Hannah Levintova

1/ Last fall, I pitched my bosses @MotherJones on a project that would try to illustrate the depth of private equity’s investment in our daily lives, and its real-life impact. That package, with contributions from much of our newsroom, is out today: motherjones.com/privateequity

A scoop from me and @dfriedman33: Why did Bill Pulte’s charity give $65K to a nonprofit that doesn’t seem to exist? The recipient may actually be an LLC with ties to Trump’s lawyers. motherjones.com/politics/2026/…

If you want to support the amazing journalists who lost their jobs at the Washington Post today, please consider contributing if you can gofundme.com/f/standing-tog…

@aaronwiener This really sucks. Aaron, I am so sorry to hear this.

Unfortunately the Washington Post has decided to eliminate its Berlin bureau and with it my job. It's been the honor and adventure of a lifetime to be Berlin bureau chief, even if just for 6 months. So many great journalists have lost their jobs today. It's a dark day.

I am so thrilled and grateful to get this funding from the McGraw business journalism fellowship @newmarkjschool to keep reporting on for-profit healthcare with @msabcleek! journalism.cuny.edu/2026/01/invest…

I talked to @jasonfurman about the Trump admin's decision to launch a first-in-history criminal inquiry into Fed chair Jay Powell—and what happened in other countries when leaders compromised central bank independence. (Tl;dr it wasn't good!) motherjones.com/politics/2026/…

@CharlotteAbotsi Thank you so much for this thoughtful note.

Thank you @H_Lev for writing this. It’s been so difficult for me to articulate how unfair it feels to have a place you love so much be so deeply misunderstood and widely criticized by those who had never had a thought about us otherwise. This is Providence. This is who we are:

I may be biased because she's a friend, but this piece by @H_Lev is the best first-person account I've read summing up the mood in Providence right now motherjones.com/politics/2025/…

And if I may—I deliberately put a lot of links to local coverage into this piece, from @projo especially. In moments like these, please read and subscribe to the local journalists doing this work! providencejournal.com/live-story/new…

As a Brown alum and Providence resident, I have been trying to find the right words to capture the vast grief layered across this community and the people who love it. In the end, I’m not sure if it’s really, fully possible to articulate. But I tried: motherjones.com/politics/2025/…

This past summer, @H_Lev and I published an episode of Reveal digging into why a bunch of hospitals all owned by one real estate company, Medical Properties Trust seemed to be struggling revealnews.org/podcast/medica…

New from me: In March, FHFA director Bill Pulte made himself chairman of the board of Fannie Mae. But he did not file a required disclosure form tied to the role with the SEC—the same kind of paperwork error he has used to attack Trump's political foes. motherjones.com/politics/2025/…

@atwaheed and @LailaAlarian @AJFaultLines decided to turn this reporting into a film. I'm so grateful to them. We travelled around the world to follow two families whose lives were torn apart, including Sungida’s husband and daughter /5 youtube.com/watch?v=EXkEwq…

…12 more moms and newborns who died. And 21 who suffered severe injuries. Their stories lay bare the line from corporate greed to shattered lives. But what we rarely get a chance to see is the long arc of devastation from these business decisions; the months and years after. /4

I wrote about the rise and fall of Steward Health Care—fueled by a private equity firm, a real estate trust, & multimillionaire executives. The saga is a stunning indictment of what happens when financiers try to squeeze huge returns from hospitals. /1 shorturl.at/TcvV7

@aseitzwald This is amazing! Congrats, and cheering you on from Rhode Island!

🦞 Personal news: After 10 years at NBC News, I've left to join a local news startup in Midcoast Maine. My family moved here 2 years ago to help take care of my mother and fell in love with this place. Thrilled to serve it make local news cool again! #h" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">semafor.com/newsletter/02/…

Hi! I'm also hanging out on Bluesky and would love it if you'd follow me there:

Making a final plug for my feature on how election officials from both parties have prepared for possible chaos in order to keep you—and your vote—safe today. motherjones.com/politics/2024/…