
Andrew Rice
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Andrew Rice
@riceid
Feature writer, New York Magazine. Author of The Year That Broke America. Retweets = procrastination. DMs open. [email protected]


When a Brooklyn Hasidic man found himself trapped in a Bolivian prison, he knew only Sean Penn could save him. This is the unbelievable true story of how Penn organized an extraction effort to pull Jacob Ostreicher out of the country. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

This JMP by @ZhongJiee is well done, and compelling. Important findings regarding 3rd grade retention policies. jieezhong.com/files/pdf/JMP.…

A report on the Bands of Theseus vulture.com/article/when-i…




Fantastic lineup for the TPUSA halftime show, including the great Bob Ritchie AKA KID ROCK x.com/tpusa/status/2…



Via @mattyglesias: Schools are getting worse in most red states The “Southern surge” is great, but it’s just four states. slowboring.com/p/schools-are-…











Meanwhile, the NYRB’s most recent issue includes a critical review of Mahmood Mamdani’s book “Slow Poison,” on Idi Amin and Uganda: the book contains “a number of errors,” reviewer writes nybooks.com/articles/2026/…



