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Over the last 3 years, I interviewed 100+ people under 30 to understand how #MeToo, the fall of Roe v. Wade, the rise of social media and more have changed their sex lives. THE SECOND COMING: Sex and the Next Generation’s Fight Over Its Future is now out in the world. Buy it at your local bookstore.

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The Peace Candidate.

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The shrugging. The pulling the guy up by his collar after learning they fucked up. The masks and anonymity ensuring they’ll never be held accountable (not that it was likely, anyway). We are turning into a “papers, please” country. And it’s the banality and nonchalance that’s most terrifying.

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I’m here in Jena, Louisiana with a small group of other media waiting on the release of Mahmoud Khalil from ICE detention:

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Since @oliverlaughland.bsky.social and I published our investigation into the 287(g) program in late April, nearly 200 more agencies have joined. There are now over 700 agencies across the US collaborating ICE to help with immigration enforcement www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

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“They catalogued many fears — about the questions they won’t get to answer, the cures they’ll fail to find. But mostly, they worried about the people who, because of these cuts, will die” @anniewaldman.bsky.social profiles 150+ scientists harmed by Trump cuts projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...

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NEW: The Trump administration said their research did not "enhance health, lengthen life, or reduce illness." Thousands of scientists disagreed. We heard from +150 researchers impacted by the NIH grant terminations on what is being lost in the cuts. 🧵👇 projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...

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Thrilled that our investigation into the huge chemical fire at the Marathon Petroleum refinery in Cancer Alley has won @ewscrippsco.bsky.social Award for environmental reporting W/ ace colleagues @sarasneath.bsky.social @wcraft.bsky.social & @forensicarchi.bsky.social scripps.com/fund/news/sc...

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Out tomorrow: the first episodes of our six-part podcast series about Dom and Bruno and the Amazon. Listen wherever you get your podcasts www.theguardian.com/technology/a...

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Every story about Musk should mention that his DOGE work is killing hundreds of thousands of people. Read the methodology sections in this dashboard. His work was akin to turning off water from fire hydrants. www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?vi...

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What would Russia’s peace deal demands really mean for Ukraine? – visualised www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

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I wrote for the Guardian’s Saturday magazine about my son Max, who changed how I see the world. Took ages. More jokes after the first bit. Thanks Merope Mills for being the most patient and generous editor. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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Our latest episode of Anywhere But Washington is from the newly incorporated city of Starbase in Texas. We met with Elon Musk enthusiasts, Mars mission live-streamers, anti-gentrification campaigners and environmental activists: youtu.be/OwxlYvRxzk4?...

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😭😭😭😭😭

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What Donald Trump did this week should terrify Benjamin Netanyahu. This is why - by @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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New: The Trump Administration Leaned On Poor African Countries to Give Elon Musk’s Company What It Wants www.propublica.org/article/trum... w/ @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social

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The Denka neoprene plant in the heart of Louisiana’s Cancer Alley has indefinitely suspended production, citing dire financials: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Enjoyed talking to @democracynow.org about our forthcoming episode of Anywhere But Washington from the new city of Starbase, TX:

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The Guardian's Oliver Laughland on Starbase, TX; Cops with "Red Flags" Helping ICE; "Detention Alley"

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Really honored to be a finalist in the NABJ awards for our digital feature “the last Gullah sermon” - part of @theguardian.com’s ongoing Cotton Capital series. With the brilliant @tomsilverstone.bsky.social nabjonline.org/blog/nabj25s...

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NEW: Whistleblower records show that the NIH axed research grants – even after a federal judge blocked the cuts with an injunction. www.propublica.org/article/trum... 🧵

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Such richly deserved recognition for an incredible body of work:

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Incredibly honored to be named a Pulitzer finalist with my exceptionally talented colleagues. Kudos to our team @deldeib.bsky.social @mayatmiller.bsky.social @maxblau.bsky.social! Check our our reporting here: www.propublica.org/topics/menta...

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This is really well-reported and well done. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/u...

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I'm willcraft.85 on Signal, please reach out if you have anything you'd want to share on 287g or the way local agencies are collaborating with Ice

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New: @wcraft.bsky.social & I examined the explosion of new 287(g) agreements between ICE & local law enforcement The Trump admin has overridden oversight protocol & signed over 370 agreements within 100 days. 5 of these agencies had been previously denied by DHS www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

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Very honored that our investigation into the giant Marathon refinery fire in Cancer Alley is a finalist in the Scripps Howard Awards @ewscrippsco.bsky.social. With great colleagues @sarasneath.bsky.social @wcraft.bsky.social & collaborators @forensicarchi.bsky.social scripps.com/fund/journal...

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US secretary of state Marco Rubio says the Trump administration will soon abandon its attempt to broker a peace deal in Ukraine. Predictable, lazy and absurd: the US has taken no concrete steps to pressure Moscow, while blaming Kyiv for the war www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

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It was not by mistake It was deliberate

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SCOOP: Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi went into an interview today hoping he would come out a U.S. citizen. Instead, ICE arrested him. theintercept.com/2025/04/14/i...

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British man's tattoo wrongly linked to Venezuelan gang in US government document

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I reported from Mahmoud Khalil's hearing today in Jena, Louisiana: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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“Empathy is not a sin, a toxin, or an evolutionary dead end. It is a tool, and like all tools it can be a weapon. We are going to need it.” By @joolia.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

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National security adviser Mike Waltz added a journalist in the Signal group chat after he mistakenly saved his number last year under the contact card of the national security council spokesperson, per 3 ppl familiar. @theguardian.com exclusive www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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BBC took live an announcement from European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen on Trump’s tariffs, while Fox News, MSNBC and CNN all had regular programming. It’s not really surprising, but maybe speaks to why the U.S. is in this position. Other countries don’t really exist.

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The Trump tariffs hit Antarctic islands inhabited by zero humans and many penguins: www.wired.com/story/trump-...

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norfolk island, an external territory of Australia with a population of 2,188 people, has been hit with a 29% tariff by the Trump administration. as far as I can tell their biggest export to the US in 2023 was $413k of leather footwear out of a total $655k

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