Rachel Morris

Forty years ago, two liberal professors published a "provocative" book about immigration that sold poorly and got terrible reviews. Here's how they accidentally handed Trump the legal argument he's using to attack birthright citizenship. newyorker.com/news/the-lede/…

I wrote about Jacinda Ardern’s new memoir and what happened in New Zealand during the pandemic, for the New Yorker: newyorker.com/books/page-tur…

I wrote this for @RachelMorris in 2019, not expecting it to be even more relevant in 2025. And yet, with Canada levying tariffs on the US and Denmark threatening to cut off Ozempic and shipping, here we are. (Link in the next tweet.)

Aaron is one of the best reporters in NZ precisely because of his tireless questioning.

Think you're safely in a blue bubble in DC? Think again. From banning abortion to changing the DCPS curriculum to firing thousands of your neighbors, the new admin may do something no president has done in years: dramatically change local DC. politi.co/3UIBgyi

How long do we think it takes for Jeff Bezos to sell the Washington Post?

Every incumbent party around the world when the post-pandemic inflation began has lost, regardless of ideology and regardless of where inflation was at the moment of the election.

For those who think that Trump wouldn't be able to pull off mass deportations, this superb piece by @RachelMorris is a necessary read into how, in his first admin, he did end up building his (invisible) border wall after all. huffpost.com/highline/artic…

This is an extremely cool job for the right historian: atlanticmedia.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers/job/Wa…

Bizarre claim from John Key that Kamala Harris’s economic views are similar to Bernie Sanders & “well to the left of Joe Biden.” She’s a standard corporate-friendly Dem with major Silicon Valley backing; Biden is far more supportive of organized labor. stuff.co.nz/politics/35043…

Relatedly ... it's curious to see David Seymour call for Kiwis to read the Treaty for themselves without relying on expert interpretation, when the website created to explain the ACT Treaty principles bill doesn't include the full text (or even a link to it!)

Wrote about a new book of NZ history, Kiwis' generally poor understanding of their country's history, and the Treaty principles bill: nzgeo.com/stories/becomi…

@JeremyReesnz @nzherald @radionz An editorial is supposed to be a well-reasoned point of view from either an institution or individual. Using generative AI to produce them massively reduces their value to readers/defeats the entire purpose of running editorials imo.

Three or four other ⁦@nzherald⁩ editorials, mainly about sport, show as probably AI generated in trace tools, says ⁦@radionz⁩ Mediawatch. The question is how much does it matter - they are not wrong or plagiarised, though unacknowledged if true rnz.co.nz/national/progr…

"...learning to walk again would be like mastering two musical instruments and playing them at the same time." This story is absolutely unsparing and so well told: magazine.atavist.com/coming-to-amer…

Terrific article by @samknightwrites about what happened when Britain rapidly slashed public services in the name of austerity. A fleeting growth spurt followed by deep decline and dysfunction that's hard to reverse. newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…

New Interview: I talked to the journalist Yuval Abraham about his investigations into AI-backed targeting systems being used in Gaza, how Israel’s command structure makes decisions, & the controversy surrounding him being accused of antisemitism in Berlin. newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/i…

@HaydenDonnell @JeremyReesnz @nzherald Pretty hard to top the letter we got about the North & South redesign complaining that the edges of the paper were too pointy

@JeremyReesnz @nzherald To: editor@nzherald.co.nz From: kenandmarge18945@outlook.co.nz Subject: WHERE ARE MY GODDAMN SERIFS

@nzherald changes typeface. Cue the letters of complaint about change.

A lot has been written about China's efforts to cultivate support (and UN backing) in the Pacific but it turns out Israel has been just as active. Fascinating story by @Indiratweets 1news.co.nz/2024/03/10/isr…

My story about what went wrong inside Hawke's Bay civil defence during Cyclone Gabrielle—starting with the shocking revelation that the region had "no disaster Master Plan or flood emergency plan" even though most of its population lives on a flood plain. nzgeo.com/stories/hawkes…