Entertainment

Oscar-winning director Alejandro G. Iñárritu made an impassioned plea (in English and Spanish) for immigration reform.

Paul Bettany wrote about the inspiration behind his latest film (and interacted with his fans), while Alanis Morissette did the same for the making of Jagged Little Pill on the album’s 20th anniversary.

Kristin Chenoweth shared her adoption story.

Both The Daily Show and HBO PR used Medium for announcements.

Politics

The White House published the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, in addition to many other things that happened last month.

Business and tech

Hedge fund manager, philanthropist, and environmentalist Tom Steyer opined on clean energy.

Former Twitter engineer Leslie Miley wrote about diversity at the company.

Edelman CEO richard.edelman explained why his clients have started using the platform.

Media

The Awl co-editor John Herrman convened a “You Tell Me” conversation about tech and media featuring Jill Abramson, John Borthwick, craignewmark, elipariser, Jay Rosen, Clay Shirky, Danny Sullivan, and many others.

New York Times Magazine journalist C.J. Chivers shared behind-the-scenes photos from his most recent story.

Humans of New York Brandon Stanton gathered stories of the refugee crisis (about which George Soros also commented).

Matthew S Carroll, the Boston Globe journalist played by Brian d’Arcy James in Spotlight, shared a personal view about the movie. Also in Boston, Globe and Red Sox owner John W. Henry announced his new health publication.

New Yorker managing editor Silvia Killingsworth set up her own (very funny) publication.

Bloomberg’s Janet Paskin defended Ronda Rousey after the latter’s defeat.

Books

Food writer and editor J. Kenji López-Alt published an excerpt of his bestselling book (and responded to his readers).

Steve Case announced his first book.

HarperCollins’s Lisa Sharkey shared her subway connections.

Matter published some news-making stories, including Zak Stone’s account of his father’s death in an Airbnb, Dayna Evans’s chronicle of Gawker’s problems with women, and Rachel Syme’s book-length epic about selfies.

Medium news

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