Allen Tan

The most useful writing I’ve read on the subject remains this blog post from William Scheuerman about the dual state: Fraenkel’s argument—that capital requires a normative state—falls apart when economic power becomes highly consolidated verfassungsblog.de/trump-2-0-as...

what an absolute legend omg

Hearts go out to everyone at the Washington Post today.

Note from the editors: ProPublica is publishing the names of the two federal immigration agents involved in the fatal shooting of Minnesota protester Alex Pretti. We believe there are few investigations that deserve more sunlight and public scrutiny than this one, in which two masked agents fired 10 shots at Pretti as he lay on the ground after being pepper-sprayed. The Department of Justice said it is investigating the incident, but the names of the two agents have been withheld from Congress and from state and local law enforcement. The policy of shielding officers’ identities, particularly after a public shooting, is a stark departure from standard law enforcement protocols, according to lawmakers, state attorneys general and former federal officials. Such secrecy, in our view, deprives the public of the most fundamental tool for accountability.

A note from our editors:

Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...

1/ BREAKING: Government documents reviewed by ProPublica identify Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa, 43, and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez, 35, as the two who fired their weapons during the deadly encounter with Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.

A yellow gas line marking spray painted on both the pavement and two giant piles of snow.

Incredible utility marking choices here

This is my voicemail now

Book Talk: Cengiz Yar Join Cengiz Yar for a presentation on This Alabaster Grave, a powerful visual examination of Mosul and the lasting impact of war.

Kicking off a week of book talks across the U.S. beginning Monday, Feb 23 at 6:30 pm at the BDC in NYC. Come out and bring a friend. Space will be limited. www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...

E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution

“In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives” www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...

The year journalism fights back in the courts "Think of it as the Dominion Voting System strategy for journalism."

www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/the-... "the Dominion Voting System strategy for journalism" sounds a lot cooler when you don't know that Dominion Voting Systems was eaten and sold for parts by private equity following the successful lawsuit

And Chris's graphic depiction of how little food refugee families received in Kenya after USAID cuts www.propublica.org/article/keny...

Next @zisiga.bsky.social's excellent design for this story about how nonprofits have removed any mention of words like "diversity" or "racism" from their mission statements.
www.propublica.org/article/dele...

The @propublica.org graphics team contributed fantastic graphics/design to not one, not two, but THREE stories already this week.

First, Chris Alcantara's gorgeous maps for a disturbing investigation into the impact of USAID cuts in South Sudan.
www.propublica.org/article/usai...

every person I’ve talked to today is sick lol

I only just noticed that my favorite local pho place has a shelf of 50s-era marine helmets spray-painted with antiwar slogans, holy shit

humans have been trying to do this shit forever and it's never worked out

Remember that December 8th is Nighthawk's Solstice: the shortest day of the year for those of us who stay up late.

blog.zarfhome.com/2025/12/nigh...

A rancher moves a herd of cattle between pastures in Colorado.

Cattle owned by the ranching company BTAZ Nevada graze in sagebrush habitat on the Forest Service’s Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest in central Nevada.

An aerial photo shows a massive open pit mine with haze rising from the center.

A new investigation from @propublica.org & @highcountrynews.org finds that government programs for grazing on public lands help the wealthiest of ranchers while harming the environment. www.propublica.org/article/graz...

“it’s a data center except you’re churning out cabbages”

I’ll just be here watching a 30m youtube video about how singapore tried and failed to achieve food self-sufficiency, in ignorant bliss

no, just no

We don’t have internships for design, but that could change in the future!

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And you’ll get to be creative and help us show up in new ways!

A floating grid of different social media posts and images from ProPublica’s Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok accounts.

Help us evolve the way stories are presented and promoted on social networks and other platforms:

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Help us reach sources and communities affected by the issues our reporters are investigating:

Card with the words, “Hiring: Visual Designer”

I’m hiring for a visual designer! Come work with me for a very cool org doing very cool work: grnh.se/943kjeba6us

Some examples →

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

“Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer. That includes four who were held for weeks with their undocumented mother and without access to the family’s attorney until a congresswoman intervened.” www.propublica.org/article/immi...

Running starting this week!

The journalism inside baseball here is what an amazing hire Carol Leonnig has been for MSNBC (part of the mass exodus from the Washington Post)