Ruby Cramer

Thank you Barry!

‘I live in a city of heroes’ A collection of some of the best writing about the federal occupation of Minneapolis and the local resistance. Plus, a song for the moment.

There's been so much important writing about Minneapolis recently. I have compiled some of the most stirring, informative, beautiful, and surprising. @kristenradtke.bsky.social @rubycramer.bsky.social @mashagessen.bsky.social @chashomans.bsky.social @kellymcb.bsky.social @philipkennicott.bsky.social

The Mayor of an Occupied City Jacob Frey, of Minneapolis, is governing a city under siege by its own federal government.

This is a portrait of Minneapolis as told through a small city government that is, its officials say, "underwater." Jacob Frey, the mayor, has been trying to put words to what it feels like to be in the city under an "occupying force" and an "invasion."

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On edge in small-town America In a divided nation, one Wisconsin village feels everyday life begin to fray.

An ICE deal, a threat, and the story of a small town in 2025: wapo.st/47FDvtm

"Hannah Dreier and @rubycramer.bsky.social's latest pieces bring human scale drama to often-difficult-to-grasp discussions of wildfires and immigration, full of details you could nearly reach out and touch." - @jacobfeldman.bsky.social on his top picks

A last lifeline in ‘detention alley’ Most of immigration lawyer Christopher Kinnison’s clients in rural Louisiana are detainees. Every week, more calls come in, and Kinnison hasn’t been able to process what his days at work are becoming.

Surrounded by ICE facilities in rural, remote Louisiana, an immigration lawyer tries to keep up with the churn of Trump’s deportation operation. New in @washingtonpost.com’s Deep Reads today: wapo.st/41W1NMa

"Lisa didn’t know what happened to her patients after they left the hospital. Her concern was the short time she did have with them."

@rubycramer.bsky.social for @washingtonpost.com:

belatedly - thank you!!!