Emma Goldberg
@emmabgo
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One year ago I began talking to an atheist chaplain, Devin Moss, who was giving spiritual care to an atheist man on death row in Oklahoma, named Phillip Hancock. I followed along as they wrestled with the question: How do you face death without God? bit.ly/3OdAiHb
Sen. @KatieBrittforAL earned trust with Trump and her GOP colleagues last year by helping them navigate the roiling politics of IVF. That positioned her to push for unlikely new federal child care investments this year
“I don’t lose sleep over a lot,” Mr. Smathers said. “But I lose sleep over this — affordability. Hospitality jobs are great. Tourist jobs are great. But they are not high-paying jobs.” poignant reporting x.com/emmabgo/status…
I spent some time in Canton, North Carolina — a small town with some great characters, that lost its paper mill and then faced Hurricane Helene, and has had to figure out: What's a mill town without a mill? nytimes.com/2025/07/21/us/…
I spent some time in Canton, North Carolina — a small town with some great characters, that lost its paper mill and then faced Hurricane Helene, and has had to figure out: What's a mill town without a mill? nytimes.com/2025/07/21/us/…
Amazing, as always, from @jenszalai nytimes.com/2025/07/18/boo…
The literal table of success
table of success was odd lots all along
NEW ODD LOTS: Eric Adams on the future of New York City @tracyalloway and I talked to the one and only @NYCMayor about his race for re-election, and all the challenges facing the city. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/may…
🚨 SCOOP 🚨 Oklahoma AG Gentner Drummond made a deal in 2023 to release Richard Glossip. (So why does he insist on retrying him for 1st degree murder?) Read more: @theintercept w/ @chronic_jordan theintercept.com/2025/07/16/ric…
Wrenching story from @MarshallProj themarshallproject.org/2025/07/14/flo…
Was glad for the chance to make this week's selections, while also ruminating on my magazine fixation:
Morning! We're thrilled to hand today's edition over to guest editor @AlecMacGillis, a reporter for @propublica and the author of “Fulfillment: America in the Shadow of Amazon” and “The Cynic: The Political Education of Mitch McConnell.” mailchi.mp/sundaylongread…
Really beautiful reporting from @JohnWoodrowCox washingtonpost.com/investigations…
He Opposes Illegal Immigration, but Gely Won His Heart nytimes.com/2025/07/08/us/…
Important and wrenching reporting from @jeligon nytimes.com/2025/07/07/wor…
TONIGHT: House passes Trump’s massive tax bill -- jobs report shows that U.S. job growth exceeded expectations this month -- & historian Jon Meacham weighs in on where the country is heading on its 249th birthday. @symonedsanders @peterbakernyt @samstein @BasilSmiklePhD @rinsana…
Miscarriage Is Increasingly Dangerous for Women in Texas, ProPublica Analysis Shows. Here's how we did it: propublica.org/article/texas-… @asuozzo @Ksurana6 @lizziepresser
Check out this week's SLR, guest edited by @jopiazza and featuring writers like @emmabgo, @amyodell, @louisahthomas, @henrywismayer, @jiatolentino, & @amckean mailchi.mp/sundaylongread…
“Not bam bam bam bam bam bam, but bama bampa barama bam bammity bam bam bammity barampa.” read @grynbaum and preorder "Empire of the Elite" !! nytimes.com/2025/06/27/bus…
so exciting to be included in this amazing set of picks from @jopiazza
In guest editor @jopiazza's top pick, @emmabgo interviews the young women who turned out in droves for Turning Point USA’s Young Women’s Leadership conference. nytimes.com/2025/06/23/sty…
In guest editor @jopiazza's top pick, @emmabgo interviews the young women who turned out in droves for Turning Point USA’s Young Women’s Leadership conference. nytimes.com/2025/06/23/sty…
“Of course the world we live in, and what we write and film and think about, is the world that Zohran has very much absorbed.” NYT interviews @ZohranKMamdani’s parents and takes a look at their views on Israel: nytimes.com/2025/06/26/nyr…
Loving this quote from Mira Nair on trying to finance Mississippi Masala: “The question that was asked for me was, ‘Can’t you make room for a white protagonist?’” Ms. Nair said, laughing. “I assured them that all the waiters in the film would be white.” nytimes.com/2025/06/26/nyr…?