@AP immigration reporter, back in America after years in Asia and West Africa. Often thinking of North Korea. Learning to be a Minnesotan. [email protected]
My book Becoming Kim Jong Un (@penguinrandom 2020) ended the story in 2019. I wrote this essay for @ForeignAffairs to cover 2020-2025 to show how Kim mastered Covid, China, and geopolitics.
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"He cared about people deeply and he was very upset with what was happening in Minneapolis"
@AP's Mike Biesecker spoke w/the family of Alex Pretti, the man fatally shot by immigration officers today @NewsDudeAP@ByTimSullivan
https://t.co/l6z8tDfzSt
Love this profile of the Seattle-area man who managed buildings for biotech firms into his 50s when, seeking more, he was inspired to follow in the footsteps of one the area's last typewriter repairmen. Echoes of Charles D'Ambrosio's great Seattle short story, "Drummond & Son." https://t.co/dd2RxjTaoy
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz boasts about the state's universal pre-K program. Except, well, it doesn't have universal preschool. Nice work from @michellemngriff and @MNReformer holding him to account. https://t.co/ij9Gc7ap70
Jim Heintz, who always manages to be both thoughtful and funny, on going from the Ohio Rust Belt to two decades as a foreign correspondent in Moscow. Now, if he's lucky, he may become a reasonable facsimilie of an Estonian. https://t.co/xlYB7SlFA4
The Wisconsin Department of Justice on Monday asked a judge to immediately put on hold his order that would require elections officials to verify the citizenship of all 3.6 million registered Wisconsin voters before the next statewide election in February
https://t.co/iZ7Q1W32xw
Great piece from Andy Mannix at the @StarTribune, with White House official openly texting about potential military deployments, internal politics and FBI firings. Plus I learned a new insult: douche canoe. https://t.co/swGzNTA1Kq
In a world where right-wing populist movements have become the norm in so many countries, the great @raulgaab looks at a non-violent student uprising shaking Serbia, and how, just maybe, it could show the world a different political path. https://t.co/XHwdNXA6q6
She was adopted from Brazil at 11, a girl dreaming of America. But her new father abused her. Her life spiraled — violence, crime, mental illness. Decades later, ICE detained her. She was, it turned out, a woman without a country. From @ByTimSullivan & me: https://t.co/dDz3aixl38
A complicated, beautifully written and deeply reported piece from @Sedensky about Africa's unprecedented growth in life expectancy, and the looming crisis that comes with it. With incredible visuals from @DavidGoldmanAP https://t.co/90hyBmDYSW
This is journalism at its best. An astonishing story about cancer, a $1,000 pill, corporate maneuvering and profit. From @DavidArmstrongX https://t.co/8ezlCZbA60