Lizzy Ratner
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Deputy Editor at The Nation (features, features), sometime journo, parental unit. Tweets my own. She/her/hers
Joined July 2012
In 2009, I found out about a child who was buried in New York City's potters field and was described as the first child to have died of AIDS in the city. This is the story of my search to understand who the child was—and to tell a lost story about HIV/AIDS
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Wherein @ElieNYC does a close reading of all that is wrong, misleading, unconstitutional, and deeply fucked up about Trump's executive order attempting to end birthright citizenship. Honestly, it's even worse than I thought.
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As the great @ElieNYC predicted last week in this piece @thenation, the Supreme Court has ruled against TikTok. Since SCOTUS didn't offer an explanation as to why in its opion, you can read Elie's piece to get a sense of what they may have been thinking.
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"Any decent person should hope that the ceasefire holds, but even if it does, the end of the genocide is not the end of the story. Palestine is still not free, and we have not even begun to come to terms with what Israel has wrought on Gaza."—@malsaafin
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Profound thanks to @dr_yusefsalaam for this incredibly powerful piece appealing to Joe Biden to use his final days as president to pardon Billie Allen, a man who's been fighting to establish his innocence—and win back his freedom—for a quarter century.
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As wildfires scorch LA, I find myself thinking a lot about this piece that the great @BenEhrenreich wrote just over 6 years ago. It haunts me in a deep and painful way—another unheeded warning that was, itself, an echo of so many unheeded warnings.
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RT @ezzingaza: Winter arrived just a week ago, sweeping in with nights so bitterly cold they feel merciless. My family and I have retreated…
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And so it begins: having overturned the right to an abortion, the Supreme Court has officially docketed the first case that could undermine the right to contraception, specifically for poor Americans. It's a doozy. Here, @ElieNYC explains as only he can.
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RT @MohammRafik: As the world lights up with festive celebrations, Gaza shivers in the dark. Kids pulled lifeless from rubble, families bur…
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@bradleyrsimpson @elonmusk @VivekGRamaswamy This is completely inhuman. Heartbreaking. No pressure, but: if you feel like it might help to channel your outrage some way, somewhere, you are welcome to do it in the Nation. Just say the word.
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Today @thenation, @lehmannchris & @elivalley team up to provide an enlightening—if somewhat nauseating—guide to some of the key influencers in Trump's orbit. These folks may not be household names, but you should definitely get to know who they are.
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This weekend, @JoshuaOppenheim's film THE END goes wide across the US. It's dreamy, unsettling, & deep has hell—literally: it's set in a salt mine. This interview of Oppenheimer by Peter Sellars is a wild tour through the minds of two brilliant artists.
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For 14 months, Mahmoud Almadhoun kept hope & humanity alive in north Gaza with his soup kitchen, medical clinic, and school. His life was proof, writes his brother, that even in the darkest moments, some rise to serve others. Rest in power, Chef Mahmoud.
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As a mom—and also just as a human—this @thenation piece by Asmaa Yassin slayed me. It's about her experience trying to survive Israel's genocide—the bombs, starvation, terror—while protecting her 2-year-old son and unborn child. Just read it, trust me.
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It's beautiful to be able to celebrate some rare happy news. Congrats and welcome, Mohammed! So proud to have you as part of The Nation fam. ❤️❤️❤️
So honored to say I’m now officially a contributing writer for @TheNation 🎉 From Gaza to the pages of a publication I’ve long admired, this journey has been humbling. Grateful to everyone who’s supported my voice along the way. Here’s to telling more stories that matter! ✍🏼
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Here's a different take: Matt Gaetz is actually the best possible pick for Trump's AG. Yes, he's creepy. Yes, he's a predator. Yes, he'll do everything Trump wants. But: as @ElieNYC argues, he doesn't have the savvy to wield the full power of the DOJ.
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This piece by a doctor who has remained in northern Gaza, determined to live up to the commitments of his profession, has absolutely gutted me. The doctor, Ezzedin Shehab, is 28. Death is literally all around him. Just read his words. Please. @thenation
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This piece by @ElieNYC put the fear of Beelzebub in me. As he sees it, Trump's "little secret" with Mike Johnson is even more sinister than you might think. He lays it all out here...
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There's been a lot of mushy reporting around Elon Musk's scheme to effectively pay people to register to vote. So I asked @ElieNYC if he could break it down for me—and he did! Thanks to him, I am now both better informed and more pissed off.
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