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 · 3w ago

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...

nplusonemag.com

Long overdue… Yet the officer’s language here — “Half these fucking new [deportation officers] don’t even know … how to process an alien. They hired a bunch of fucking clowns and they look sloppy as shit” — points to a more insidious motive: to legitimize ICE as a professional, uniformed force.

The Intercept@theintercept.com · 3w ago

The new directives for ICE’s Employee Code of Conduct came in the wake of a botched arrest last week in Las Vegas by two ICE officers wearing hooded sweatshirts, with one attempting to pull a hood down over his face as onlookers recorded video.

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.

404media.co

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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