Amanda Abrams

Freelance journalist, wife, & mom. People, meditation, dance, ice cream.

[Maurice Chammah🍹🎻 @MauriceChammah]

Architects tell counties they need bigger jails.

Then they get the contracts to build those jails.

Conflict of interest much?

@mandaabrams has a revelatory @theintercept story on why our communities keep expanding jails, despite good alternatives: https://t.co/POlicdc1Kc

[Amanda Abrams @mandaabrams]

@ajshults I'm wondering when this might reopen on Submittable

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Peter Beinart - once again, so clear. And true, and heartening.
There Is a Jewish Hope for Palestinian Liberation. It Must Survive. https://t.co/59DPtAki74

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@CarolinaBearJew @marciahmorey What, what? Did you really say that? Jesus.

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I'm working at a Duke library and looking around, wondering if all these undergrads are part of the 1%. It's creepy. https://t.co/xB3vNBUqUM

[Amanda Abrams @mandaabrams]

Weird article about the rise in breast cancer among young women. Not a single real Q about why - ie could it be a rise in environmental toxins? Heavy glyphosate use over past 20 yrs? PFAS? Never mentioned. Seems typical for breast cancer coverage.
https://t.co/BEaMRS5iR9

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@Shelterforce Kudos to Mallach for spelling out why the build build build solution to housing unaffordability is simplistic and, for many people, wrong.

[Shelterforce @Shelterforce]

A true effort to address homelessness will require housing vouchers, a suitable housing supply, and coordination.
https://t.co/F6L1kh7h0i

[Amanda Abrams @mandaabrams]

@JonHaidt @future_boye Thank you for raising this as a major issue. It's unbelievable how widely people seem to be ignoring the potential for major damage to our kids. Not just social media but phones/screens in general.

[Amanda Abrams @mandaabrams]

Really excited to get this story out about what climate change-related weather could do to the housing market. TLDR: It's likely going to be ugly in ways that we're fully unprepared for. Thanks to @jasondovemark for his insights & guidance. https://t.co/2nNvNiSIwx

[Amanda Abrams @mandaabrams]

@shantyXman @jonathanchait @mattyglesias @chrislhayes @JonHaidt But I think he's right. Haidt is fairly benign, while Chait is pretty controversial. I confuse them myself.

[Amanda Abrams @mandaabrams]

@TriangleEditor Mark Schultz:
How much are these drivers paid, and has that gone up much since these shortages started? Ditto re other low wage jobs that are going empty (like newspaper delivery!). I'd like to read a story about that.
https://t.co/Wpp4r6oDTv

[Amanda Abrams @mandaabrams]

@xoxogossipgita No one's said this yet? C'mon. Carrie and Lowell by Sufjan Stevens.

[Noema Magazine @NoemaMag]

No one denies the weather is changing on the low-lying fringe of North Carolina. No one can. But virtually no one there would admit to believing in global warming, @mandaabrams writes.

“Utter the words and folks might recoil.”

📸: @Cocobuttrshuttr

https://t.co/H3VkA1Ds14

[James Connor @toJamesConnor]

@ChrisMurphyCT The 1994-2004 federal assault weapon ban reduced gun massacres by 37%—and reduced the number of people dying by 43%.

Mass shootings rose 183% after the ban expired, increasing deaths by 239%.

A ban on assault weapons would save lives—again.

[Amanda Abrams @mandaabrams]

My husband just texted to ask what my love language is. Umm, who are you and where is my husband?

[Amanda Abrams @mandaabrams]

So embarrassing but that VRBO ad with the giant family reunion, accompanied by Kermit singing "I'm right where I belong" gets me every time

[Scott Hechinger @ScottHech]

THREAD: This is a story about how a young teen was attacked by police. And how the police lied & the NYC Mayor used & disparaged this *child* to try to kill bail reform. Please read on. "All New Yorkers deserve true public safety. Let’s start w/ the truth."https://t.co/V9Kcsqe39D

[Amanda Abrams @mandaabrams]

@TaylorLorenz It's very American. I remember seeing 2 European women on vacation here and MY brain almost broke, seeing them be cute/stylish/fun AND late 40s. An inspiration, actually