Rosemarie Ward
@rosemariew.bsky.social
Galway girl covering America's Northeast for The Economist. Views are mostly my own, especially the more ridiculous ones. economist.com
Extraordinary reporting, gripping visuals and stellar data journalism from @thecity.nyc on ICE street arests in NYC region and its impact on families. Corona had the highest number of ICE street arrests of any New York City neighbourhood.
Gwynne Hogan@gwynnefitz.bsky.social · 2mo agoMy colleagues @rosalindadams.bsky.social @haidee.bsky.social and I at @thecity.nyc spent the past several months tracking hundreds of ICE street arrests across the region through federal court records..🧵🧵 projects.thecity.nyc/ice-street-a....
It's remarkable how low this number can get and still keep going down
The United States needs military access to Greenland, which it already has, to defend the Arctic, which it already does, from Russian and Chinese ships, which aren’t actually there, and this is so important we should destroy the Western alliance to get it, do I have that right?
I think a lot of Americans have (understandably) assumed that this kind of brutal randomized street-level "papers please" enforcement has been how ICE has always done business. It very much was not, until the past year.
Eric Holthaus@ericholthaus.com · 7mo agoCan confirm I have personally seen three attempts just today of agents in a convoy of ICE vehicles trying to snatch random POCs along Central Ave - and then being chased off by neighbors with whistles. It's blatant racial profiling. Minneapolis city council member says POC should stay home:
Fellow reporters, everyone really, make sure you do a good review of your digital security. End-to-end encryption wherever you can, if you have Apple gear it's pretty easy and robust.
Happy birthday to Jane Austen, and to this very on-brand Economist chart www.economist.com/christmas-sp...
At least two people are dead and eight are in “critical status, though stable” at Rhode Island Hospital after a shooting at Brown University, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley said. No suspects are in custody. Follow live updates.
At least 2 dead, 8 injured after shooting at Brown University, Providence mayor says. Follow live updates. - The Boston Globe
Mayor Brett Smiley said in an evening press conference that officials do not have a shooter in custody.
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Breaking: Comptroller Brad Lander is headed to trial — by choice — on federal misdemeanor charges for trying to inspect conditions at 26 Federal Plaza. The other pols arrested alongside him in Sept got ACDs following mediation talks this morning.
Say it louder for the people in the back! Or don’t – with less honking and quieter streets, you don’t really have to. www.nbcnewyork.com/video/on-air...
Ten months in, congestion pricing in NYC is working, MTA says
Congestion pricing has been in effect in Manhattan for 11 months and counting. The MTA says traffic is down — and revenue is up. But President Trump is still threatening to terminate the plan. NBC 4 N...
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you've got to click around on this map, and the graphics here ... it's astounding. @haidee.bsky.social did such a great job with this:
Explore How Different New Yorkers Voted for Mayor
See how voters turned out for Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa in every neighborhood in the city — and by income, housing and transit preference.
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just in: Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner is on track to win easily. With roughly a quarter of the vote reporting, he leads Pat Dugan 81% to 19%. Krasner already beat Dugan in the Dem primary... and Dugan kept running as the GOP nominee. (My write-up: boltsmag.org/2025-prosecu...)
Added bonus for everyone who votes in NYC tomorrow: special edition “I voted” sticker
The New York City Subway is 121 years old today -- the IRT first opened on this day in 1904.
In the past, Gov. Hochul has called raising most taxes, even on the wealthy, a hard "no." She softened the stance today. "I have a lot of calculations to do," Hochul says. "There's a lot of popular phrases out there... But I am open to trying to help people who are struggling"
Daily News coverage of Canal St vendors in 1985: “Lower Manhattan merchants who display their wares on sidewalks … contend that their sales methods are as much a part of New York's history and culture as carriage rides in Central Park”
Some of the most fervent volunteers for Andrew Cuomo's mayoral campaign are Republicans who voted for and still embrace Trump.
Cuomo’s Last-Minute Push Takes Him Into MAGA Territory
The former governor courts Trump fans, finding common ground in dire warnings about a future under Mayor Mamdani.
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If someone says "why don't they just get in line," send them this.
American Immigration Council@immcouncil.org · 11mo ago"Why don't they just apply for citizenship?" This is a question often directed toward undocumented immigrants living in the United States. But the pathway to American citizenship for the vast majority is long, complex, and financially draining.
With about a month to go until a salary renegotiation deadline on October 31st, I looked at why America's women basketball players are scandalously underpaid, for @economist.com www.economist.com/united-state...
Women’s pro-ballers want more cash
The popularity of the WNBA is soaring
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Hard to express to those not in the weeds just how much the current state of the immigration detention system is just utter chaos.
Laura Bassett@lebassett.bsky.social · 11mo agoMore than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
They may prove to be the left’s populist alternative to Trumpism
Who’s afraid of the Democratic Socialists?
They may prove to be the left’s populist alternative to Trumpism
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Even the South Korean executives were detained during an immigration raid at a Hyundai EV plant in GA yesterday. Terrible for those detained and truly not a great way to encourage manufacturing and investing in America www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...
South Koreans Are Among Hundreds Detained in Immigration Raid at Hyundai E.V. Plant
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Great piece by Nicole Gelinas on Waymo possibly upsetting the delicate balance on NYC's streets www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/o...
Opinion | New Tech Can Change a City. New York Learned That the Hard Way With Uber.
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