Lucy Carrigan
@lucycarrigan.bsky.social
Independent writer + photographer. I write about what is, and what is possible, with a focus on migration + climate. My most recent project, “Arizona. 10 Days in April” now live on Dispatches, my reporting column on Substack: lucycarrigan.substack.com
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Violence Against the Truth
How do we find our way back to a shared reality?
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Over the next few months, I am researching/writing stories about those who push back against a “post-truth” world - from all political persuasions & none.
This piece about the existential crisis of our time - climate change. Real, no matter who tells you otherwise.
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This piece about the existential crisis of our time - climate change. Real, no matter who tells you otherwise.
open.substack.com/pub/lucycarr...
Bravo to Tatiana Schlossberg for writing this heartbreaking piece and for the message inherent in it.
Sending love to her and her family.
And to the US health secretary, her cousin, RFK jr, maybe Tatiana’s story is the story that will move you. I hope.
Sending love to her and her family.
And to the US health secretary, her cousin, RFK jr, maybe Tatiana’s story is the story that will move you. I hope.
November 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Bravo to Tatiana Schlossberg for writing this heartbreaking piece and for the message inherent in it.
Sending love to her and her family.
And to the US health secretary, her cousin, RFK jr, maybe Tatiana’s story is the story that will move you. I hope.
Sending love to her and her family.
And to the US health secretary, her cousin, RFK jr, maybe Tatiana’s story is the story that will move you. I hope.
It's been quite a week in US Politics.
This for you my celebration of Zohran Mamdani's win in New York City and some thinking too on how the Dems can learn from his campaign.
Turn the Volume Up.
#ZohranMamdani
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This for you my celebration of Zohran Mamdani's win in New York City and some thinking too on how the Dems can learn from his campaign.
Turn the Volume Up.
#ZohranMamdani
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Turn the Volume Up
Zohran Mamdani wins in New York City
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November 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
It's been quite a week in US Politics.
This for you my celebration of Zohran Mamdani's win in New York City and some thinking too on how the Dems can learn from his campaign.
Turn the Volume Up.
#ZohranMamdani
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This for you my celebration of Zohran Mamdani's win in New York City and some thinking too on how the Dems can learn from his campaign.
Turn the Volume Up.
#ZohranMamdani
open.substack.com/pub/lucycarr...
How do we hold our leaders to account if we don’t challenge them?
Sharing with you this Monday a piece that dissects the art of the interview: how a politician gets their message out, and how a reporter can and should challenge them.
#NoKings
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Sharing with you this Monday a piece that dissects the art of the interview: how a politician gets their message out, and how a reporter can and should challenge them.
#NoKings
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JD Vance does the Sunday Shows.
The Art of the Good Interview.
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October 20, 2025 at 3:18 PM
How do we hold our leaders to account if we don’t challenge them?
Sharing with you this Monday a piece that dissects the art of the interview: how a politician gets their message out, and how a reporter can and should challenge them.
#NoKings
open.substack.com/pub/lucycarr...
Sharing with you this Monday a piece that dissects the art of the interview: how a politician gets their message out, and how a reporter can and should challenge them.
#NoKings
open.substack.com/pub/lucycarr...
Over the next few months, I am researching/writing stories about those who push back against a “post-truth” world - from all political persuasions & none.
This piece about the existential crisis of our time - climate change. Real, no matter who tells you otherwise.
open.substack.com/pub/lucycarr...
This piece about the existential crisis of our time - climate change. Real, no matter who tells you otherwise.
open.substack.com/pub/lucycarr...
Violence Against the Truth
How do we find our way back to a shared reality?
open.substack.com
October 6, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Over the next few months, I am researching/writing stories about those who push back against a “post-truth” world - from all political persuasions & none.
This piece about the existential crisis of our time - climate change. Real, no matter who tells you otherwise.
open.substack.com/pub/lucycarr...
This piece about the existential crisis of our time - climate change. Real, no matter who tells you otherwise.
open.substack.com/pub/lucycarr...
Next time someone starts going on about asylum seekers living in four star hotels please suggest they read this revealing piece from @financialtimes.com
@jenwilliamsft.bsky.social
🙏🏻🙏🏻 for this reporting
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@jenwilliamsft.bsky.social
🙏🏻🙏🏻 for this reporting
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The crumbling seaside palaces at the centre of Britain’s asylum crisis
How one hotelier built an empire from beloved community assets — and a government struggling to cope with a surge in migration
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September 13, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Next time someone starts going on about asylum seekers living in four star hotels please suggest they read this revealing piece from @financialtimes.com
@jenwilliamsft.bsky.social
🙏🏻🙏🏻 for this reporting
on.ft.com/46B1bhO
@jenwilliamsft.bsky.social
🙏🏻🙏🏻 for this reporting
on.ft.com/46B1bhO
There is no question. In Trump's America, the Resistance is Us.
This, the Epilogue of "Arizona. 10 Days in April," my reporting on the impact of Trump's migration policies on border communities.
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This, the Epilogue of "Arizona. 10 Days in April," my reporting on the impact of Trump's migration policies on border communities.
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Arizona. 10 Days in April.
The Epilogue. The Resistance is Us.
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August 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
There is no question. In Trump's America, the Resistance is Us.
This, the Epilogue of "Arizona. 10 Days in April," my reporting on the impact of Trump's migration policies on border communities.
open.substack.com/pub/lucycarr...
This, the Epilogue of "Arizona. 10 Days in April," my reporting on the impact of Trump's migration policies on border communities.
open.substack.com/pub/lucycarr...
How do we come back from this?
Seriously.
Seriously.
The Trump administration has made U.S. human-rights reports favorably evaluate countries the president likes, @anneapplebaum.bsky.social writes. Now the State Department portrays “Germany as more oppressive than El Salvador”:
Trump Has a New Definition of Human Rights
State Department reports portray Germany as more oppressive than El Salvador.
bit.ly
August 15, 2025 at 6:13 PM
How do we come back from this?
Seriously.
Seriously.
Collateral damage.
Is there a more callous expression to describe people? With lives and loves and futures …
Blown away by an Israeli bomb.
A Seaside Refuge in Gaza, Torn Apart by an Israeli Strike www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/w...
Is there a more callous expression to describe people? With lives and loves and futures …
Blown away by an Israeli bomb.
A Seaside Refuge in Gaza, Torn Apart by an Israeli Strike www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/w...
A Seaside Refuge in Gaza, Torn Apart by an Israeli Strike
www.nytimes.com
July 31, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Collateral damage.
Is there a more callous expression to describe people? With lives and loves and futures …
Blown away by an Israeli bomb.
A Seaside Refuge in Gaza, Torn Apart by an Israeli Strike www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/w...
Is there a more callous expression to describe people? With lives and loves and futures …
Blown away by an Israeli bomb.
A Seaside Refuge in Gaza, Torn Apart by an Israeli Strike www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/w...
I write about what is, and what is possible.
In these times of great terror + cruelty for immigrants + their families in the US, this is a story about what is.
The final chapter in my "Arizona. 10 Days in April," series, this is Chapter 10. The Community Garden.
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In these times of great terror + cruelty for immigrants + their families in the US, this is a story about what is.
The final chapter in my "Arizona. 10 Days in April," series, this is Chapter 10. The Community Garden.
open.substack.com/pub/lucycarr...
Arizona. 10 Days in April.
Chapter 10. The Community Garden.
open.substack.com
July 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I write about what is, and what is possible.
In these times of great terror + cruelty for immigrants + their families in the US, this is a story about what is.
The final chapter in my "Arizona. 10 Days in April," series, this is Chapter 10. The Community Garden.
open.substack.com/pub/lucycarr...
In these times of great terror + cruelty for immigrants + their families in the US, this is a story about what is.
The final chapter in my "Arizona. 10 Days in April," series, this is Chapter 10. The Community Garden.
open.substack.com/pub/lucycarr...
It is a particular anguish to hear an emaciated child, shoulder blades sharp and angular, tell a doctor that all he wants to eat are grapes + mangoes.
Shame on our leaders who allow this starvation to happen.
Netanyahu has to go. Arms Embargo Now.
#ceasefirenow @zeteo.com
zeteo.com/s/gaza-docto...
Shame on our leaders who allow this starvation to happen.
Netanyahu has to go. Arms Embargo Now.
#ceasefirenow @zeteo.com
zeteo.com/s/gaza-docto...
July 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
It is a particular anguish to hear an emaciated child, shoulder blades sharp and angular, tell a doctor that all he wants to eat are grapes + mangoes.
Shame on our leaders who allow this starvation to happen.
Netanyahu has to go. Arms Embargo Now.
#ceasefirenow @zeteo.com
zeteo.com/s/gaza-docto...
Shame on our leaders who allow this starvation to happen.
Netanyahu has to go. Arms Embargo Now.
#ceasefirenow @zeteo.com
zeteo.com/s/gaza-docto...
Trump's migration policies didn't happen out of nowhere. They've been building for years, cruel layer upon layer.
And who benefits?
Not local communities, that's for sure.
My conversation with The Academic connects at least some of the dots.
Chapter 9 in my series, Arizona. 10 Days in April.
And who benefits?
Not local communities, that's for sure.
My conversation with The Academic connects at least some of the dots.
Chapter 9 in my series, Arizona. 10 Days in April.
Arizona. 10 Days in April.
Chapter 9. The Academic.
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July 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Trump's migration policies didn't happen out of nowhere. They've been building for years, cruel layer upon layer.
And who benefits?
Not local communities, that's for sure.
My conversation with The Academic connects at least some of the dots.
Chapter 9 in my series, Arizona. 10 Days in April.
And who benefits?
Not local communities, that's for sure.
My conversation with The Academic connects at least some of the dots.
Chapter 9 in my series, Arizona. 10 Days in April.
Much that is cruel happening right now in the U.S., and so I give you The Child Advocate, the absolute antithesis of cruel, a woman with love at her core, and the rights and safety of immigrant children in her heart.
Chapter 9 from my series, Arizona. 10 Days in April.
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Chapter 9 from my series, Arizona. 10 Days in April.
Subscribe to stay up to date.
Arizona. 10 Days in April.
Chapter 8. The Child Advocate.
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July 21, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Much that is cruel happening right now in the U.S., and so I give you The Child Advocate, the absolute antithesis of cruel, a woman with love at her core, and the rights and safety of immigrant children in her heart.
Chapter 9 from my series, Arizona. 10 Days in April.
Subscribe to stay up to date.
Chapter 9 from my series, Arizona. 10 Days in April.
Subscribe to stay up to date.
Can I just say, Kudos.
I do love the way in which @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social communicates.
@democrats.org, take note.
I do love the way in which @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social communicates.
@democrats.org, take note.
Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends.
But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.
See you soon, NYC.
But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.
See you soon, NYC.
July 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Can I just say, Kudos.
I do love the way in which @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social communicates.
@democrats.org, take note.
I do love the way in which @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social communicates.
@democrats.org, take note.
One of the most startling questions I've been asked was posed by Padre Ramón. (The answer is deeply upsetting. Reader discretion is advised.)
"Arizona. 10 Days in April," my series on the impact of Trump's migration policies on border communities continues.
open.substack.com/pub/lucycarr...
"Arizona. 10 Days in April," my series on the impact of Trump's migration policies on border communities continues.
open.substack.com/pub/lucycarr...
Arizona. 10 Days in April.
Chapter 7. The Priest.
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June 30, 2025 at 11:55 AM
One of the most startling questions I've been asked was posed by Padre Ramón. (The answer is deeply upsetting. Reader discretion is advised.)
"Arizona. 10 Days in April," my series on the impact of Trump's migration policies on border communities continues.
open.substack.com/pub/lucycarr...
"Arizona. 10 Days in April," my series on the impact of Trump's migration policies on border communities continues.
open.substack.com/pub/lucycarr...
This is what the resistance looks like.
I loved meeting Dora Rodriguez. She is at the center of the (ICE + CBP + Kidnapping of Innocents) storm in Tucson, Arizona.
Her story is Chapter 6 of the series, Arizona. 10 Days in April.
Now live on Dispatches.
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I loved meeting Dora Rodriguez. She is at the center of the (ICE + CBP + Kidnapping of Innocents) storm in Tucson, Arizona.
Her story is Chapter 6 of the series, Arizona. 10 Days in April.
Now live on Dispatches.
open.substack.com/pub/lucycarr...
Arizona. 10 Days in April.
Chapter 6. The Resistance.
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June 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
This is what the resistance looks like.
I loved meeting Dora Rodriguez. She is at the center of the (ICE + CBP + Kidnapping of Innocents) storm in Tucson, Arizona.
Her story is Chapter 6 of the series, Arizona. 10 Days in April.
Now live on Dispatches.
open.substack.com/pub/lucycarr...
I loved meeting Dora Rodriguez. She is at the center of the (ICE + CBP + Kidnapping of Innocents) storm in Tucson, Arizona.
Her story is Chapter 6 of the series, Arizona. 10 Days in April.
Now live on Dispatches.
open.substack.com/pub/lucycarr...
If you had managed not to notice before, what is unfolding in LA right now is exactly what Trump's migration policy looks like: terrorizing those who have no power.
In Tucson, Arizona, I met some of the valiant ones on the frontlines of this - legal - fight.
Chapter 5. The Advocates.
#NoKings
In Tucson, Arizona, I met some of the valiant ones on the frontlines of this - legal - fight.
Chapter 5. The Advocates.
#NoKings
Arizona. 10 Days in April.
Chapter 5. The Advocates.
open.substack.com
June 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
If you had managed not to notice before, what is unfolding in LA right now is exactly what Trump's migration policy looks like: terrorizing those who have no power.
In Tucson, Arizona, I met some of the valiant ones on the frontlines of this - legal - fight.
Chapter 5. The Advocates.
#NoKings
In Tucson, Arizona, I met some of the valiant ones on the frontlines of this - legal - fight.
Chapter 5. The Advocates.
#NoKings
Not an easy time to be Haitian in America. #Understatement.
The latest chapter in, "Arizona. 10 Days in April," is now live on Dispatches, my reporting column on Substack.
Please read, please share with your networks, and please subscribe to support my work.
open.substack.com/pub/lucycarr...
The latest chapter in, "Arizona. 10 Days in April," is now live on Dispatches, my reporting column on Substack.
Please read, please share with your networks, and please subscribe to support my work.
open.substack.com/pub/lucycarr...
June 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Not an easy time to be Haitian in America. #Understatement.
The latest chapter in, "Arizona. 10 Days in April," is now live on Dispatches, my reporting column on Substack.
Please read, please share with your networks, and please subscribe to support my work.
open.substack.com/pub/lucycarr...
The latest chapter in, "Arizona. 10 Days in April," is now live on Dispatches, my reporting column on Substack.
Please read, please share with your networks, and please subscribe to support my work.
open.substack.com/pub/lucycarr...
The story of an Iranian Educator who came to the US as a refugee and who tells me that the fear she feels here now reminds her of the fear that prompted her to flee Iran.
Sobering times in the United States.
Read, "Arizona. 10 Days in April. Chapter 3. The Iranian Educator," at the link below.
Sobering times in the United States.
Read, "Arizona. 10 Days in April. Chapter 3. The Iranian Educator," at the link below.
Arizona. 10 Days in April.
Chapter 3. The Iranian Educator.
lucycarrigan.substack.com
May 29, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The story of an Iranian Educator who came to the US as a refugee and who tells me that the fear she feels here now reminds her of the fear that prompted her to flee Iran.
Sobering times in the United States.
Read, "Arizona. 10 Days in April. Chapter 3. The Iranian Educator," at the link below.
Sobering times in the United States.
Read, "Arizona. 10 Days in April. Chapter 3. The Iranian Educator," at the link below.
May 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“Attorney General Pam Bondi, who previously worked as a lobbyist for Qatar, signed off on the legality of Qatar’s airplane gift.”
So much that is wrong with this. With inspector generals fired, no guardrails and a Republican Party that has lost its spine.
#resist
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So much that is wrong with this. With inspector generals fired, no guardrails and a Republican Party that has lost its spine.
#resist
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/u...
As Trumps Monetize Presidency, Profits Outstrip Protests
www.nytimes.com
May 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
“Attorney General Pam Bondi, who previously worked as a lobbyist for Qatar, signed off on the legality of Qatar’s airplane gift.”
So much that is wrong with this. With inspector generals fired, no guardrails and a Republican Party that has lost its spine.
#resist
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/u...
So much that is wrong with this. With inspector generals fired, no guardrails and a Republican Party that has lost its spine.
#resist
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/u...
Why Vietnam Ignored Its Own Laws to Fast-Track a Trump Family Golf Complex
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May 25, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Watching the headlines and thinking, did you ever think you would see headlines like these in the United States,
May 24, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Watching the headlines and thinking, did you ever think you would see headlines like these in the United States,
"He was trying to do the right thing," an immigration lawyer speaks of his client, detained outside the courthouse in Phoenix, Arizona, where he was moving through the process to legalize his status.
Disgusting.
Not American this.
Bravo to those who resist.
azmirror.com/2025/05/21/m...
Disgusting.
Not American this.
Bravo to those who resist.
azmirror.com/2025/05/21/m...
'Mayhem' as ICE officials arrest multiple people at immigration court in Phoenix
Federal agents arrested multiple people at the immigration court in Phoenix, creating a situation one attorney described as "mayhem."
azmirror.com
May 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"He was trying to do the right thing," an immigration lawyer speaks of his client, detained outside the courthouse in Phoenix, Arizona, where he was moving through the process to legalize his status.
Disgusting.
Not American this.
Bravo to those who resist.
azmirror.com/2025/05/21/m...
Disgusting.
Not American this.
Bravo to those who resist.
azmirror.com/2025/05/21/m...
When we talk about refugees, and who is most in need of safe sanctuary in the United States, I think of people like this young Afghan student. Her life in the US, living in Arizona in the first 100 days of the Trump Administration is the second chapter of "Arizona. 10 Days in April."
For you.
For you.
Arizona. 10 Days in April.
Chapter 2. The Afghan Student.
lucycarrigan.substack.com
May 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
When we talk about refugees, and who is most in need of safe sanctuary in the United States, I think of people like this young Afghan student. Her life in the US, living in Arizona in the first 100 days of the Trump Administration is the second chapter of "Arizona. 10 Days in April."
For you.
For you.