@maassp.bsky.social
Recovering foreign correspondent slash war reporter. Author of “Love Thy Neighbor” and “Crude World.” Done time at the NYT, WP, Intercept.
@kevinmkruse.bsky.socialReposted by @maassp.bsky.socialICE has to be dismantled, with every single incident like this investigated and prosecuted.
@maassp.bsky.socialRead. Janet's. Book. "The Inheritance: An American Tragedy in Five Acts"
@maassp.bsky.socialJob alert: the Economic Hardship Reporting Project is looking for a new executive director. Led for a long time by Alissa Quart (my spouse), the EHRP was started by the late Barbara Ehrenreich and supports journalism about inequality in America. careers.economichardship.org/jobs/657289-...
@maassp.bsky.socialCome one, come all, to Janet Reitman's launch of her new book, on Wednesday at the Lofty Pigeon in Brooklyn, where she'll read and we'll have a conversation. www.loftypigeonbooks.com/reading-even...
@maassp.bsky.socialIn which @anandwrites.bsky.social raves about Janet Reitman's masterpiece on the America of 9/11. On Wednesday at the Lofty Pigeon in Brooklyn, I'll interview Janet for the book's launch. Details in next skeet. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/b...
@maassp.bsky.socialHave listened to a lot about Gaza and genocide, this is the best so far.
@maassp.bsky.socialAnother genocidaire who I reported on in Bosnia is gone. Served eight years in prison, should have been a lifetime. balkaninsight.com/2026/10/01/b...
@maassp.bsky.socialToday's withdrawal of the last U.S. troops in Iraq, after 23 years of destruction, takes me back to April 9, 2003, when Marines toppled a statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad. I was there, here's what I wrote after years of reflection and reporting. www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
@maassp.bsky.socialWrote the following about Iraq-war backer Max Boot a few years back, when he published a semi-culpa about his errors, and was celebrated by the liberal media (still is, of course). theintercept.com/2018/10/13/m...
@maassp.bsky.socialWill interview the great @janetreitman.bsky.social on Oct. 7 about her new book, "The Inheritance: An American Tragedy in Five Acts," at Lofty Pigeon Books in Brooklyn. Please come, the cost of entry ($0) is out of whack with the value of the evening, I promise! www.eventbrite.com/e/janet-reit...
@maassp.bsky.socialOn the 25th anniversary of "Nickel and Dimed," @alissaquart.bsky.social talks about the great Barbara Ehrenreich's legacy. www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
@maassp.bsky.socialWorking on the first draft of my next book, this hits hard and true.
@maassp.bsky.socialNew poem by @alissaquart.bsky.social, here's a snippet!
I’m trapped in a dream
of childhood and violence, as I am
trapped in so much beauty.
Our sleep’s bogeymen now alive,
creeping through newscasts, clumps
of disinfo. A father throwing
a colander is the president.
yalereview.org/article/alis...
@maassp.bsky.socialHe got what he deserved, in the place he deserved it. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/w...
