Ann Neumann (otherspoon)
@annneumann.bsky.social
The Good Death (Beacon). Clips: Harper's, The Guardian, The Baffler, VQR, the NYT and elsewhere. Economic Hardship Reporting Project supported. Pulitzer Center grantee.
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She was pregnant and addicted to fentanyl. Getting to keep her baby saved them both
A baby is born in withdrawal every 18 minutes in the US, and most end up in foster care. At centers like Maddie’s Place, mothers stay with their infants – and leave together, in recovery
www.theguardian.com
For decades NAS babies have been sent into the troubled foster care system while their mothers were sent back to the street. These centers, in cities decimated by the opioid epidemic, keep mothers and babies together. Photos: Rebecca Kiger; edits: Jessica Reed.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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"Just because someone was an addict doesn’t mean they can’t be a good mother. And it doesn’t mean they don’t deserve to have their children.” Fantastic new piece by @annneumann.bsky.social on an innovative family preservation effort.
For decades NAS babies have been sent into the troubled foster care system while their mothers were sent back to the street. These centers, in cities decimated by the opioid epidemic, keep mothers and babies together. Photos: Rebecca Kiger; edits: Jessica Reed.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
She was pregnant and addicted to fentanyl. Getting to keep her baby saved them both
A baby is born in withdrawal every 18 minutes in the US, and most end up in foster care. At centers like Maddie’s Place, mothers stay with their infants – and leave together, in recovery
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
"Just because someone was an addict doesn’t mean they can’t be a good mother. And it doesn’t mean they don’t deserve to have their children.” Fantastic new piece by @annneumann.bsky.social on an innovative family preservation effort.
For decades NAS babies have been sent into the troubled foster care system while their mothers were sent back to the street. These centers, in cities decimated by the opioid epidemic, keep mothers and babies together. Photos: Rebecca Kiger; edits: Jessica Reed.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
She was pregnant and addicted to fentanyl. Getting to keep her baby saved them both
A baby is born in withdrawal every 18 minutes in the US, and most end up in foster care. At centers like Maddie’s Place, mothers stay with their infants – and leave together, in recovery
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
For decades NAS babies have been sent into the troubled foster care system while their mothers were sent back to the street. These centers, in cities decimated by the opioid epidemic, keep mothers and babies together. Photos: Rebecca Kiger; edits: Jessica Reed.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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Powerful reporting by @annneumann.bsky.social and another example of the Guardian keeping on top of the addiction crisis (and ways to tackle it) in America www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
She was pregnant and addicted to fentanyl. Getting to keep her baby saved them both
A baby is born in withdrawal every 18 minutes in the US, and most end up in foster care. At centers like Maddie’s Place, mothers stay with their infants – and leave together, in recovery
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Powerful reporting by @annneumann.bsky.social and another example of the Guardian keeping on top of the addiction crisis (and ways to tackle it) in America www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
I’ve been writing about the incredible Philip Benight since the day I met him. Today marks one year since his death. Obit at @lancasteronline.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I’ve been writing about the incredible Philip Benight since the day I met him. Today marks one year since his death. Obit at @lancasteronline.bsky.social
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GOP states are restricting youth voting by
-requiring strict in-person ID for registering + voting, explicitly excluding college-issued IDs
-locating poll sites far from campuses + targeting on-campus locations
-limiting + sanctioning third-party voter reg orgs
talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/inside-...
-requiring strict in-person ID for registering + voting, explicitly excluding college-issued IDs
-locating poll sites far from campuses + targeting on-campus locations
-limiting + sanctioning third-party voter reg orgs
talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/inside-...
Inside the GOP’s Assault on Youth Voting Rights
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
GOP states are restricting youth voting by
-requiring strict in-person ID for registering + voting, explicitly excluding college-issued IDs
-locating poll sites far from campuses + targeting on-campus locations
-limiting + sanctioning third-party voter reg orgs
talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/inside-...
-requiring strict in-person ID for registering + voting, explicitly excluding college-issued IDs
-locating poll sites far from campuses + targeting on-campus locations
-limiting + sanctioning third-party voter reg orgs
talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/inside-...
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Yes; and I want to make a different point.
Editors *shouldn’t* be invisible. They should have bylines. YOU DESERVE to know who shapes the stories you read. Editors do that no less than writers/reporters do. Very often, they’re the ones who assigned the piece, not the writer, and who headlines it.
Editors *shouldn’t* be invisible. They should have bylines. YOU DESERVE to know who shapes the stories you read. Editors do that no less than writers/reporters do. Very often, they’re the ones who assigned the piece, not the writer, and who headlines it.
Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
November 17, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Yes; and I want to make a different point.
Editors *shouldn’t* be invisible. They should have bylines. YOU DESERVE to know who shapes the stories you read. Editors do that no less than writers/reporters do. Very often, they’re the ones who assigned the piece, not the writer, and who headlines it.
Editors *shouldn’t* be invisible. They should have bylines. YOU DESERVE to know who shapes the stories you read. Editors do that no less than writers/reporters do. Very often, they’re the ones who assigned the piece, not the writer, and who headlines it.
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Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
November 17, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Editors have a really hard job, and the good ones can make something unreadable readable, and the great ones can make something unreadable into something good. But they're basically invisible, until someone tries to write without one.
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“Many of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”
"They tried to shut me up by deporting me."
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
Dozens Of Women Allege Unwanted Surgeries And Medical Abuse In ICE Custody
More women are coming forward to say they were pressured to have reproductive surgeries they did not want or understand, offering a glimpse into alleged medical abuses at an ICE detention center.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2025 at 3:11 AM
“Many of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”
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$220 million for a fascist ad campaign is bad enough. But it's all to line the pockets of Noem's friends and their families. The details in here are nuts.
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
November 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
$220 million for a fascist ad campaign is bad enough. But it's all to line the pockets of Noem's friends and their families. The details in here are nuts.
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
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A Black Hawk helicopter. SWAT teams repelling to the roof. 300 agents. Flash-bang grenades. A TV crew.
“It’s 20,000 of them running through my house like we got Saddam Hussein in the closet."
For all that, fed prosecutors filed no criminal charges against anyone who was arrested.
Stunning report.
“It’s 20,000 of them running through my house like we got Saddam Hussein in the closet."
For all that, fed prosecutors filed no criminal charges against anyone who was arrested.
Stunning report.
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
A Black Hawk helicopter. SWAT teams repelling to the roof. 300 agents. Flash-bang grenades. A TV crew.
“It’s 20,000 of them running through my house like we got Saddam Hussein in the closet."
For all that, fed prosecutors filed no criminal charges against anyone who was arrested.
Stunning report.
“It’s 20,000 of them running through my house like we got Saddam Hussein in the closet."
For all that, fed prosecutors filed no criminal charges against anyone who was arrested.
Stunning report.
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Meet Yaa’kub Ira Vijandre. He’s the US’ latest political prisoner.
His detention is designed to send the message that anything noncitizens post in support of disfavored causes can be labeled a deportable threat to national security.
His detention is designed to send the message that anything noncitizens post in support of disfavored causes can be labeled a deportable threat to national security.
ICE Caged This Man For His Instagram Posts And Likes
New details about Yaa'kub Ira Vijandre's detention show his posts supporting Palestine and the wrongfully convicted representing, in Homeland Security's eyes, support for terrorism
www.forever-wars.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Meet Yaa’kub Ira Vijandre. He’s the US’ latest political prisoner.
His detention is designed to send the message that anything noncitizens post in support of disfavored causes can be labeled a deportable threat to national security.
His detention is designed to send the message that anything noncitizens post in support of disfavored causes can be labeled a deportable threat to national security.
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Happy pub day to @sarahweinman.com! Sarah is unfailingly supportive of other authors, a deeply kind and generous person in an industry with far too few of them. She's also a stone-cold genius. Buy WITHOUT CONSENT!
She Was a Victim. She Became a Headline. Here, She’s a Person.
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Happy pub day to @sarahweinman.com! Sarah is unfailingly supportive of other authors, a deeply kind and generous person in an industry with far too few of them. She's also a stone-cold genius. Buy WITHOUT CONSENT!
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Happy pub day to @sarahweinman.com and her deeply important book Without Consent www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
She Was a Victim. She Became a Headline. Here, She’s a Person.
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Happy pub day to @sarahweinman.com and her deeply important book Without Consent www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
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"Trump on Monday asked #SCOTUS to review the $5 million civil case that found he sexually abused and defamed magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll." www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/p...
Trump asks Supreme Court to overturn verdict that he sexually abused and defamed E. Jean Carroll | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump on Monday asked the US Supreme Court to review the $5 million case that found he sexually abused and defamed magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll.
www.cnn.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:48 PM
"Trump on Monday asked #SCOTUS to review the $5 million civil case that found he sexually abused and defamed magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll." www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/p...
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This thread is horrifying, and is only happening with the complicity of Congress and the Supreme Court
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
This thread is horrifying, and is only happening with the complicity of Congress and the Supreme Court
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wants air traffic controllers who are not being paid to "show up because it's their job." How about Congressional Republicans show up and do their job by ensuring all federal workers are paid, travelers are safe, and our healthcare is protected? seiu.co/482c2SH
What to know about the nationwide FAA-mandated flight reductions
The FAA has ordered a 4% reduction in operations at 40 major airports starting Friday, which will ramp up to 10% by Nov. 14.
seiu.co
November 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wants air traffic controllers who are not being paid to "show up because it's their job." How about Congressional Republicans show up and do their job by ensuring all federal workers are paid, travelers are safe, and our healthcare is protected? seiu.co/482c2SH
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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The Guardian is hiring for a graphics reporter and data reporter to cover how the US government is deleting and altering important datasets.
If you like the work we do, come join us!
Data: workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
Graphics: workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
If you like the work we do, come join us!
Data: workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
Graphics: workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
October 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The Guardian is hiring for a graphics reporter and data reporter to cover how the US government is deleting and altering important datasets.
If you like the work we do, come join us!
Data: workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
Graphics: workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
If you like the work we do, come join us!
Data: workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
Graphics: workwithus.theguardian.com/job-search/e...
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NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
October 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
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If you make 130% of the federal poverty level, you qualify for SNAP.
A family of four, making $40,560, qualifies for SNAP benefits meaning thousands of Missouri teachers qualify.
I’m tired of the bullshit. Most of the people who receive snap benefits work.
A family of four, making $40,560, qualifies for SNAP benefits meaning thousands of Missouri teachers qualify.
I’m tired of the bullshit. Most of the people who receive snap benefits work.
October 27, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If you make 130% of the federal poverty level, you qualify for SNAP.
A family of four, making $40,560, qualifies for SNAP benefits meaning thousands of Missouri teachers qualify.
I’m tired of the bullshit. Most of the people who receive snap benefits work.
A family of four, making $40,560, qualifies for SNAP benefits meaning thousands of Missouri teachers qualify.
I’m tired of the bullshit. Most of the people who receive snap benefits work.
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Tell me a scenario in which Trump accepts that his completed ballroom is being used by a Democrat or a Republican he hates. This is, literally, a monument to permanence. It’s not the action of someone planning to leave.
October 23, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Tell me a scenario in which Trump accepts that his completed ballroom is being used by a Democrat or a Republican he hates. This is, literally, a monument to permanence. It’s not the action of someone planning to leave.