Ruby Cramer
@rubycramer.bsky.social
Staff Writer, The New Yorker. Formerly at The Washington Post, Politico Mag, and BuzzFeed News. Email me! ruby_cramer@newyorker.com.
This is the definitive piece on what happened in Minneapolis, by @embits.bsky.social, who was there from the beginning and has stayed with the story long after most reporters left. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
What Happened in Minneapolis
Living through Operation Metro Surge, and what came after.
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More harrowing reporting on this from Springfield via @rns.org's @kathrynpost.bsky.social: Two pastors detained, a student dead: Haitians in Ohio turn to faith amid fear of ICE Note the header image: That's the people praying over Pierre Damas Bel's grieving family. religionnews.com/2026/09/01/t...
Two pastors detained, a student dead: Haitians in Ohio turn to faith amid fear of ICE
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (RNS) — ‘All I want is to see my husband back,’ said Denise Gedeon, whose pastor-husband, Joubert Adrien, was detained by ICE — one of two pastors arrested during a weekend that also...
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The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 3w agoA Haitian immigrant who had grown increasingly distraught after losing his protection from deportation and being outfitted with an ankle monitor was run over and killed Monday in what his family believes was a suicide.
A father wanted to vaccinate his children. Their mother didn’t. Then the kids got sick. The Scare: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The MAHA Custody Battle
A father wanted to vaccinate his children. Their mother didn’t. Then the kids got sick.
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The case of Marimar Martinez, a U.S. citizen and preschool teaching assistant who was shot by a federal agent in Chicago, offers the most complete picture yet of a D.H.S. shooting and its aftermath: www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...
The Preschool Teaching Assistant Shot by Border Patrol, Then Called a “Domestic Terrorist”
When Marimar Martinez was shot five times by a Border Patrol agent, the D.H.S. justified it by calling her a “domestic terrorist.” In the aftermath, she’s been trying to recover her reputation and, wi...
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There's been so much important writing about Minneapolis recently. I have compiled some of the most stirring, informative, beautiful, and surprising. @kristenradtke.bsky.social @rubycramer.bsky.social @mashagessen.bsky.social @chashomans.bsky.social @kellymcb.bsky.social @philipkennicott.bsky.social
‘I live in a city of heroes’
A collection of some of the best writing about the federal occupation of Minneapolis and the local resistance. Plus, a song for the moment.
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This is a portrait of Minneapolis as told through a small city government that is, its officials say, "underwater." Jacob Frey, the mayor, has been trying to put words to what it feels like to be in the city under an "occupying force" and an "invasion." www.newyorker.com/news/the-pol...
The Mayor of an Occupied City
Jacob Frey, of Minneapolis, is governing a city under siege by its own federal government.
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An ICE deal, a threat, and the story of a small town in 2025: wapo.st/47FDvtm
On edge in small-town America
In a divided nation, one Wisconsin village feels everyday life begin to fray.
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"Hannah Dreier and @rubycramer.bsky.social's latest pieces bring human scale drama to often-difficult-to-grasp discussions of wildfires and immigration, full of details you could nearly reach out and touch." - @jacobfeldman.bsky.social on his top picks
Surrounded by ICE facilities in rural, remote Louisiana, an immigration lawyer tries to keep up with the churn of Trump’s deportation operation. New in @washingtonpost.com’s Deep Reads today: wapo.st/41W1NMa
A last lifeline in ‘detention alley’
Most of immigration lawyer Christopher Kinnison’s clients in rural Louisiana are detainees. Every week, more calls come in, and Kinnison hasn’t been able to process what his days at work are becoming.
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"Lisa didn’t know what happened to her patients after they left the hospital. Her concern was the short time she did have with them." @rubycramer.bsky.social for @washingtonpost.com:
In the NYC subway: Rising assault, mental illness and a nurse who decides when to intervene
Amid calls to make the transit system safer, her mission is to treat people with severe mental illness whom many riders have come to fear.
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