Kerry Howley
@kerryhowley.bsky.social
Feature Writer at New York Magazine, author of Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs, Los Feliz / Iowa City
Midwestern earnestness carries with it a real intransigence.
i sincerely love the energy but I'll say I'm a bit tired of hearing how--in theory, just you wait--other places are gonna be more badass and confrontational than MPLS lol
At an anti-ICE rally in Manhattan this week, protesters told me what it would look like if ICE tries to invade New York City: “It’s going to make Minnesota look like a day at the beach." Read about it in today's @nygroove.nyc nygroove.nyc/ice-protests...
January 29, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Midwestern earnestness carries with it a real intransigence.
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Eight great reads (and one listen) about the miracle of Minneapolis: www.headsupnews.org/p/people-pow... includes @adamserwer.bsky.social @erikhane.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social @kerryhowley.bsky.social @mollycoleman.bsky.social @jamellebouie.net @pkrugman.bsky.social @brucespringsteen.net
People power is real
Take a moment to savor that
www.headsupnews.org
January 28, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Eight great reads (and one listen) about the miracle of Minneapolis: www.headsupnews.org/p/people-pow... includes @adamserwer.bsky.social @erikhane.bsky.social @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social @kerryhowley.bsky.social @mollycoleman.bsky.social @jamellebouie.net @pkrugman.bsky.social @brucespringsteen.net
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A moment of silence that ends with someone shouting "fuck ICE!" and the crowd roaring in response
January 25, 2026 at 11:52 PM
A moment of silence that ends with someone shouting "fuck ICE!" and the crowd roaring in response
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Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
January 25, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
I mean it’s true that there are “paid agitators” in Minneapolis. There are 3000 of them and they’ve assassinated two people.
James O'Keefe says he's never seen anything so organized as the anti-ICE movement, observers--he seems to think this term is code--everywhere he goes. Who is paying for it??? he demands to know. It's like he can't even imagine people caring for one another.
January 25, 2026 at 12:55 PM
I mean it’s true that there are “paid agitators” in Minneapolis. There are 3000 of them and they’ve assassinated two people.
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Normal cops would have been furious at the first shooter just for opening fire into a fucking dogpile of cops.
January 25, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Normal cops would have been furious at the first shooter just for opening fire into a fucking dogpile of cops.
the way they used to go on about federalism …
I’m starting to think not a single word uttered by any conservative in the last 40 years has been in good faith.
January 25, 2026 at 3:46 AM
the way they used to go on about federalism …
i don’t know what i thought i would be doing right now two weeks ago, but it definitely wasn’t worrying about Will Stancil
January 24, 2026 at 9:00 PM
i don’t know what i thought i would be doing right now two weeks ago, but it definitely wasn’t worrying about Will Stancil
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the video i just saw from minneapolis is a public execution, full stop.
January 24, 2026 at 4:00 PM
the video i just saw from minneapolis is a public execution, full stop.
In the Other Place the distinction between the phrase “white woman” and “race traitor” has basically been erased
January 24, 2026 at 1:13 PM
In the Other Place the distinction between the phrase “white woman” and “race traitor” has basically been erased
It absolutely hurts to be outside. I don’t know how you quantify motivation like this.
in case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
January 24, 2026 at 2:25 AM
It absolutely hurts to be outside. I don’t know how you quantify motivation like this.
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Superb reportage on Minneapolis from one of the all time greats.
January 23, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Superb reportage on Minneapolis from one of the all time greats.
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If the admin's strategic goal was to break public resistance to immigration enforcement activities, it was a tactical mistake to go to the Twin Cities.
January 23, 2026 at 5:57 PM
If the admin's strategic goal was to break public resistance to immigration enforcement activities, it was a tactical mistake to go to the Twin Cities.
The People vs. ICE
Renee Good’s death galvanized a city eager to push back against Trump’s invasion.
nymag.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:32 PM
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"it’s unclear when or whether Liam will be able to return for his stuffed turtle, his hat, and his W worksheet" sahanjournal.com/education/ic...
Columbia Heights school leaders speak out after ICE detains kids
ICE agents have detained students on their way to and from school and also tried to get onto school property, the Columbia Heights superintendent said in an emotional news conference Wednesday.
sahanjournal.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:03 PM
"it’s unclear when or whether Liam will be able to return for his stuffed turtle, his hat, and his W worksheet" sahanjournal.com/education/ic...
I bought a doll here last week and my daughter hasn’t let go of it since
January 21, 2026 at 4:36 PM
I bought a doll here last week and my daughter hasn’t let go of it since
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This piece is very well reported and written. It’s clear-eyed, precise and gives important context. And yet it’s a great illustration that there’s this fundamental, unbridgeable formal constraint that makes it essentially impossible to plainly call this what it is.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
Federal Prosecutors Are Said to Have Opened Inquiry Into Fed Chair Powell
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:48 AM
This piece is very well reported and written. It’s clear-eyed, precise and gives important context. And yet it’s a great illustration that there’s this fundamental, unbridgeable formal constraint that makes it essentially impossible to plainly call this what it is.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
These goofy billboards were up when i lived in Myanmar. They explicitly justify authoritarian force by blaming everything on “external elements” and “foreign nations.” Just something to think about when they use the words “foreign invaders” to justify assassinating an American poet.
January 8, 2026 at 4:25 PM
These goofy billboards were up when i lived in Myanmar. They explicitly justify authoritarian force by blaming everything on “external elements” and “foreign nations.” Just something to think about when they use the words “foreign invaders” to justify assassinating an American poet.
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The best political feature I read last year was @kerryhowley.bsky.social on Pete Hegseth in @nymag.com nymag.com/intelligence...
Pete Hegseth Is Playing Secretary
As he sends troops into L.A. and prepares for war, his Pentagon is beset by infighting over leaks, drugs, and socks. How long will Trump stand by him?
nymag.com
January 4, 2026 at 7:16 PM
The best political feature I read last year was @kerryhowley.bsky.social on Pete Hegseth in @nymag.com nymag.com/intelligence...
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I'm not great about tooting my own horn. But as an independent journalist whose work is reliant on contributions from my readers, it's part of the job.
So here's a post and thread on my work over the last year and beyond -- and why you, reader, should subscribe.
(Plus, shameless dog photos!)
So here's a post and thread on my work over the last year and beyond -- and why you, reader, should subscribe.
(Plus, shameless dog photos!)
The roundup -- and a request for your support
My year-end pitch for your paid subscription
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December 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I'm not great about tooting my own horn. But as an independent journalist whose work is reliant on contributions from my readers, it's part of the job.
So here's a post and thread on my work over the last year and beyond -- and why you, reader, should subscribe.
(Plus, shameless dog photos!)
So here's a post and thread on my work over the last year and beyond -- and why you, reader, should subscribe.
(Plus, shameless dog photos!)
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I responded to the film differently, and a good deal more positively, but this is a fantastic essay. defector.com/one-battle-a...
'One Battle After Another' Isn't Up For The Fight | Defector
To paraphrase the late, great Prodigy, there are wars going on outside no one is safe from. They are cultural, political, racial, class-based, and literal. It’s increasingly difficult to shake the fee...
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October 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I responded to the film differently, and a good deal more positively, but this is a fantastic essay. defector.com/one-battle-a...
“prices work” is left-coded
Year 1 data on congestion pricing in Manhattan…
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
* Vehicle traffic: -11%
* Foot traffic: +3.4%
* Storefront vacancy: -0.9%
* Pollution: -22%
* Revenue for mass transit: $548M
So YES this has been a huge success.
December 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
“prices work” is left-coded
thinking for no reason at all about my very first job, which was at a censored newspaper in Myanmar and seemed very distant from my life and my country
CBS News postponed a "60 Minutes" segment Sunday because it lacked a Trump admin interview, per an email we obtained from correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi, who said the decision by EIC Bari Weiss gave the White House a "kill switch." with @liamjscott.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
‘60 Minutes’ correspondent says CBS’s Bari Weiss abruptly pulled segment on Trump deportations
CBS News pulled a ‘60 Minutes’ segment about a prison in El Salvador one day before it was set to air because the Trump administration declined to participate.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
thinking for no reason at all about my very first job, which was at a censored newspaper in Myanmar and seemed very distant from my life and my country