Elon blocked me on Twitter. Then he suspended me for reporting on it. Between all that, kate conger and I decided to write a book on him, his takeover, and everything that happened.

CHARACTER LIMIT comes out in September. You can pre-order it now: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/737290/c…

Police chases kill nearly two people a day in the US. Most of the victims are not the fleeing driver. They’re passengers and bystanders.

New San Francisco Chronicle series by Jennifer Gollan & Susie Neilson edited by me, Demian Bulwa, Lisa Gartner sfchronicle.com/projects/2024/…

Tennessee law prohibits women from having abortions in nearly all circumstances. But once the babies are here, the state provides little help.

This story following one woman in the aftermath of her birth is just gutting. projects.propublica.org/the-year-after…

Damning report out this morning finds the US has been releasing migrant children to adult sponsors without doing mandatory safety checks.

Health and Human Services Inspector General: 'I would define these gaps as very serious.'

NEW🚨: NYC has poured tens of millions of dollars into a program to treat severely mentally ill people on the streets + the subways for nearly a decade without ensuring that it was operating effectively, a new Office of New York City Comptroller Brad Lander audit found: nytimes.com/2024/02/07/nyr… (w/ Amy Julia Harris)

NYC has spent millions of dollars on a program to treat mentally ill people on the streets without ensuring that it works, a new audit found w/ Jan Ransom
Among the findings:
- 1 in 4 people never saw a psychiatrist
- Less than a third took their meds
nytimes.com/2024/02/07/nyr…

I probably wouldn't have had a journalism career without Rowland Rebele's generosity. He started an incredible program for Stanford students that paid us a stipend so we could take on summer internships at newspapers and orgs that didn't have $ to pay us stanforddaily.com/2023/12/23/row…

NEW investigation: Court ordered parenting classes are key in child abuse cases but California is not ensuring they meet any sort of standards.

They have been factors in deadly cases when courts rule that parents can keep custody despite concerns:

latimes.com/california/sto…

Some mentally ill people have cycled between state forensic hospitals and city jails for years without ever standing trial. Some have spent more time in this cycle than they might have served in prison if they'd been convicted w/ Jan Ransom Jose A. Alvarado Jr. nytimes.com/2023/12/29/nyr…

How Rikers Island became NY's largest mental institution: A seemingly endless rotation between state forensic hospitals and city jails has meant some mentally ill detainees stay in the system for years without ever standing trial 👏Jan Ransom Amy Julia Harris
nytimes.com/2023/12/29/nyr…