Andrea González-Ramírez
@andreagonram.bsky.social
Puertorriqueña • Senior Writer at The Cut + New York Magazine covering gender, politics, and systems of power • Contact me at andrea.gonzalez@voxmedia.com + andreagonram.43 on Signal 🌺
Read my work: https://www.thecut.com/author/andrea-gonzalez-ramirez/
Read my work: https://www.thecut.com/author/andrea-gonzalez-ramirez/
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In January, Rama Duwaji will step into the role of New York City’s first lady. But who is she, really? Duwaji introduces herself in this Cut special-issue cover.
Rama Duwaji, First Lady of New York City
In January, Rama Duwaji will step into the role of New York City’s first lady. But who is she, really? Duwaji introduces herself in this Cut special-issue cover.
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December 23, 2025 at 12:11 PM
In January, Rama Duwaji will step into the role of New York City’s first lady. But who is she, really? Duwaji introduces herself in this Cut special-issue cover.
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the samizdat 60 minutes report www.theverge.com/policy/84943...
The 60 Minutes report on CECOT that Bari Weiss censored is now internet contraband
Once again, the Streisand effect is Streisanding
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December 23, 2025 at 12:06 AM
the samizdat 60 minutes report www.theverge.com/policy/84943...
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Zoe Weissman was 12 when she lived through Parkland. At 20, she just went through it again at Brown University.
I spoke with her for @thecut.com:
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I spoke with her for @thecut.com:
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I’m a Two-Time School-Shooting Survivor
Zoe Weissman was 12 when she lived through Parkland. At 20, she just went through it again at Brown University.
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December 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Zoe Weissman was 12 when she lived through Parkland. At 20, she just went through it again at Brown University.
I spoke with her for @thecut.com:
www.thecut.com/article/brow...
I spoke with her for @thecut.com:
www.thecut.com/article/brow...
Wrote about the Republican women who are supposedly “rebelling” against Mike Johnson and the party’s unfettered misogyny:
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The Self-Serving Rebellion of Republican Women
House lawmakers’ public grievances with their colleagues’ misogyny are no sudden feminist awakening.
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December 11, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Wrote about the Republican women who are supposedly “rebelling” against Mike Johnson and the party’s unfettered misogyny:
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"detention feels like torture, and for me, it was only three days. Many women in those cells had been in the system for months, even a year."
I Wanted to Surprise My Family on Thanksgiving. ICE Deported Me Instead.
How the Trump administration turned a college freshman’s life upside down.
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December 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
"detention feels like torture, and for me, it was only three days. Many women in those cells had been in the system for months, even a year."
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After October 7, 2023, the surveillance system in Gaza that had been built quietly over years revealed its full capacities: companies including Microsoft, Palantir, Google, and Amazon have helped supply the Israeli military with technology.
Watched, Tracked, and Targeted in Gaza
Life under Israel’s all-encompassing surveillance regime.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
After October 7, 2023, the surveillance system in Gaza that had been built quietly over years revealed its full capacities: companies including Microsoft, Palantir, Google, and Amazon have helped supply the Israeli military with technology.
I spoke with Any Lucía López Belloza, the Babson College student who was on her way to surprise her family for Thanksgiving when ICE deported her.
"My 5-year-old sister still believes that I might go home for Christmas," she tells me.
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"My 5-year-old sister still believes that I might go home for Christmas," she tells me.
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I Wanted to Surprise My Family on Thanksgiving. ICE Deported Me Instead.
How the Trump administration turned a college freshman’s life upside down.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I spoke with Any Lucía López Belloza, the Babson College student who was on her way to surprise her family for Thanksgiving when ICE deported her.
"My 5-year-old sister still believes that I might go home for Christmas," she tells me.
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"My 5-year-old sister still believes that I might go home for Christmas," she tells me.
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Here’s a video from today showing how U.S. troops continue to mobilize in Puerto Rico. The island is the oldest colony in the world and people there quite literally did not vote for the ongoing militarization of our home.
www.instagram.com/reel/DRpqu6w...
www.instagram.com/reel/DRpqu6w...
Colectiva Feminista en Construcción on Instagram: "Puerto de Ponce. Continúa la ocupación de nuestras tierras y costas por parte de los militares del imperio.
🎥 : María José Capó Ruiz (vía Facebook)...
¿Qué está sucediendo en el Puerto de Ponce? La ocupación militar ha llevado a una serie de cambios significativos en el área. La ciudad ha visto un aumento en la actividad militar, lo que ha llevado a...
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November 29, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Here’s a video from today showing how U.S. troops continue to mobilize in Puerto Rico. The island is the oldest colony in the world and people there quite literally did not vote for the ongoing militarization of our home.
www.instagram.com/reel/DRpqu6w...
www.instagram.com/reel/DRpqu6w...
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ICE has detained Bruna Ferreira, the mother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s 11-year-old nephew. Ferreira, who arrived in the U.S. at age 6, was arrested earlier this month on her way to pick up her son from school.
ICE Has Detained the Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s Nephew
ICE has detained Bruna Ferreira, the mother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s 11-year-old nephew. Ferreira, who arrived in the U.S. at age 6, was arrested earlier this month on her way to pick up her son from school.
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November 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
ICE has detained Bruna Ferreira, the mother of White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s 11-year-old nephew. Ferreira, who arrived in the U.S. at age 6, was arrested earlier this month on her way to pick up her son from school.
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NEW:
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
NEW:
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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“Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, said [Whitney Hu, a community activist and organizer with South Brooklyn Mutual Aid], ‘you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.’”
As ICE Street Raids Ramp Up, New Yorkers Stock Up On Whistles
Taking a cue from Chicago, community groups have distributed thousands of whistles in recent weeks — a grassroots system people in other cities have adopted to help neighbors sound the alarm.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
“Short bursts indicate an ICE sighting. Long whistles indicate agents making arrests. If you hear the whistle and you’re undocumented, said [Whitney Hu, a community activist and organizer with South Brooklyn Mutual Aid], ‘you hide. And if you’re somebody who’s not, you go to the street.’”
November 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Friends, I'm looking to speak with people who are upset about the Democrats' shutdown deal and who can speak about how increasing healthcare costs will impact them. If that's you, I can be reached via DM or at andrea.gonzalez@voxmedia.com. We can also protect people's identities as needed.
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Friends, I'm looking to speak with people who are upset about the Democrats' shutdown deal and who can speak about how increasing healthcare costs will impact them. If that's you, I can be reached via DM or at andrea.gonzalez@voxmedia.com. We can also protect people's identities as needed.
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Dem gains in this week's elections erased the inroads Trump made with non-white, young, and low-income voters in 2024. In fact, the R-to-D shift from 24 to 25 is double Trump's gains from 20-24. Claims of a GOP political realignment have been highly exaggerated
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...
Trump's winning 2024 coalition has evaporated
Claims of a conservative realignment of non-whites, the working class, and young voters have been highly exaggerated
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November 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Dem gains in this week's elections erased the inroads Trump made with non-white, young, and low-income voters in 2024. In fact, the R-to-D shift from 24 to 25 is double Trump's gains from 20-24. Claims of a GOP political realignment have been highly exaggerated
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trumps-win...
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It’s official: Zohran Mamdani has been elected the next mayor of New York City, defeating former governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa.
That’s Mayor Mamdani to You
It’s official: Zohran Mamdani has been elected the next mayor of New York City, defeating former governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:40 AM
It’s official: Zohran Mamdani has been elected the next mayor of New York City, defeating former governor Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa.
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We strongly condemn @CondéNast’s consolidation plans for Teen Vogue, a move that is clearly designed to blunt the award-winning magazine’s insightful journalism at a time when it is needed the most. More from our statement:
November 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
We strongly condemn @CondéNast’s consolidation plans for Teen Vogue, a move that is clearly designed to blunt the award-winning magazine’s insightful journalism at a time when it is needed the most. More from our statement:
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About 42 million people, including 16 million children, are set to lose their SNAP benefits in November, triggering what experts say could be the worst hunger crisis since the Great Depression.
Here are some ways to help your community:
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Here are some ways to help your community:
www.thecut.com/article/how-...
How to Help Families Losing SNAP Benefits
About 42 million people, including 16 million children, are set to lose food assistance starting on November 1.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
About 42 million people, including 16 million children, are set to lose their SNAP benefits in November, triggering what experts say could be the worst hunger crisis since the Great Depression.
Here are some ways to help your community:
www.thecut.com/article/how-...
Here are some ways to help your community:
www.thecut.com/article/how-...
October 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
About 42 million people, including 16 million children, are set to lose their SNAP benefits in November, triggering what experts say could be the worst hunger crisis since the Great Depression.
Here are some ways to help your community:
www.thecut.com/article/how-...
Here are some ways to help your community:
www.thecut.com/article/how-...
How to Help Families Losing SNAP Benefits
About 42 million people, including 16 million children, are set to lose food assistance starting on November 1.
www.thecut.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
About 42 million people, including 16 million children, are set to lose their SNAP benefits in November, triggering what experts say could be the worst hunger crisis since the Great Depression.
Here are some ways to help your community:
www.thecut.com/article/how-...
Here are some ways to help your community:
www.thecut.com/article/how-...
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Lydia immigrated from Canada with two children and married Keith in 2019. In this as-told-to, she explains how her husband weaponized her immigration status and what happened when she finally filed a protective order this August.
My Husband Told the Sheriff to Report Me to ICE
Lydia immigrated from Canada with two children and married Keith in 2019. In this as-told-to, she explains how her husband weaponized her immigration status and what happened when she finally filed a protective order this August.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Lydia immigrated from Canada with two children and married Keith in 2019. In this as-told-to, she explains how her husband weaponized her immigration status and what happened when she finally filed a protective order this August.
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Wrote about how ICE’s reign of terror increasingly extends to U.S. citizens, showing the extent of state-sanctioned violence under the Trump administration and how little regard immigration-enforcement agents have for the rule of law.
www.thecut.com/article/us-c...
www.thecut.com/article/us-c...
Your U.S. Citizenship Will Not Protect You
Jarring videos show how ICE’s reign of terror is ensnaring more and more Americans across the country.
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October 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Wrote about how ICE’s reign of terror increasingly extends to U.S. citizens, showing the extent of state-sanctioned violence under the Trump administration and how little regard immigration-enforcement agents have for the rule of law.
www.thecut.com/article/us-c...
www.thecut.com/article/us-c...
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You Can Kill a Democracy Without a Dictator www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/o...
With a gift link because I think it is very important for people to understand this:
With a gift link because I think it is very important for people to understand this:
Opinion | You Can Kill a Democracy Without a Dictator
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October 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
You Can Kill a Democracy Without a Dictator www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/o...
With a gift link because I think it is very important for people to understand this:
With a gift link because I think it is very important for people to understand this:
Wrote about how ICE’s reign of terror increasingly extends to U.S. citizens, showing the extent of state-sanctioned violence under the Trump administration and how little regard immigration-enforcement agents have for the rule of law.
www.thecut.com/article/us-c...
www.thecut.com/article/us-c...
Your U.S. Citizenship Will Not Protect You
Jarring videos show how ICE’s reign of terror is ensnaring more and more Americans across the country.
www.thecut.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Wrote about how ICE’s reign of terror increasingly extends to U.S. citizens, showing the extent of state-sanctioned violence under the Trump administration and how little regard immigration-enforcement agents have for the rule of law.
www.thecut.com/article/us-c...
www.thecut.com/article/us-c...
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The Republican shutdown means that nonessential federal employees like soldiers and TSA agents aren't being paid anymore, but rest assured that the truly vital work of this administration -- building a Dancing with the Stars ballroom for the dementia-addled president -- still goes on.
Scoop: Trump has started demolishing the White House's East Wing facade to build his ballroom. The president had claimed construction of the $250 million building wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure. /W @ddiamond.bsky.social wapo.st/4hqBNiU
White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
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October 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The Republican shutdown means that nonessential federal employees like soldiers and TSA agents aren't being paid anymore, but rest assured that the truly vital work of this administration -- building a Dancing with the Stars ballroom for the dementia-addled president -- still goes on.