US Southern Bureau Chief and Investigations Correspondent - The Guardian Presenter of the news documentary series Anywhere But Washington
5 Raw Quotes From America’s Largest Raw-Milk Dairy Owner - by @anniewaldman.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/5-qu...
5 Raw Quotes From America’s Largest Raw-Milk Dairy OwnerI toured Mark McAfee’s Raw Farm for a story about raw milk’s foothold in America despite its health dangers. Here’s what he told me about recalls, outbreaks and his relationship with the federal gover...www.propublica.org“It was mindless, gutter politics. It felt to Duncan that after three decades of fighting to clear his name in the courts, he was now being forced to do it again in public.” My profile of the extraordinary Calvin Duncan, his historic run for office & the Maga effort to eradicate his victory
He won office in Louisiana after a murder exoneration. Maga wouldn’t let the election standCalvin Duncan studied law in prison to free himself and won his court clerk race in a landslide. Three hours in, the role was abolished in an act of ‘white supremacy’www.theguardian.com"When the certainty of rules is no longer guaranteed by its guardians, the integrity of the game is at stake and the credibility of a competition is undermined."
Uefa accuses Fifa of ‘crossing a red line’ over lifting of Folarin Balogun’s red card banUefa has hit out at Fifa’s decision to lift US striker Folarin Balogun’s one-game suspension for Monday’s last-16 tie with Belgiumwww.theguardian.com"There’s a strange mismatch between soccer as it actually exists throughout the United States and the red-meat Americana of Fox’s World Cup coverage, and no one better embodies this incongruence than the network’s resident carrot"
The French aristocrat and the all-American idiot: Henry v Lalas is the World Cup’s most compelling battleFox’s broadcast at the tournament has become a story of two contrasting styles. And there is one clear winnerwww.theguardian.com“I’ve put a couple kids in the hospital, and they have been sick, but they recovered,” he acknowledged. “But here’s the thing: I’m a pioneer.” An astounding, beautifully written profile of the US’s largest Raw milk farm owner and MAHA darling Mark McAfee, by @anniewaldman.bsky.social
He Profits Off Raw Milk That’s Making People Sick. The Government Isn’t Stopping Him.With Raw Farm, the largest raw-milk dairy in the country, Mark McAfee has capitalized on a once-fringe product that’s been thrust into the mainstream in recent years and backed by Health Secretary Rob...www.propublica.orgNew: Senator Ron Wyden has written to HHS and the non-profit operators of a proposed family and child ICE detention center in Alexandria, Louisiana - expressing concerns over conflicts of interest, environmental contamination, & “the absence of a public process” in the center’s planning
Top Democrat urges end to secrecy over proposed ICE child detention centerRon Wyden tells of ‘grave concerns’ over plan, first revealed by Guardian, to hold families at sprawling Louisiana facilitywww.theguardian.comThe @us.theguardian.com has an excellent new video podcast! Congratulations to colleagues @cartersherman.bsky.social Kai Wright @rachump.bsky.social @jmenjivar.bsky.social and team First episode is here: youtu.be/k6iGsCJBsmo?...
Stacey Abrams on why the gutting of the Voting Rights Act is 'evil'YouTube video by Stateside Podcastyoutu.beThis is a fascinating and revealing examination of Pete Hegseth’s particular sect of Calvinist evangelicalism, by @joolia.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Pete Hegseth’s holy war: the militant Christian theology animating the US attack on IranThe Bible-thumping US defense secretary is overseeing another strategic disaster in the Middle East. Is this a war or a crusade?www.theguardian.com"An artist’s decision to remain anonymous should be respected. Creativity is one of the last great human mysteries."
The Guardian view on anonymity in art: the ‘unmasking’ of Banksy and Ferrante should stop | EditorialEditorial: Our fascination with the ‘real’ identities of artists and writers is revealing about attitudes to fame and authorshipwww.theguardian.comNew: The Trump admin is on the brink of creating a 'first of its kind' short term facility at the Alexandria airport in central Louisiana to hold unaccompanied minors & families before deportation. Advocates say it will be a detention center in all but name.
Trump administration set to expand migrant family detention at Louisiana airportAlexandria airport center would hold migrant families and children inside converted barracks before deportationwww.theguardian.comIt was such a pleasure to interview attorney Bryan Stevenson about the photography of Gordon Parks as he curates a new showing in London. His vivid and intimate colour images from 1956, showing the daily disgrace of the segregated South, remain extremely pertinent to this day:
‘The camera is my weapon of choice’: Gordon Parks’ era-defining shots of segregation – and those who defied itThe visionary photographer captured the ugliness of racism in America, as well as the strength and dignity of those who opposed it – from cleaners in the corridors of power to Martin Luther King Jr pr...www.theguardian.comMan shot in Minneapolis by federal agents identified as VA nurse: ‘He wanted to help people’
Man killed in Minneapolis by federal agents identified as VA nurse Alex Pretti: ‘He wanted to help people’Alex Pretti, 37, worked in the ICU at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System and had assisted on scientific researchwww.theguardian.comOur latest episode of Anywhere but Washington is from Minneapolis. We observed ICE’s racial profiling during traffic stops in the suburbs, embedded with neighborhood watch groups, spoke to folks at a GOP gubernatorial forum, and spent time with Somali-American community leaders:
The occupation of Minneapolis: resisting Trump’s ICE 'invasion' | Anywhere but WashingtonYouTube video by The Guardianyoutu.be“Among Dante’s great inventions was constructing a vision of Hell where the punishment borne by sinners reflected something of their sin. It’s fitting, I suppose, that for attempting to be a poet, Nuzzi is instead consigned to a lifetime of having her name on this book.”
Brandy JensenI read American Canto and I think it’s wonderful. haha jk