevivallab.org/the-overseer...

"I often say that people who have been groomed to be overseers have power. To me that's part of what differentiates them from a token. They are in positions of power, and they could just say no." @thrasherxy.bsky.social . The Overseer Class is out Tuesday. www.therevivallab.org/the-overseer...

‘A teaching tool for safety, for survival, for justice’: How Baltimore artists are using zines to organize baltimorebeat.com/a-teaching-t...

Please follow the @revivallab.bsky.social — her final project — that will carry her work forward: buff.ly/m3Sbc1V

In celebration of #WomensHistoryMonth, we’re honoring our favorite trailblazers in media justice! Brandi Collins-Dexter was recognized posthumously with the 2025 Parker Award for a lifetime of work dedicated to pursuing justice and the public interest in media.

Happy May Day from Camden Yards!