Anna Clark

One striking thing about the NYer for me is that, while preserving a tone of status-quo decorum (and luxury ads), it has published some of the most radical and impactful journalism in this country's history, "Hiroshima," "Silent Spring," 1/3

Hot dog spill shuts down highway in Pennsylvania commuters' wurst nightmare By Associated Press UPDATED: August 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM ET SHREWSBURY, Pa. (AP) - A truckload of hot dogs spilled across a Pennsylvania interstate Friday after a crash that briefly clogged the heavily traveled artery in both directions.

A writer waits a lifetime for a moment like this.

One thing that makes the Baltimore Banner such a great publication is that the newsroom is focused on delivering what readers want to read. That might sound pat but a lot of independent newsrooms lost their way by focusing too much on how they could serve as a platform for their subjects

Wayne nears completion of lead water line replacement project ahead of Michigan's 2041 deadline The city of Wayne is on track to become one of the first communities in Michigan to complete its lead water service line replacements, with the project expected to finish by the end of the year.

"I've been here 50 years. It's time they do it."

News from Wayne, Michigan:

Now That They’re Free, Venezuelan Men Want the World to Know What They Endured in CECOT Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration say they endured months of physical and mental abuse inside a Salvadoran prison. Though happy to be home, they say the fact that they were released ...

"Now that they’re home, they’ve begun to talk."

A family friend, and guest -- that's a lovely way to think of it.

Beautiful. Amazing how vivid these memories can be.

He’s a legend. More than a legend: an archetype! I always think of him the first home game in spring.

Can you believe it? A tough gig to be the guy who comes next, but he has really flourished! Steady, smart, joyful.

Made it a point to listen to Tigers baseball on the radio more often this summer. A good choice.

Dan Dickerson as the voice for the most narrative of sports — I tell you, it eases even the most edgy days.

The station's general manager "says the radio cooperative helps knit together a region where it isn't easy to connect because of the mountains and the spotty access to phone and internet."

Community radio stations are collateral damage as Congress cuts NPR funding Congress voted to claw back federal funding to public media. Some of those hit hardest include community radio stations in areas that voted for the president.

"Allegheny Mountain is among nearly 70 small radio stations in states such as Alaska, Kentucky, Texas and Mississippi that have relied on the CPB for at least 30 percent of their annual budgets."

The Men Trump Deported to a Salvadoran Prison On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been t...

5/ Today, we are publishing a database with the stories of 238 of the men. They are fathers and sons. They had easily plugged into the American economy – delivering groceries and trimming hair.
projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-i...

Shipping industry, boaters fear risks of cuts to federal Great Lakes programs The Trump budget plan calls for ending some programs ship captains and other boaters rely on. A Senate plan would keep the funding largely in place.

Will budget and staff cuts at NOAA put Great Lakes shipping at risk? The agency isn’t talking. @carol-thompson.bsky.social reports.
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/l...

He Came to the U.S. to Support His Sick Child. He Was Detained. Then He Disappeared. Like most of the more than 230 Venezuelan men deported to a Salvadoran prison, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas had followed U.S. immigration rules. Then Trump rewrote them.

"By and large, these were men who had been playing by the rules of the country’s immigration system.

"Then, the Trump administration changed the rules."

"... almost half of the men were deported even though their cases hadn’t been decided yet. More than 60 of them had pending asylum claims ...

Some "had spent their entire time in the U.S. in detention. They had no opportunity to commit crimes in the U.S."

"Most of the men were not hiding from federal authorities but were instead moving through the nation’s immigration system."

"...more than 50 of the men had used the government app called CBP One to make an appointment with border officials to try to enter the country."

Extraordinary cross-border collaborative reporting reveals harrowing details about the people sent to the prison in El Salvador.

I talked to Cody Funke yesterday to make sure he understood our story would say he made mistakes. He reacted by chuckling and saying, yeah, figured as much but it needs to be told. Funke was super cooperative as we reported this story. He doesn't want to see this happen with another new coroner.

Gov. Whitmer, it's time for a special election in Michigan's 35th District | Editorial It's been 194 days since the 35th District state Senate seat was vacated. It's time for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to call a special election.

Since 1963, Michigan's last seven governors took an average of 14 days to call special elections to fill 113 vacancies.

But a seat in the state senate -- where Democrats hold a one-seat majority -- has been vacant for *194* days.

Whitmer has yet to call a special election.

@freep.com editorial:

Feds probe UM over foreign gift disclosures, 'indifference' to national security concerns The U.S. Department of Education is investigating the University of Michigan for allegedly violating a federal disclosure law about foreign gifts.

Interesting that a department slated for closure is initiating investigations.

The IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE ProPublica has obtained the blueprint for the Trump administration’s unprecedented plan to turn over IRS records to Homeland Security in order to speed up the agency’s mass deportation efforts.

NEW: The IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE

ProPublica has obtained the blueprint for the Trump administration’s unprecedented plan to turn over IRS records to Homeland Security in order to speed up the agency’s mass deportation efforts.

Thirty Years After New York Newsday, There’s Never Been Another Paper Like It The daily flourished during a golden age of city reporting.

“Once there was another newspaper here.”

Via @columjournreview.bsky.social

Texas Governor’s Office Says Its Emails With Elon Musk May Be, in Part, Too “Embarrassing” to Release to the Public We asked Abbott for his and his staff’s emails with Elon Musk and Musk’s companies. The governor’s office won’t turn them over, saying some contain “intimate and embarrassing” information that is “not of legitimate concern to the public.”

NEW: We asked Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for his and his staff’s emails with Elon Musk and Musk’s companies.

The governor’s office won’t turn them over, saying some contain “intimate and embarrassing” information that is “not of legitimate concern to the public.”

A record year for Great Lakes piping plovers | Bridge Michigan The Great Lakes piping plover recovery effort has been ongoing since the mid-1980s when the population got as low as a dozen nesting pairs. This year, the number reached 85 nesting pairs for the first...

Good news: It's a record year for Great Lakes piping plovers

"After the population declined to as few as 12 nesting pairs in the mid-1980s, this year, researchers are monitoring seven times as many."

E&E News: Texas failed to spend federal aid for disaster protection States across the country have not used billions of dollars from FEMA intended to reduce damage from flooding and other disasters.

"In the past decade, as extreme weather killed nearly 700 people in Texas, the state relinquished $225 million in federal grant money that it was supposed to spend on protecting residents from disasters, federal records show."

Including floods.

via @eenews.bsky.social

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... which is to say, I'm all eyes and ears!

The nonstop news, coming from all fronts, is dizzying. That is true.

Here's the Free Press' pick for 2025 Detroit mayoral election | Endorsement Nine candidates and one write-in are vying to replace Mike Duggan as mayor of Detroit. Here's the Detroit Free Press Editorial Board endorsement.

... and here's their endorsement:

Here's who is running for Detroit mayor in the 2025 election Nine candidates are running to replace Mayor Mike Duggan in the August primary election. Here's who's running for Detroit mayor.

Here's a rundown from @freep.com :