Talia Reiss
@taliareiss.bsky.social
Journalist Read me: https://taliabethreiss.wixsite.com/porfolio
Not a regular @espn.com reader, but this piece is fantastic. I had no idea my college peers were struggling like this. www.espn.com/sports-betti...
'We are broken': One family's fight against gambling addiction
For Amit, it all started with a college poker game. Now he's in recovery from a gambling addiction that consumed him and his parents.
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This reporting by @paigepfleger.bsky.social is outstanding. “Inside her dimly lit brick home in Northern Alabama, with curtains drawn against the summer heat, Stone wept while recalling the assault her grandson endured while he was already at a low point.“ www.propublica.org/article/wayn...
He Suffered Abuse in a Private Youth Jail. The Company Never Reported It.
Tennessee’s highest-security youth prisons are operated by a single private company. Former staff say they felt pressure to hide abuse and other serious incidents from the state and to handle medical ...
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On my crabbiest days in New York, this subway poem always opens my heart. With its guts exposed, Tiburón reminds me of the beloved Nikky Finney poem here.
Dr. Angel Foster has made $5 abortion pills so accessible that abortions in Mississippi are up a mind-boggling 85% since Dobbs.
She's remaking the abortion landscape one pill at a time
Far from buckling under Dobbs, the access movement has created “a whole new way of doing healthcare.”
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First, ICE took their father. Then their mom got picked up. Now, the Perez kids have to fend for themselves. This week on @revealnews.org, an inside look at what happens to children left behind in the aftermath of immigration enforcement.
Children are being left behind as ICE detains parents across the country
Six miles from Mar-a-Lago, Guatemalan families are being ripped apart. Kids are left to fend for themselves as ICE detains their parents.
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At a time when many pregnant Americans are forced to give birth, maternity wards are shuttering. @mallikaseshadri.bsky.social wrote a great piece about the consequences. typeinvestigations.org/investigatio... @theguardian.com @typeinvestigations.org
As LA maternity wards close, patients are giving birth in ERs: ‘There’s no system to care for these women’ - Type Investigations
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Since I’m new on here, I want to share my piece from spring took a lot of care and attention. The flotilla’s results were disappointing, but the idea of solidarity matters so much. www.theindy.org/article/4129
This lead: “It took less than a day for the detective to give up on the case.”
Joaquin Sapien@jbsapien.bsky.social · last mo.A few weeks ago, after two years of work, I published a story unlike any I’d encountered in my 18 years at ProPublica. I’ve been off social media for a while, but I felt compelled to share some of my reporting journey here. 🧵
I rarely enjoy a get-off-the-damn-phone piece, but this essay, funny and big-hearted, is a new favorite. @nplusonemag.com (I feel the irony of posting this on social media) www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
Getting Off with the Luddites | Sarah Thankam Mathews
They see Big Tech as having eroded commonality: the common good, the social fabric, the institutions of collective interest. Luddism, as they conceive of it, is a communal, spiritual, and political pr...
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Outstanding reporting by @josephcox.bsky.social for @404media.co this week. I’m thoroughly creeped out. www.404media.co/you-opened-a...
You Opened a Credit Card. ICE Now Knows Where You Live
Here's how your personal address travels from your credit card provider, through middlemen companies, and ends up with ICE.
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Today I’m loving this piece from @maxblau.bsky.social for @propublica.org. The stunning interactive design by @zisiga.bsky.social is a handsome example of how long-form journalism can compete in this attention economy. projects.propublica.org/blueberries-...
Do My Grocery Store Blueberries Come From Farms Where Workers Were Harmed?
Max Blau spent a year reporting on abuses of farmworkers. It left him wondering: Is the produce he buys at the grocery store part of the problem?
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