On the latest episode of Apple News In Conversation, I talk with Megan McCoy about the long-standing effects of financial trauma. Please listen!

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Dua Lipa stuns as congressional gerrymander

phenomenal. apply!!!

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After many, many months, very excited to launch The Appeal's latest project: Locked In, Priced Out. Our investigation uncovered exploitative, inconsistent prison commissary systems with incarcerated people charged up to 5x more than those outside.
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“The fact that we can’t talk about it, we can’t ask about it, means that we can’t ask the question: What if it happens again?” vulture.com/article/new-yo…

An archivist let her handle a set of broken and fragmented statues. “It was almost triggering,” Patir recalled, “seeing these broken women in relation to all the images on the news.” nytimes.com/2024/04/16/art…

Today is the last day to vote and voting online is super easy — I just did it in two minutes! vote.pbnyc.org (ty to Kimberly Bliss)

A legend 💛 nytimes.com/2024/04/13/art…

Condé Nast has literally put all these brilliant varsity tier staffers (and also me) in a rubber room to do book reports, that's how badly the management is handling basic labor relations

Every short story is like “The day after our first son’s birthday, my wife told me she was in love with the 59th Street Bridge.”

The rss manifesto we’ve all been waiting for!!!

JULIA IS A PODCAST HOST NOW

here for julia's pivot to PODCAST HOST!!!

“You’re not even old enough to know how bad life gets,” they told us. nytimes.com/2024/04/08/tec…

SUCH a good example of the 'I wish someone would write this story' story! economist.com/united-states/…

what’s the best moment where a character realizes something?

“Like a cruel joke.” NY prisons passed out eclipse glasses to all people incarcerated. Then — for no reason other than cruelty — they put everyone on lockdown during the duration of eclipse. When it was done, they opened up & let people out. hellgatenyc.com/9-incarcerated…

I'm bringing my newsletter back after a THREE-YEAR hiatus! open.substack.com/pub/juliaccarp…