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These declines are MASSIVE.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
I count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.
December 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
These declines are MASSIVE.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.
“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”
THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.
Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
Here is my list from July of things the US press could have done and can still do differently in Gaza.
Amid 'ceasefire' now, press still needs to show (way more prominently + urgently) how people are being forced to live + convey that it is a big deal
rosiegoldensohn.substack.com/p/things-for...
Amid 'ceasefire' now, press still needs to show (way more prominently + urgently) how people are being forced to live + convey that it is a big deal
rosiegoldensohn.substack.com/p/things-for...
December 24, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Here is my list from July of things the US press could have done and can still do differently in Gaza.
Amid 'ceasefire' now, press still needs to show (way more prominently + urgently) how people are being forced to live + convey that it is a big deal
rosiegoldensohn.substack.com/p/things-for...
Amid 'ceasefire' now, press still needs to show (way more prominently + urgently) how people are being forced to live + convey that it is a big deal
rosiegoldensohn.substack.com/p/things-for...
So what is the reason the international press is still not in Gaza and why not make it a big story all the time?
December 20, 2025 at 3:35 AM
So what is the reason the international press is still not in Gaza and why not make it a big story all the time?
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Just heartbroken that we all lose Tom Robbins. The greatest teacher, mentor, person a girl could hope to know. The best reporter a city could hope to call its own.
May 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Just heartbroken that we all lose Tom Robbins. The greatest teacher, mentor, person a girl could hope to know. The best reporter a city could hope to call its own.
"The population will reach the south of the Strip – and from there, with God's help, move to third countries under President Trump's plan. This is a change in the course of history. Nothing less. That's the essence."
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Israeli soldier killed in fighting in northern Gaza Strip
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www.haaretz.com
May 19, 2025 at 10:13 PM
"The population will reach the south of the Strip – and from there, with God's help, move to third countries under President Trump's plan. This is a change in the course of history. Nothing less. That's the essence."
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Read this, laid out plainly and with essential context, on starvation in Gaza and why
“The outline plan… would be gaming the system, not preventing widespread starvation.”
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...
“The outline plan… would be gaming the system, not preventing widespread starvation.”
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...
Alex de Waal | Starvation in Gaza
Twice already during this war, the people of Gaza have pulled back from the brink of categorical famine – both times...
www.lrb.co.uk
May 17, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Read this, laid out plainly and with essential context, on starvation in Gaza and why
“The outline plan… would be gaming the system, not preventing widespread starvation.”
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...
“The outline plan… would be gaming the system, not preventing widespread starvation.”
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...
Federal Judge Orders Appointment of Rikers Island ‘Remediation Manager’ www.thecity.nyc/2025/05/13/f...
Federal Judge Wants New Manager to Reform Rikers Island
Fourteen years after the filing of a landmark class-action lawsuit over brutality in city jails, a judge has ruled that a third-party should manage the Department of Correction.
www.thecity.nyc
May 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Federal Judge Orders Appointment of Rikers Island ‘Remediation Manager’ www.thecity.nyc/2025/05/13/f...
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ICYMI: New York State is currently keeping 404 people in prison simply b/c they have no place to go. That's the only reason they are locked up right now. The state law dictating early releases by DOCCS bars them from being sprung straight into shelters.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/29/h...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/29/h...
Few Have Left Prison Under Hochul Early-Release Push
Just 151 people have left state incarceration out of hundreds potentially eligible as state grapples with a shortage of correction officers. Housing restrictions are a big reason why.
www.thecity.nyc
April 29, 2025 at 8:27 PM
ICYMI: New York State is currently keeping 404 people in prison simply b/c they have no place to go. That's the only reason they are locked up right now. The state law dictating early releases by DOCCS bars them from being sprung straight into shelters.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/29/h...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/29/h...
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EXCLUSIVE: Two DOGE employees have access to a network used to transmit classified nuclear weapons data and a separate network used by the Department of Defense, sources tell NPR.
DOGE employees gain accounts on classified networks holding nuclear secrets
Two DOGE employees have access to a network used to transmit classified nuclear weapons data and a separate network used by the Department of Defense, sources tell NPR.
www.npr.org
April 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Two DOGE employees have access to a network used to transmit classified nuclear weapons data and a separate network used by the Department of Defense, sources tell NPR.
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FDA to suspend quality-control program for food testing due to staff cuts
FDA to suspend quality-control program for food testing due to staff cuts
The FDA labs that test food to prevent illness have been affected by wider health and human services staff cuts
www.theguardian.com
April 18, 2025 at 5:33 AM
FDA to suspend quality-control program for food testing due to staff cuts
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I look at close to 100 stories a week and even more outside of work. I’ve done this ten years.
This is among the most horrific things I’ve ever read — testimony from dying children whose access to medicine has been cut off by the Trump administration.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
This is among the most horrific things I’ve ever read — testimony from dying children whose access to medicine has been cut off by the Trump administration.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Haunted by hopelessness: 12 Zambians share their stories as HIV drugs run out
Mothers and children, husbands and wives, doctors, truck drivers and religious leaders are all grappling with the fallout from the sudden U.S. cuts in aid.
www.npr.org
April 17, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I look at close to 100 stories a week and even more outside of work. I’ve done this ten years.
This is among the most horrific things I’ve ever read — testimony from dying children whose access to medicine has been cut off by the Trump administration.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
This is among the most horrific things I’ve ever read — testimony from dying children whose access to medicine has been cut off by the Trump administration.
www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Reposted by Rosie Goldensohn
In September 2021, I interviewed longtime organizer Claudia Muñoz, who was so deeply alarmed by how Operation Lone Star was unfolding in Texas. I’d known her a long time, and I don’t think I’d ever heard her so shaken. I have been revisiting our conversation:
April 16, 2025 at 2:13 AM
In September 2021, I interviewed longtime organizer Claudia Muñoz, who was so deeply alarmed by how Operation Lone Star was unfolding in Texas. I’d known her a long time, and I don’t think I’d ever heard her so shaken. I have been revisiting our conversation:
Yeah, maybe prison/imprisoned isn’t even the right word. Does not fully capture the situation here.
“Human Rights Watch is not aware of any detainees who have been released from that prison.”
www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
“Human Rights Watch is not aware of any detainees who have been released from that prison.”
www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
Human Rights Watch declaration on prison conditions in El Salvador for the J.G.G. v. Trump case
I, Juanita Goebertus, declare the following under 28 U.S.C. § 1746, and state that under penalty of perjury the following is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief:
www.hrw.org
April 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Yeah, maybe prison/imprisoned isn’t even the right word. Does not fully capture the situation here.
“Human Rights Watch is not aware of any detainees who have been released from that prison.”
www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
“Human Rights Watch is not aware of any detainees who have been released from that prison.”
www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
I think the key word is imprisoned in El Salvador, not just deported to El Salvador.
It’s not like he’s walking the streets of San Salvador.
He and all the others are trapped in a foreign prison, apparently indefinitely.
It’s not like he’s walking the streets of San Salvador.
He and all the others are trapped in a foreign prison, apparently indefinitely.
April 15, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I think the key word is imprisoned in El Salvador, not just deported to El Salvador.
It’s not like he’s walking the streets of San Salvador.
He and all the others are trapped in a foreign prison, apparently indefinitely.
It’s not like he’s walking the streets of San Salvador.
He and all the others are trapped in a foreign prison, apparently indefinitely.
“Deported to El Salvador” really doesn’t capture what’s taking place at all. They’re locked in a foreign prison, unsentenced, for an unknown length of time—potentially, according to Noem, for life.
April 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
“Deported to El Salvador” really doesn’t capture what’s taking place at all. They’re locked in a foreign prison, unsentenced, for an unknown length of time—potentially, according to Noem, for life.
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"The officers grabbed him and two other boys right at the entrance to our building. One said, ‘No, he’s not the one,’ like they were looking for someone else. But the other said, ‘Take him anyway.’"
ICE Took His Son From Their Bronx Apartment. Now His Son Is In Bukele's Mega-prison In El Salvador
Merwil Gutiérrez had no criminal record when ICE agents detained the 19-year-old outside his home. Now his father, Wilmer, is still searching for answers.
documentedny.com
April 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
"The officers grabbed him and two other boys right at the entrance to our building. One said, ‘No, he’s not the one,’ like they were looking for someone else. But the other said, ‘Take him anyway.’"
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Nice lil scoop over at @hellgatenyc.com:
Cuomo used ChatGPT to write his housing plan, which contains several gibberish sections.
The former governor cannot even be bothered to proofread his housing plan or make sure it makes much sense.
hellgatenyc.com/andrew-cuomo...
Cuomo used ChatGPT to write his housing plan, which contains several gibberish sections.
The former governor cannot even be bothered to proofread his housing plan or make sure it makes much sense.
hellgatenyc.com/andrew-cuomo...
Andrew Cuomo Used ChatGPT For His Housing Plan
The Democratic mayoral frontrunner's "Addressing New York's Housing Crisis" features garbled text and a citation from ChatGPT.
hellgatenyc.com
April 14, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Nice lil scoop over at @hellgatenyc.com:
Cuomo used ChatGPT to write his housing plan, which contains several gibberish sections.
The former governor cannot even be bothered to proofread his housing plan or make sure it makes much sense.
hellgatenyc.com/andrew-cuomo...
Cuomo used ChatGPT to write his housing plan, which contains several gibberish sections.
The former governor cannot even be bothered to proofread his housing plan or make sure it makes much sense.
hellgatenyc.com/andrew-cuomo...
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Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after US aid cuts forced local health services to close, the UK-based charity Save the Children said reut.rs/3E9kB27
South Sudan cholera patients died walking to clinic after US cut aid, charity says
Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after U.S. aid cuts forced local health services to close, the UK-based charity Save the Children said on Wednesday.
reut.rs
April 9, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after US aid cuts forced local health services to close, the UK-based charity Save the Children said reut.rs/3E9kB27
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Food Banks Tighten Their Belts as Federal Cuts Keep Coming. Patrons Don't Know Where Else to Turn www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/09/f... @haidee.bsky.social with a sobering and thorough look at worried food banks around New York City
Food Banks Tighten Their Belts as Federal Cuts Keep Coming. Patrons Don't Know Where Else to Turn
At least 2.5 million pounds of food and produce deliveries to the city have been paused by the federal government, while a program that brought in-state produce to pantry visitors has been axed even a...
www.thecity.nyc
April 9, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Food Banks Tighten Their Belts as Federal Cuts Keep Coming. Patrons Don't Know Where Else to Turn www.thecity.nyc/2025/04/09/f... @haidee.bsky.social with a sobering and thorough look at worried food banks around New York City
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A paper I always teach my students:
An empirical sound model that indicates harsher conditions either have no effect on crime or, quite possibly, make things worse.
Harshness is not about safety. It's about cruelty. With the data to show it.
An empirical sound model that indicates harsher conditions either have no effect on crime or, quite possibly, make things worse.
Harshness is not about safety. It's about cruelty. With the data to show it.
April 9, 2025 at 3:51 AM
A paper I always teach my students:
An empirical sound model that indicates harsher conditions either have no effect on crime or, quite possibly, make things worse.
Harshness is not about safety. It's about cruelty. With the data to show it.
An empirical sound model that indicates harsher conditions either have no effect on crime or, quite possibly, make things worse.
Harshness is not about safety. It's about cruelty. With the data to show it.
We need deep reporting on this generation of NYC COVID kids—teenagers now—who and they lost, especially in poor communities.
What are schools seeing, places where kids lost a lot of parents and caregivers?
What are schools seeing, places where kids lost a lot of parents and caregivers?
April 9, 2025 at 8:56 AM
We need deep reporting on this generation of NYC COVID kids—teenagers now—who and they lost, especially in poor communities.
What are schools seeing, places where kids lost a lot of parents and caregivers?
What are schools seeing, places where kids lost a lot of parents and caregivers?
So are they imprisoned for one year? For life? These people whom the US has sent to prison but who are not serving actual sentences?
apnews.com/article/el-s...
apnews.com/article/el-s...
What to know about El Salvador's mega-prison after Trump sent hundreds of immigrants there
A mega-prison where visitation and education are not allowed became Trump's latest tool in his crackdown on immigration, when hundreds of immigrants facing deportation were transferred there.
apnews.com
April 9, 2025 at 8:43 AM
So are they imprisoned for one year? For life? These people whom the US has sent to prison but who are not serving actual sentences?
apnews.com/article/el-s...
apnews.com/article/el-s...
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“'Gaza is a killing field and civilians are in an endless death loop,' Mr. Guterres said in prepared remarks to journalists at United Nations headquarters in New York." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/w...
Guterres, at U.N., Denounces Israel’s Gaza Aid Blockade
“The floodgates of horror” have been opened for Palestinians since the collapse of the temporary cease-fire, Secretary General António Guterres said.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 11:59 PM
“'Gaza is a killing field and civilians are in an endless death loop,' Mr. Guterres said in prepared remarks to journalists at United Nations headquarters in New York." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/w...