Ethan Corey
@ethanscorey.bsky.social
Research & Projects Editor | @theappeal.org
he / him
he / him
Reposted by Ethan Corey
They were deported to countries where they have no ties, held in secret camps and prisons, and stripped of their rights. @newyorker.com exposes the chilling reality of the rapidly expanding practice of third-country removals under the Trump administration. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Disappeared to a Foreign Prison
The Trump Administration is deporting people to countries they have no ties to, where many are being detained indefinitely or forcibly returned to the places they fled. Sarah Stillman reports.
www.newyorker.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
They were deported to countries where they have no ties, held in secret camps and prisons, and stripped of their rights. @newyorker.com exposes the chilling reality of the rapidly expanding practice of third-country removals under the Trump administration. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The cadence (e.g. "No vacations, no Netflix, no luxury. Just the 'Participation Tickets' required to hold a job and raise kids in 2024.") screams ChatGPT, lol
Man, gotta love some Wall Street guy who decides It’s Time To Care About Poverty and uses vibe math to recalculate the poverty line, as… $136,500
Extreme “it’s one banana, Michael” energy
Extreme “it’s one banana, Michael” energy
November 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The cadence (e.g. "No vacations, no Netflix, no luxury. Just the 'Participation Tickets' required to hold a job and raise kids in 2024.") screams ChatGPT, lol
Reposted by Ethan Corey
The Times identified 120+ instances in which guards were described as having punched, kicked or stomped on inmates, smashed their fingers in cell doors, held their legs apart and struck their genitals with batons, and even waterboarded them — all while they were handcuffed or otherwise restrained.
Restrained, Beaten, Asphyxiated: New York Prison Guards’ Brutality Grows
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
The Times identified 120+ instances in which guards were described as having punched, kicked or stomped on inmates, smashed their fingers in cell doors, held their legs apart and struck their genitals with batons, and even waterboarded them — all while they were handcuffed or otherwise restrained.
Reposted by Ethan Corey
The federal government shot Marimar Martinez in Brighton Park, charged her with federal crimes, and just weeks later is dismissing the case. This follows several dropped prosecutions against protesters. To say the immigration raids have been all around mess is an understatement
November 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The federal government shot Marimar Martinez in Brighton Park, charged her with federal crimes, and just weeks later is dismissing the case. This follows several dropped prosecutions against protesters. To say the immigration raids have been all around mess is an understatement
Reposted by Ethan Corey
Last Thanksgiving, two Dallas Police officers knocked on my door, citing a tip from the FBI national threat operations center that I was beating my girlfriend. The incident report confirms this. Today, I obtained a file from the FBI via FOIA that states the FBI has no record of receiving such a tip.
November 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Last Thanksgiving, two Dallas Police officers knocked on my door, citing a tip from the FBI national threat operations center that I was beating my girlfriend. The incident report confirms this. Today, I obtained a file from the FBI via FOIA that states the FBI has no record of receiving such a tip.
Reposted by Ethan Corey
ICE typically releases detention statistics on Fridays.
It's the first Friday since the end of the shutdown, but it appears that ICE has not uploaded a new file yet. We are approaching two months since the last update.
It's the first Friday since the end of the shutdown, but it appears that ICE has not uploaded a new file yet. We are approaching two months since the last update.
ICE removed the "we're not maintaining this website" banner that displayed at the top of the detention management page for the duration of the shutdown.
www.ice.gov/detain/deten...
www.ice.gov/detain/deten...
November 15, 2025 at 2:10 AM
ICE typically releases detention statistics on Fridays.
It's the first Friday since the end of the shutdown, but it appears that ICE has not uploaded a new file yet. We are approaching two months since the last update.
It's the first Friday since the end of the shutdown, but it appears that ICE has not uploaded a new file yet. We are approaching two months since the last update.
Reposted by Ethan Corey
Horrifying
Dozens Of Women Allege Unwanted Surgeries And Medical Abuse In ICE Custody
More women are coming forward to say they were pressured to have reproductive surgeries they did not want or understand, offering a glimpse into alleged medical abuses at an ICE detention center.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Horrifying
Reposted by Ethan Corey
We’re thrilled to share that Truthout is taking over The Appeal’s journalism. With Truthout’s powerhouse reputation for independent, reader-funded journalism, our reporting on overpolicing and mass incarceration will continue and reach even wider audiences.
theappeal.org/news_awards/...
theappeal.org/news_awards/...
The Appeal Joins Truthout: A New Chapter Begins
Exposing the harms of the criminal legal system and elevating solutions that keep all people safe.
theappeal.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
We’re thrilled to share that Truthout is taking over The Appeal’s journalism. With Truthout’s powerhouse reputation for independent, reader-funded journalism, our reporting on overpolicing and mass incarceration will continue and reach even wider audiences.
theappeal.org/news_awards/...
theappeal.org/news_awards/...
Reposted by Ethan Corey
Four union media workers were fired, in violation of their rights at work—that is a canary for all of us in this business. If we lose power at work, trust me it’s not any easier to hold anyone with political power to account.
Breaking News: Late last night Conde Nast illegally fired 4 union organizers who asked company execs to explain the downsizing of Teen Vogue and continued layoffs. We’ve filed a grievance.
November 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Four union media workers were fired, in violation of their rights at work—that is a canary for all of us in this business. If we lose power at work, trust me it’s not any easier to hold anyone with political power to account.
Reposted by Ethan Corey
I have been actively watching contracts and surge funding over the last few days and what I would say to my friends in Baltimore is “be absolutely ready, right now.”
ICE poised to ramp up raids in Baltimore by Thanksgiving
The Trump administration has rush-ordered infrastructure to conduct raids, abduct residents, and detain people for months.
open.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I have been actively watching contracts and surge funding over the last few days and what I would say to my friends in Baltimore is “be absolutely ready, right now.”
Reposted by Ethan Corey
I wrote for @slate.com about a legendary (and violent) Tennessee sheriff who more likely than not murdered his wife and the people who want to keep him on a pedestal.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Her Husband Claimed She Was Murdered by the Mob. Hollywood Made a Hit Film About It. The Truth Was Far Darker.
A mythical sheriff, a murder—and a Tennessee town that wants none of it.
slate.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I wrote for @slate.com about a legendary (and violent) Tennessee sheriff who more likely than not murdered his wife and the people who want to keep him on a pedestal.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Reposted by Ethan Corey
A photojournalist was arrested by ICE at gunpoint — and his DACA status revoked.
“Ya’akub isn’t being accused of breaking immigration law — his DACA protection doesn’t expire until May 2026. In fact Ya’akub’s lawyers say he hasn’t been accused of any crime.”
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/04/h...
“Ya’akub isn’t being accused of breaking immigration law — his DACA protection doesn’t expire until May 2026. In fact Ya’akub’s lawyers say he hasn’t been accused of any crime.”
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/04/h...
When Storytelling Is Called ‘Terrorism’: How My Friend and Fellow Journalist Was Targeted by ICE
As a DACA recipient, Ya'akub Ira Vijandre’s arrest holds drastic implications for the state of free speech in America.
thebarbedwire.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
A photojournalist was arrested by ICE at gunpoint — and his DACA status revoked.
“Ya’akub isn’t being accused of breaking immigration law — his DACA protection doesn’t expire until May 2026. In fact Ya’akub’s lawyers say he hasn’t been accused of any crime.”
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/04/h...
“Ya’akub isn’t being accused of breaking immigration law — his DACA protection doesn’t expire until May 2026. In fact Ya’akub’s lawyers say he hasn’t been accused of any crime.”
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/04/h...
There is a legal case for my claim to the British throne--but it is strewn with obstacles (namely that I am neither British nor a member of the royal family).
There is a legal case for a third term—but it is strewn with obstacles
Trump 2028
There is a legal case for a third term—but it is strewn with obstacles
econ.st
October 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
There is a legal case for my claim to the British throne--but it is strewn with obstacles (namely that I am neither British nor a member of the royal family).
"But, in an ironic twist" killed me
October 29, 2025 at 11:41 AM
"But, in an ironic twist" killed me
Reposted by Ethan Corey
New federal data has revealed a 19% year-on-year decline in international students entering the US in August 2025, including a 45% drop from India, America’s largest sending country. thepienews.com/internationa...
International student arrivals to the US fall by 19%
The US recorded a 20% drop in student visa arrivals this August, though the full picture remains unclear amid contradictory datasets.
thepienews.com
October 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
New federal data has revealed a 19% year-on-year decline in international students entering the US in August 2025, including a 45% drop from India, America’s largest sending country. thepienews.com/internationa...
Reposted by Ethan Corey
This is so troubling. The First Amendment is just words on paper unless we fight to uphold them. Part of this fight is helping student news outlets survive on independent platforms if administrators cut their funding and support as cover for the real agenda of silencing people.
Indiana University cuts IDS print entirely, hours after firing student media director
Indiana University's independent student newspaper.
www.idsnews.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
This is so troubling. The First Amendment is just words on paper unless we fight to uphold them. Part of this fight is helping student news outlets survive on independent platforms if administrators cut their funding and support as cover for the real agenda of silencing people.
Reposted by Ethan Corey
NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams
NBC News’ 150 Layoffs Gut Black, Latino, Asian American and LGBTQ+ Diversity Teams
The cuts affected teams across the NBC News operation and came as the network no longer needed to support two different news operations. MSNBC has begun growing its own newsroom, hiring swaths of tale...
www.thewrap.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:08 PM
NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams
This whole Politico story is both jaw-dropping and unsurprising at the same time, but are we sure that the people in the chat didn't leak it to bolster their own standing? www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This whole Politico story is both jaw-dropping and unsurprising at the same time, but are we sure that the people in the chat didn't leak it to bolster their own standing? www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Reposted by Ethan Corey
Sierra Johnson, a 36-year-old Native American woman, was one of roughly 1,600 women to sue the state under the Adult Survivors Act alleging they were sexually assaulted in state prisons. She died while waiting for her lawsuit to be heard.
“It goes beyond just my own little life."
“It goes beyond just my own little life."
She Fought for Prison Abuse Victims, Then Died Waiting for Her Own…
Johnson was one of roughly 1,600 women to sue the state under the Adult Survivors Act alleging they were sexually assaulted in state prisons.
nysfocus.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Sierra Johnson, a 36-year-old Native American woman, was one of roughly 1,600 women to sue the state under the Adult Survivors Act alleging they were sexually assaulted in state prisons. She died while waiting for her lawsuit to be heard.
“It goes beyond just my own little life."
“It goes beyond just my own little life."
The walk-off music is 👨🍳💋
"Many of you who covered me ... were salivating at the thought that Eric would go to jail for 33 years. So don't start asking me about what I think about [Letitia James]: I want to know, what did y'all think about when my life was destroyed in this city. And I wish I had a mic so I can drop it."
October 11, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The walk-off music is 👨🍳💋
Billionaire-to-supervillain pipeline
October 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Billionaire-to-supervillain pipeline
Reposted by Ethan Corey
I'm at the scene where ICE abducted multiple people from Lincoln and Foster this morning.
A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.
A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.
October 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I'm at the scene where ICE abducted multiple people from Lincoln and Foster this morning.
A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.
A WGN producer was among the people taken, allegedly because she was among a group of bystanders who tried to intervene. ICE agents hit this car while making their getaway.
Reposted by Ethan Corey
adding alt text bc we all know that interview was rough to watch, but my god the background on it
(via www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...)
(via www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...)
October 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
adding alt text bc we all know that interview was rough to watch, but my god the background on it
(via www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...)
(via www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...)
Reposted by Ethan Corey
Parlays have become incredibly popular, with many betting apps encouraging these high-stakes multi-leg bets. But as legs are added, the chance of winning drops faster than the growth of the potential payout - which means sportsbooks have the advantage. Explore the math and and try your own bets:
Americans can’t stop betting parlays. Sportbooks are cashing in.
As betting booms, parlays are accounting for an increasing share of the money wagered on sports, according to a Washington Post analysis of state data.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Parlays have become incredibly popular, with many betting apps encouraging these high-stakes multi-leg bets. But as legs are added, the chance of winning drops faster than the growth of the potential payout - which means sportsbooks have the advantage. Explore the math and and try your own bets:
Reposted by Ethan Corey
repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself
An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.
October 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
repost this if an editor has ever saved you from yourself