Good morning! I've been battling for my life in my emails to send interesting pitches to editors but I've got zero bites. Please let me know if you hear of anybody looking for interesting culture stories, as well as digital cultures stories, and honestly anything you'd like to assign me!
I spent about two full years working on this story.
The FBI announced its investigation of ARC for Medicaid fraud in 2024, but there has been little indication of what they were specifically accused of. Thanks to two new pieces of information this year, I pieced it together, here:
Kathleen was asked by a coworker about how they could learn more about the ASL Interpreters Union, which is organizing workers who serve Deaf people making phone calls. Kathleen's manager overheard. Two days later, she was fired.
My latest for @motherjones.com.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"We have been here for nine months,” wrote the 9-year-old. “Please get us out.”
"I miss my bear," the 5-year-old said.
In letters & drawings, the longest-held family at the Dilley ICE detention center describe it as "slowly killing us on the inside."
www.texastribune.org/2026/03/11/e...
I've posted about this before but if there are any editors interested in a story about a group of young mothers fighting to improve work conditions for pregnant workers, I'd love to pitch you a story I'm trying to find a home for! (The pitch is not this vague! Connects to a national issue too.)
"A new report by the Kentucky League of Women Voters found the majority of people detained by U.S. Immigration, Customs and Enforcement in Kentucky jails have no criminal record."
There's been a weird uptick in calls to family members referencing my work but are clearly scam/spam calls (i.e. book won an award, etc.) Is reupping DeleteMe the best course of action here or are there over services people recommend?
Just wanna say aloud: I hope editors (both in publishing and media) are paying attention to what an enthusiastic response this is getting ...
Platforming queer and trans people, engaging with all the bigoted horseshit head on, readers are excited by such things ...
This is an EXTREMELY cool project that @maris.bsky.social and @sandyernestallen.bsky.social worked so hard on!
I'd love to message you about this if you're comfortable with that!
This is focused on a specific group of workers and a specific campaign, but connects to some larger national issues re: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. Have already done pre-reporting on this and would love to find a home for it.
DHS employees, including TSA, will miss their first full paycheck this week as Republicans in Congress refuse a funding bill that covers everyone in DHS other than ICE and border patrol.
I've posted about this before but if there are any editors interested in a story about a group of young mothers fighting to improve work conditions for pregnant workers, I'd love to pitch you a story I'm trying to find a home for! (The pitch is not this vague! Connects to a national issue too.)
In South Burlington, Vermont, protesters are being tear-gassed by ICE and local police as they attempt to prevent a kidnapping.
What's fun is I did a bunch of free writing by hand for something I'm working on and am now immersed in the process of trying to read my own handwriting. 🫠
NEW: Hundreds of mental health professionals have left the Department of Veterans Affairs since President Donald Trump took office, leaving staff “at a breaking point” and some veterans waiting as long as six months for help.
*taps internet microphone*
After months of work, a project i've been coordinating for @literaryhub.bsky.social in conjunction with @maris.bsky.social is now live ...
We've commissioned 13 reviews of books by LGBTQ folks not covered by the NYTBR under Pamela Paul ...
lithub.com/what-was-los...
The gun industry must be protected from the liability lawsuits that can follow deadly shootings in Kentucky, a Republican lawmaker said Wednesday before his civil immunity bill advanced to the House floor.
Just so incredibly dark
Influencers have emerged as leading voices in our cultural zeitgeist. So when they spread health misinformation, the impacts are swift.
For my latest @19thnews story, I spoke with health experts on the dangers of social media influencers giving diet and nutrition advice. bit.ly/3N0DXLk
Are you or a loved one on a fixed income and struggling to pay for gas right now? Want to talk to a reporter about it? Email sluterman at 19thnews dot org or DM.
To be fair, the cat was also sprawling across the notebook and trying to chew on my pen, so I'm blaming some of whatever this draft turns out to be on him.
What's fun is I did a bunch of free writing by hand for something I'm working on and am now immersed in the process of trying to read my own handwriting. 🫠
NEW: Kansas revoked 1,700 transgender drivers’ licenses. Some are leaving the state
I spoke to trans Kansans and the one Republican who voted against the law.
For @nbcnews.com:
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
"Kentucky’s burgeoning tenant union has won its first major battle — a collectively bargained lease for some of its members, the first of its kind in the southern U.S., according to the group."
Sophie @hurwitz.bsky.social on war tax resistors today in @us.theguardian.com!
"It’s not a new form of dissent—one of the first protests in the United States was, after all, a protest of unfair taxation—but it’s gaining steam, as Americans reject how their tax dollars are being spent under Trump."
"Kentucky’s burgeoning tenant union has won its first major battle — a collectively bargained lease for some of its members, the first of its kind in the southern U.S., according to the group."
"The Pentagon had been working on a plan to avoid civilian deaths. It was heading toward implementation until Trump officials waylaid it last year."
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/the-u-s...
Where do you even start with this? Does he think people receive unlimited amounts of SNAP benefits? Meanwhile, the Trump administration made the largest cuts to SNAP in history. According to the USDA, 47.9 million people lived in food-insecure households in 2024.
Where do you even start with this? Does he think people receive unlimited amounts of SNAP benefits? Meanwhile, the Trump administration made the largest cuts to SNAP in history. According to the USDA, 47.9 million people lived in food-insecure households in 2024.
