Ron Lieber
@ronlieber.bsky.social
I work for readers as the New York Times money scribe. Author of "The Price You Pay for College," teacher of a course about merit scholarships (meritaidcourse.com), Brooklyn now but forever Chicago. He/We/Abba. Gratitude and rage.
BREAKING: Uber has completely changed their driver background checks (in the wake of a lot of horrifying driver violence) thanks to the dogged, months-long reporting and perseverance of my colleague Emily Steel, one of the best there is. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/b...
Uber Enacts Stricter Background Checks for Drivers
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Many thanks for posting this outside the newsroom window, who/whatever you are.
UPDATE: Bank of America/Merrill Lynch and Daffy have NOT cut off the Southern Poverty Law Center the way Schwab/Fidelity/Vanguard did. BOA/ML stance: The IRS hasn't taken away SPLC's tax exempt status. S/F/V stance: Well, they've been indicted and that's our standard. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/b...
Schwab Affiliate Halts Customer Donations to Southern Poverty Law Center
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NEW: Schwab's donor-advised fund operation has cut off donations to the Southern Poverty Law Center, just like Fidelity and Vanguard did. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/b...
Schwab Affiliate Halts Customer Donations to Southern Poverty Law Center
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UPDATE5 (?): Daffy, a donor advised fund startup, will continue to allow its account holders to donate to the Southern Poverty Law Center. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/b...
Fidelity and Vanguard Won’t Allow Donations to Southern Poverty Law Center
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UPDATE: Vanguard has also stopped allowing its donor advised fund customers to give to the Southern Poverty Law Center. Schwab still seems to allow it but is dragging its feet on official comment. We'll see what the afternoon brings. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/b...
Fidelity, Vanguard Won’t Allow Donations to Southern Poverty Law Center
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Hi all, if anyone out there has a Vanguard donor advised fund, could you please drop me a note at lieber @ nytimes dot com with your mobile number. I'm having some trouble getting a straight answer out of them.
Ron Lieber@ronlieber.bsky.social · 3mo agoBREAKING: Fidelity won't let customers donate to the SPLC anymore via their charitable gift/donor-advised funds, citing Trump admin indictment of SPLC. No response yet from Schwab, Vanguard... but soon. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/b...
BREAKING: Fidelity won't let customers donate to the SPLC anymore via their charitable gift/donor-advised funds, citing Trump admin indictment of SPLC. No response yet from Schwab, Vanguard... but soon. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/b...
Fidelity Won’t Let Fund Holders Donate to Southern Poverty Law Center
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Stalking? "In preparing the article about Mr. Patel and Ms. Wilkins, Ms. Williamson followed normal procedures for a journalist working on a story." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/22/u...
F.B.I. Said to Have Investigated Times Reporter After Article on Patel’s Girlfriend
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American higher education is a wonderful thing.
Ron Lieber@ronlieber.bsky.social · 4mo agoBREAKING GOOD NEWS: There is a house at @carleton.edu where you can bake cookies at basically any time. I spent 12 straight hours in the kitchen and came back for breakfast the next morning: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/d...
BREAKING GOOD NEWS: There is a house at @carleton.edu where you can bake cookies at basically any time. I spent 12 straight hours in the kitchen and came back for breakfast the next morning: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/d...
Other Colleges Have Frat Houses. This One Has a Cookie House.
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If you're finishing Passover tonight, it is time to gorge yourself on the forbidden things. My NYT Dining story from 2018. www.nytimes.com/2018/04/02/d...
Celebrating Mimouna and Its Dose of Post-Passover Carbs (Published 2018)
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Happy pub date @noamscheiber.bsky.social! His book "Mutiny: The Rise and Revolt of the College-Educated Working Class," is all about what you've probably been noticing (rise) and perhaps hoping for (revolt). And check out this incredible cover. Excerpt below. Go buy this thing.
Noam Scheiber@noamscheiber.bsky.social · 4mo agoI have a story up today about why young college grads are feeling so angry: It’s more than just rising unemployment and the threat of AI. It’s a deep sense of betrayal. 1/ www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/b...
BREAKING/EXCLUSIVE: Senator Warren has some questions for Mr. Beast about his newly acquired money app -- and his intentions around kids trading crypto -- after reading our story earlier this month. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/23/b...
Warren Requests Information From MrBeast About Crypto and Children
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Sixteen years pre-Noma revelations, I got kicked out of a restaurant for standing up to the chef (and up for the staff). Here's what happened: archive.nytimes.com/dinersjourna...
Why I Got Kicked Out of a Restaurant on Saturday Night
A dinner at Restaurant Marc Forgione raises the question, when a chef screams at his staff, is it O.K. to ask him to stop?
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Thirty-six hours before his wife was scheduled for a major surgery, @nytimes.com personal finance columnist @ronlieber.bsky.social got a letter that sent him reeling — insurance was denying prior authorization for the procedure. What happened next here:
NYT’s Ron Lieber: ‘These people are not going to win' • An Arm And a Leg
When NYT columnist Ron Lieber's wife got an unexpected insurance denial 36 hours before surgery, he started asking: why does this happen? And — given that we're stuck with this system for now — how can we better prepare ourselves?
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My dad won his battle with ALS five years ago today. As we navigated a very tough journey, we got a lot of things right and a few things wrong. I wrote it all down not long after, and it's still one of the best columns I think I've ever written. Fred Lieber z'l. www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/y...
Dad, a Death Sentence and the Planner Who Set Us Straight (Published 2021)
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Jodi Kantor in the NY Times reports that the Chief Justice requested Court employees sign nondisclosure agreements in November 2024 - moving to formal contracts requiring silence/confidentiality after Trump was reelected: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
Why The Times Is Expanding Its Supreme Court Coverage How four reporters are examining the most secretive branch of government — and the nine justices who shape the law. Jodi Kantor Adam Liptak Ann E. Marimow and Abbie VanSickle www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
Why The Times Is Expanding Its Supreme Court Coverage
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I gotta say, I prefer Goose to Geese, even after taking in this piece and the videos. How about you? www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/a...
Geese Gives ‘Saturday Night Live’ Viewers Something to Talk About
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BREAKING: Corporate law firms are now recruiting eighth graders for 2L summer associate jobs. yaledailynews.com/articles/law...
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My wife @jodikantor.bsky.social, minister to the clueless, has written a career pep talk for 22 year-olds. Perhaps yours has tuned you out? The (very short) book is out 4/21/26. Preorder link in the next frame (1/2) but here's People on the deal... people.com/how-to-start...
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Jodi Kantor Announces New Book 'How to Start' — See the Cover! (Exclusive)
Jodi Kantor's new book 'How to Start: Discovering Your Life's Work' is a guide to finding a meaningful career. 'How to Start' is out April 21, 2026.
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The Trump administration seems to have forced Coke to become Mexican Coke. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/u...
Trump Says Coca-Cola Agreed to Use Cane Sugar in Coke Made in U.S.
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We hunted down everything from the tax bill that just passed that might hit you in the wallet. It's... a lot. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
See How Trump’s Big Bill Could Affect Your Taxes, Health Care and Other Finances (Gift Article)
The wide-ranging domestic policy legislation could impact taxes, clean energy choices, health care access and more.
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Great op-ed. This is why I've quit pro sports fandom. There are great ideas in here for laws; here's another that might be bad: I should be able to shove a $10 or $20 bill into my TV/phone/laptop and watch any, single game I want -- or subscribe to any NBA finals/World Cup for a reasonable price.
Joon Lee@joon.bsky.social · last yr.Sports was one of America's most accessible forms of entertainment. Now it's paywalled, splintered and sold to the highest bidder. Fandom isn't being nurtured. It's being mined. For @nytopinion.nytimes.com on on the state of sports, and what it says about America: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/o...
Anyone who uses State Farm for anything should really read this story. And if you switch insurers, tell them California sent you to do it. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/r...
California Opens Investigation Into State Farm
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I'm playin' my guitar and building castles in the sun... and singing Fun Fun Fun.
Barenaked Ladies - "Brian Wilson" (5/6) 2007 HD
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The WSJ has the receipts showing that Meta doesn't care much about consumer fraud. One ironic twist - as a Meta advertiser myself for my merit aid course, there are all sorts of scammers trying to convince me that *my ads* are bad and I'm about to have my account shut. www.wsj.com/tech/meta-fr...
Meta Battles an ‘Epidemic of Scams’ as Criminals Flood Instagram and Facebook
Fake puppies and phony offers of mouthwatering bargains are often seeded by overseas crime networks; employees say company is reluctant to impede its advertising juggernaut
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