Grace Segers
@gracesegers.bsky.social
Politics reporter for The New Republic. I don't write headlines.
Email: [email protected]
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Email: [email protected]
Signal: gracesegers.58
ICYMI: I wrote about the difficulties that Alaskans face in obtaining SNAP and Medicaid—on top of existing challenges with accessing adequate food and medical care. Featuring on the ground reporting from rural coastal Alaska:
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Inside the Hunger Crisis in America’s Last Frontier
Alaska’s unique challenges make it difficult to obtain healthy food and adequate medical care. Are the Trump administration and Congress making it worse?
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November 13, 2025 at 3:38 PM
ICYMI: I wrote about the difficulties that Alaskans face in obtaining SNAP and Medicaid—on top of existing challenges with accessing adequate food and medical care. Featuring on the ground reporting from rural coastal Alaska:
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
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You simply must read this feature from Grace Segers on SNAP and hunger in Alaska. Truly great policy reporting.
Inside the Hunger Crisis in America’s Last Frontier
Alaska’s unique challenges make it difficult to obtain healthy food and adequate medical care. Are the Trump administration and Congress making it worse?
newrepublic.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
You simply must read this feature from Grace Segers on SNAP and hunger in Alaska. Truly great policy reporting.
Reposted by Grace Segers
@gracesegers.bsky.social's feature on the hunger crisis in Alaska is an absolute banger of a story—and one which we wish we had no reason to publish
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
Inside the Hunger Crisis in America’s Last Frontier
Alaska’s unique challenges make it difficult to obtain healthy food and adequate medical care. Are the Trump administration and Congress making it worse?
newrepublic.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
@gracesegers.bsky.social's feature on the hunger crisis in Alaska is an absolute banger of a story—and one which we wish we had no reason to publish
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
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Amazing long-form reporting and a really good read capturing what it's really like to deal with bureaucratic hurdles to getting food stamps, from @gracesegers.bsky.social. A document for the Trump 2.0 era:
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
Inside the Hunger Crisis in America’s Last Frontier
Alaska’s unique challenges make it difficult to obtain healthy food and adequate medical care. Are the Trump administration and Congress making it worse?
newrepublic.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Amazing long-form reporting and a really good read capturing what it's really like to deal with bureaucratic hurdles to getting food stamps, from @gracesegers.bsky.social. A document for the Trump 2.0 era:
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
Reposted by Grace Segers
This is fantastic and eye-opening reporting from @gracesegers.bsky.social about SNAP and hunger in a remote part of Alaska -- Americans we don't hear from much in national reporting.
More reporting like this, please, everyone!
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
More reporting like this, please, everyone!
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
Inside the Hunger Crisis in America’s Last Frontier
Alaska’s unique challenges make it difficult to obtain healthy food and adequate medical care. Are the Trump administration and Congress making it worse?
newrepublic.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This is fantastic and eye-opening reporting from @gracesegers.bsky.social about SNAP and hunger in a remote part of Alaska -- Americans we don't hear from much in national reporting.
More reporting like this, please, everyone!
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
More reporting like this, please, everyone!
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
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"Alaskans’ struggles are a microcosm of what poor and rural Americans face across the country. When the social safety net is riddled with holes, people fall through," writes @gracesegers.bsky.social. Great story. newrepublic.com/article/2027...
Inside the Hunger Crisis in America’s Last Frontier
Alaska’s unique challenges make it difficult to obtain healthy food and adequate medical care. Are the Trump administration and Congress making it worse?
newrepublic.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
"Alaskans’ struggles are a microcosm of what poor and rural Americans face across the country. When the social safety net is riddled with holes, people fall through," writes @gracesegers.bsky.social. Great story. newrepublic.com/article/2027...
I traveled to Unalakleet, a coastal Alaskan village, to learn more about the difficulties rural Alaskans face in obtaining adequate food and medical care. With changes to SNAP and Medicaid, avoiding hunger and staying healthy may only get more complicated.
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
Inside the Hunger Crisis in America’s Last Frontier
Alaska’s unique challenges make it difficult to obtain healthy food and adequate medical care. Are the Trump administration and Congress making it worse?
newrepublic.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I traveled to Unalakleet, a coastal Alaskan village, to learn more about the difficulties rural Alaskans face in obtaining adequate food and medical care. With changes to SNAP and Medicaid, avoiding hunger and staying healthy may only get more complicated.
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
newrepublic.com/article/2027...
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A great piece from @gracesegers.bsky.social using Alaska as a way to show how Trump's benefit cuts are going to devastate the already struggling rural communities Republicans are supposedly so sympathetic to newrepublic.com/article/2027...
Inside the Hunger Crisis in America’s Last Frontier
Alaska’s unique challenges make it difficult to obtain healthy food and adequate medical care. Are the Trump administration and Congress making it worse?
newrepublic.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM
A great piece from @gracesegers.bsky.social using Alaska as a way to show how Trump's benefit cuts are going to devastate the already struggling rural communities Republicans are supposedly so sympathetic to newrepublic.com/article/2027...
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If you've ever thought, "I know how to make the Star Wars sequels better," you need to hear @gracesegers.bsky.social's pitch in our new "Hoth Tank" episode. hothtakes.wordpress.com/2025/09/26/h...
Hoth Takes #63: Please Don’t Sue Us, Guy Fieri
With few Star Wars film or television projects on the horizon, it’s time to think about how we would fill the void if we were in charge. In this episode: three pitches for revitalizing the Star War…
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September 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
If you've ever thought, "I know how to make the Star Wars sequels better," you need to hear @gracesegers.bsky.social's pitch in our new "Hoth Tank" episode. hothtakes.wordpress.com/2025/09/26/h...
I don't really post anything but my articles anymore but I cannot stay silent. Demon Slayer is painfully mid, it is boring narratively and visually (high quality animation =/= interesting animation), and it definitely does not deserve to be the most popular anime in the world
September 23, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I don't really post anything but my articles anymore but I cannot stay silent. Demon Slayer is painfully mid, it is boring narratively and visually (high quality animation =/= interesting animation), and it definitely does not deserve to be the most popular anime in the world
The USDA abruptly decided to terminate an annual survey that policymakers and organizations use to help Americans struggling with food insecurity.
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The Latest Casualty of Trump’s War on Data Is a Critical Hunger Report
The USDA abruptly decided to terminate an annual survey that policymakers and organizations use to help Americans struggling with food insecurity.
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September 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The USDA abruptly decided to terminate an annual survey that policymakers and organizations use to help Americans struggling with food insecurity.
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If Congress does not act before November 1, which is when ACA enrollment opens, people will get an early look at the effect of higher premiums and the expiration of tax credits.
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A Health Care Cost Bomb Is Coming—Unless Congress Acts
If lawmakers don’t extend enhanced tax credits for the Affordable Care Act marketplaces, low- and middle-income households should get ready for some significant sticker shock.
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September 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
If Congress does not act before November 1, which is when ACA enrollment opens, people will get an early look at the effect of higher premiums and the expiration of tax credits.
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Great newsletter by @titonka.bsky.social on the conversation around political "authenticity."
Authenticity is often just code for masculinity, which "defines what kind of behavior, what kind of signifiers, are acceptable in top political candidates."
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Authenticity is often just code for masculinity, which "defines what kind of behavior, what kind of signifiers, are acceptable in top political candidates."
daniellekurtzleben.substack.com/p/when-authe...
When "authenticity" means "dudes"
As 2026 approaches, can we political reporters please not forget every damn thing we learned just last year for the love of God
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September 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Great newsletter by @titonka.bsky.social on the conversation around political "authenticity."
Authenticity is often just code for masculinity, which "defines what kind of behavior, what kind of signifiers, are acceptable in top political candidates."
daniellekurtzleben.substack.com/p/when-authe...
Authenticity is often just code for masculinity, which "defines what kind of behavior, what kind of signifiers, are acceptable in top political candidates."
daniellekurtzleben.substack.com/p/when-authe...
The health and human services secretary wants to limit access to items he has called “poison.” But this mission is more complex than it seems, with serious consequences for low-income citizens.
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How RFK Jr.’s War on Junk Food Could Backfire on Vulnerable Americans
The health and human services secretary wants to limit access to items he has called “poison.” But this mission is more complex than it seems, with serious consequences for low-income citizens.
newrepublic.com
August 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The health and human services secretary wants to limit access to items he has called “poison.” But this mission is more complex than it seems, with serious consequences for low-income citizens.
newrepublic.com/article/1988...
newrepublic.com/article/1988...
one day I woke up and everyone was saying "labubu" as if it was a word that meant something
August 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
one day I woke up and everyone was saying "labubu" as if it was a word that meant something
A wide array of hunger and health care advocates are hoping to mitigate the effects of some provisions in Trump’s budget bill before they are implemented.
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Inside the Fight to Save SNAP and Medicaid
A wide array of hunger and health care advocates are hoping to mitigate the effects of some provisions in Trump’s budget bill before they are implemented.
newrepublic.com
July 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
A wide array of hunger and health care advocates are hoping to mitigate the effects of some provisions in Trump’s budget bill before they are implemented.
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How a skeptical Albany and hostile Washington could stymie the Democratic mayoral nominee’s agenda if he’s elected in November.
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These Are Obstacles to Zohran Mamdani’s Plans for New York City
How a skeptical Albany and hostile Washington could stymie the Democratic mayoral nominee’s agenda if he’s elected in November
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July 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
How a skeptical Albany and hostile Washington could stymie the Democratic mayoral nominee’s agenda if he’s elected in November.
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@gracesegers.bsky.social takes the helm for our new episode, which is all about female characters (and creators) in Star Wars. hothtakes.wordpress.com/2025/06/30/h...
Hoth Takes #61: No Bras In Space
Strong women have been part of the Star Wars saga from the very beginning, but the franchise has often struggled with how it portrays them. In this episode, we compare and critique how storytellers…
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July 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
@gracesegers.bsky.social takes the helm for our new episode, which is all about female characters (and creators) in Star Wars. hothtakes.wordpress.com/2025/06/30/h...
Regardless of how lawmakers react, experts say the president’s actions were unlawful.
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Congress Won’t Act on the Iran Strikes. That Doesn’t Make Them Legal.
Regardless of how lawmakers react, experts say the president’s actions were unlawful.
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June 27, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Regardless of how lawmakers react, experts say the president’s actions were unlawful.
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was trying to type out "The New Republic" and my phone wanted to autofill "The Raid 2" instead, which I guess gives you a sense of how often I text about The Raid 2
June 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
was trying to type out "The New Republic" and my phone wanted to autofill "The Raid 2" instead, which I guess gives you a sense of how often I text about The Raid 2
ICYMI: I wrote about how the modern social safety net has been crafted around ideas of "deservingness," and how that has affected low-income single moms in the past—as well as how poor single moms today could be impacted by cuts to benefits.
newrepublic.com/article/1970...
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Single Moms Will Bear the Brunt of the Republicans’ Budget Cuts
Whenever lawmakers start carving up benefit programs, women raising children alone are always the first to feel the pain. Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” follows in that grim tradition.
newrepublic.com
June 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
ICYMI: I wrote about how the modern social safety net has been crafted around ideas of "deservingness," and how that has affected low-income single moms in the past—as well as how poor single moms today could be impacted by cuts to benefits.
newrepublic.com/article/1970...
newrepublic.com/article/1970...
The U.S. social safety net was constructed around ideas of "deservingness." For single moms, that often meant additional hoops to jump through. Analysis on how poor single moms rely on benefits programs, & what the reconciliation bill would mean for them:
newrepublic.com/article/1970...
newrepublic.com/article/1970...
Single Moms Will Bear the Brunt of the Republicans’ Cruel Budget Cuts
Whenever lawmakers start carving up benefit programs, women raising children alone are always the first to feel the pain. Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” follows in that grim tradition.
newrepublic.com
June 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The U.S. social safety net was constructed around ideas of "deservingness." For single moms, that often meant additional hoops to jump through. Analysis on how poor single moms rely on benefits programs, & what the reconciliation bill would mean for them:
newrepublic.com/article/1970...
newrepublic.com/article/1970...
Four years after electing Eric Adams, the city’s mayoral primaries on Tuesday will provide another chance for voters to use a still-novel system for choosing a nominee.
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Ranked-Choice Voting in NYC Faces Its Make-or-Break Moment
Four years after electing Eric Adams, the city’s mayoral primaries on Tuesday will provide another chance for voters to use a still-novel system for choosing a nominee.
newrepublic.com
June 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Four years after electing Eric Adams, the city’s mayoral primaries on Tuesday will provide another chance for voters to use a still-novel system for choosing a nominee.
newrepublic.com/article/1967...
newrepublic.com/article/1967...
Progressives are wringing their hands over the shift that took young men voters to the right. But some worry about focusing more on the symptom than the cause.
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The Quest to Bring Young Men Back to the Democrats
Progressives are wringing their hands over the shift that took these voters to the right. But some worry about focusing more on the symptom than the cause.
newrepublic.com
June 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Progressives are wringing their hands over the shift that took young men voters to the right. But some worry about focusing more on the symptom than the cause.
newrepublic.com/article/1961...
newrepublic.com/article/1961...
Grant freezes and program cuts at USDA, as well as efforts to slash food stamps, could leave community providers in rural America floundering.
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Small Farmers Are Struggling With Trumpian Chaos—and Bracing for More
Grant freezes and program cuts at USDA, as well as efforts to slash food stamps, could leave community providers in rural America floundering.
newrepublic.com
June 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Grant freezes and program cuts at USDA, as well as efforts to slash food stamps, could leave community providers in rural America floundering.
newrepublic.com/article/1959...
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