Rachel Monroe

Lives in Upheaval After an Eviction, in “Last Days on Lake Trinity” Charlotte Cooley’s short film follows three women as they navigate months of uncertainty after the shuttering of a Florida mobile-home park.

Charlotte Cooley’s patient yet enraging short film, “Last Days on Lake Trinity,” follows three women as they navigate months of uncertainty after the shuttering of a Florida mobile-home park. Watch here. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/TFpKF-

Put a Record On: An Instrumental Country Playlist for Writing (or whatever else you do) As someone who listens to music all the time, and writes about music and musicians for a living, there is one curious time when I am extremely picky about what I listen to: when I am actually writing....

an instrumental country playlist perfect for deep thinking (or just vibes) www.dontrocktheinbox.com/put-a-record...

Incidentally I believe this is basically adjacent to the SpaceX beach in Texas

Lives in Upheaval After an Eviction, in “Last Days on Lake Trinity” Charlotte Cooley’s short film follows three women as they navigate months of uncertainty after the shuttering of a Florida mobile-home park.

In March, 2022, the people living in Lakeside Park Estates mobile-home park, in Hollywood, Florida, learned that they were being evicted. A new short film follows three women as they navigate the subsequent months of uncertainty and upheaval. Watch here. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/eD_3OU

Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content - Oklahoma Watch The Trump administration removed a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the DOJ website, citing compliance with an executive order against DEI. Senators who ch...

Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content

Texas’s Water Wars As industrial operations move to the state, residents find that their drinking water has been promised to companies.

As Texas welcomes water-thirsty data centers powered by water-thirsty gas, remember that the state's water law follows the "rule of capture," which means that residents "can’t prevent someone next door with a bigger pump and a deeper well from sucking groundwater from underneath their property.”

Texas’s Water Wars As industrial operations move to the state, residents find that their drinking water has been promised to companies.

As Texas’s water supplies dwindle, the state continues to woo thirsty industries. https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-southwest/texas-water-wars

Texas’s Water Wars As industrial operations move to the state, residents find that their drinking water has been promised to companies.

Texas’s economy has boomed for so long that it would be easy to imagine that the growth might go on forever. But, across the state, residents are being confronted with the alarming reality of limited water supplies. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/5PZt9T

What Did Men Do to Deserve This? Changes in the economy and in the culture seem to have hit them hard. Scott Galloway believes they need an “aspirational vision of masculinity.”

This story by @winterjessica.bsky.social is as good as everyone says it is www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

The Human Toll of the Suspension of SNAP The food-assistance program serves around forty-two million Americans. In Texas, even people with decent jobs are feeling the pain.

Some states have stepped in to cover SNAP benefits. Texas, which has a multibillion-dollar rainy-day fund, has not. https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-human-toll-of-the-suspension-of-snap

Image of several physical hardcovers of WITHOUT CONSENT: A Landmark Trial and the Decades-Long Struggle To Make Spousal Rape a Crime by Sarah Weinman, published by Ecco on November 11, 2025 (that's today!)

Today is the publication day for WITHOUT CONSENT, a book I am so proud to share with the world, and that the New York Times Book Review says "is years — decades — overdue."

Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...

Happy pub day to this wonderful book! bookshop.org/p/books/back...

The Human Toll of the Suspension of SNAP The food-assistance program serves around forty-two million Americans. In Texas, even people with decent jobs are feeling the pain.

heartbreaking piece about how SNAP suspension is hurting people in Texas www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

“Where does this end? I don’t think anyone knows right now.” @rachelmonroe.bsky.social weighs in on the Supreme Court temporarily allowing Trump to curtail SNAP funding and how 40 million Americans are navigating it all.

The Human Toll of the Suspension of SNAP The food-assistance program serves around forty-two million Americans. In Texas, even people with decent jobs are feeling the pain.

Some states have stepped in to cover SNAP benefits. Texas, which has a multibillion-dollar rainy-day fund, has not. https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-human-toll-of-the-suspension-of-snap

With SNAP benefits in limbo, many states have covered the gap and/or allotted more $ to food banks. Texas, which has a $20 billion+ rainy day fund, has done neither. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Early planning documents reviewed by WIRED describe a statewide transport grid designed for steady detainee transfers across Texas, with ICE estimating each trip to average 100 miles. Every county would have its own small, around-the-clock team of contractors collecting immigrants from local authorities deputized by ICE. It is a subtle transfer of the physical custody process into the hands of a private security firm—authorized to carry firearms and perform transport duties “in any and all local, county, state, and ICE locations.”

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...

Update: one week in and the Jalen strategy is working

While other people playing fantasy basketball may choose to optimize for overall points or a wide array of stats, I have selected the roster for my team, Jalen, to maximize the number of players named Ja(y)len who will be on the court at any given time. Preferably 100% Jalen. Stay tuned for updates

Also.... turns out it's impossible to write about animal adoption without adopting an animal. Meet Cashew !

The Airlift Operation That Has Transformed Pet Adoption Euthanasia in an under-equipped shelter used to be the fate of many dogs in Texas. Then chartered planes started bringing them North.

Long-distance relocation is an “essential stopgap measure while shelters get a handle on their pet populations,” the director of an animal-rescue organization said. Rachel Monroe reports on a novel approach to helping pets find their forever homes.

The Airlift Operation That Has Transformed Pet Adoption Euthanasia in an under-equipped shelter used to be the fate of many dogs in Texas. Then chartered planes started bringing them North.

Here it is: www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

Volunteers lift crated dogs onto a Cessna

A van packed with dogs in crates

I promised a heartwarming story and so here it is: rescue dogs on planes! www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

I have a genuinely heartwarming story coming out tomorrow. It's a strange feeling and may never happen again !

Go On a Haunted Texas Road Trip Travel through the spookier side of the state on cursed ships, in haunted hotels, and at sites of alleged paranormal activity

Cryptids, dark tourism, and close encounters. Take a wild ride with @asherelbein.bsky.social and @rachelmonroe.bsky.social over at @texashighways.bsky.social.

texashighways.com/travel/do-yo...

How New Mexico Became a Sanctuary State for Health Care Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, the number of abortion clinics there has doubled. With strong protections for gender-affirming treatment, and now universal child care, the state is betting on a prog...

“New Mexico has quietly emerged as a progressive health-care sanctuary in the Southwest. Since the Dobbs decision, the number of abortion clinics in NM has more than doubled …. More than 10K women have travelled there to receive abortion care.” @newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/news/letter-...

Ack good catch!!!

Rights defenders at the US-Mexico border tried for years to warn about Border Patrol's abusive culture. We built a database of abuses (borderoversight.org/event) and several reports. Maybe 2 dozen national Democrats were responsive; the politics were tricky. We couldn't keep that work funded.

Now:

How New Mexico Became a Sanctuary State for Health Care Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, the number of abortion clinics there has doubled. With strong protections for gender-affirming treatment, and now universal child care, the state is betting on a prog...

New Mexico’s governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham, has allocated $20 million to build reproductive-health clinics. “I want more primary-care access for women and their families,” she said.

How New Mexico Became a Sanctuary State for Health Care Since Roe v. Wade was overturned, the number of abortion clinics there has doubled. With strong protections for gender-affirming treatment, and now universal child care, the state is betting on a prog...

Earlier this month, New Mexico became the first state to offer universal free child care to all residents, regardless of income.