Today is a VERY exciting day at Slate because Death, Sex & Money has OFFICIALLY launched with NEW EPISODES at Slate!

Here is an Interview (by Shannon Palus) with the Interviewer (@annasale)!
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ELEPHANT ON LOOSE IN BUTTE: An elephant got loose in Butte on Tuesday. The elephant is now safe with its handlers. A viewer said before the elephant was captured it did number two on a Butte lawn. Credit: Brittany McGinnis. Share Your Photos and Videos: NBCMontana.com/ChimeIn

Starting with a few favorites from the week as usual, including Susan Shain for High Country News on Japanese American bird pins, featuring Roberto (Bear) Guerra’s photos (h/t Gretchen King):
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Make some time for this lovely Susan Shain essay about the beautiful art Japanese Americans made while incarcerated during WWII, with beautiful photos by Roberto (Bear) Guerra for High Country News hcn.org/issues/56-4/th…

I'm still on Cloud Nine that ProPublica today announced our expanded commitment to local journalism! We pledged to partner with at least one news organization in every state over the next five years on an accountability journalism project! propublica.org/atpropublica/p… 🧵

Mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII devastated SF's Japantown - what was once a rich, thriving neighborhood for Japanese Americans

For the first time, we can visualize how disastrous a 1942 order was on the community San Francisco Chronicle

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Starting in 20 mins!

My story about building housing on public land drummed up a lot of conversation. So I'm excited to dive deeper in this High Country News livestream with Headwaters Economics's Megan Lawson and Patrick Donnelly. Join us tomorrow! youtube.com/live/VRGZj0iIJ…

We're facing a different future if we want to address the over-committed Colorado River. Alfalfa & other cattle-feed crops consume 90% of all the agricultural irrigation water in the Colorado River’s Upper Basin. The Land Desk reports for High Country News hcn.org/articles/cattl…

Awesome internship alert! Montana Free Press is hiring a summer environmental reporting intern: montanafreepress.org/jobs/summer-en…

Excited to announce the new fellows who will be joining us The New York Times in June. It's our sixth class.

amazing job alert!!!!

'Traumatizing': What It's Like to Be Unhoused in Rural America

'It’s not the moral failing of the people who are unhoused; it’s the moral failing of this country.' Susan Shain
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Hey writers, if you're pitching a story with a main character who went to college, try their alumni mag! (Even if the story has nothing to do with the school.) I work adjacent to one and they are vastly under-pitched, hungry for all kinds of stories, and they pay well.

Some West African mosques helping migrants in NYC are struggling financially, with tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid utility bills

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'At what point can we say the American dream has become a nightmare?' For High Country News, I interviewed Julie Akins, a reporter who embedded with communities of people experiencing homelessness.

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Such a cool story — and amazing images — from Natalia Mesa High Country News hcn.org/issues/56-3/sa…

Mortgage relief, rental assistance: Biden to push housing fixes in State of the Union #SOTU2024

usatoday.com/story/news/pol… via @usatoday

It's a complicated question — and more people seem to be asking it. My latest for High Country News:

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We all know about the lack of housing in the West, and since there are more than 1 billion acres of public land in the West, what if ...? Susan Shain reports for High Country News hcn.org/articles/could…