The infamous prison was closed two years ago following revelations of rampant sexual abuse.
Whitney Curry Wimbish
Whitney Curry Wimbish is a staff writer at The American Prospect. She previously worked in the Financial Times newsletters division, The Cambodia Daily in Phnom Penh, and the Herald News in New Jersey. Her work has been published in multiple outlets, including The New York Times, The Baffler, Los Angeles Review of Books, Music & Literature, North American Review, Sentient, Semafor, and elsewhere. She is a coauthor of The Majority Report’s daily newsletter and publishes short fiction in a range of literary magazines. She can be reached on Signal at wwimbish.07.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Aftermath: Oil Execs Thrill to Higher Profits From War
Plus: Why Iran won’t make a deal with Trump to end the crisis
Posted inPolitics
Pro-Palestine Super PAC Spending $2 Million to Back Doctor in NJ-12
American Priorities is throwing its war chest behind Dr. Adam Hamawy, a combat surgeon who worked in a Gaza hospital while Israel’s genocide raged outside.
Posted inPolitics
Pennsylvania Race Pits Corporate Defender Against Union Organizer
Ryan Crosswell is running to represent Pennsylvania’s Seventh District after a career helping bosses fight their workers.
Posted inLaw and Justice
North Carolina Farm Stole H-2A Visa Workers’ Passports: Lawsuit
A new class action lawsuit against Jackson Farming Company of Autryville highlights how agricultural employers abuse immigrant workers. New GOP policies aim to make that more common.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Trump Showers Health Care Crooks With Love
His extensive pardons to health care executives convicted of various crimes show that his ‘war on fraud’ in blue states has nothing to do with fraud.
Posted inWorking in America
Union Now Is America’s New Strike Fund
The new nonprofit will put money directly into the hands of workers so they can fight harder and win bigger.
Posted inEconomic Policy
On Tax Day, Mamdani Taxed the Rich
The mayor, his supporters, and public opinion convinced their previously reluctant governor to agree to a tax on the second (or third, fourth, fifth, etc.) homes of their city’s nonresident rich.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
GOP Food Stamp Work Requirements Hit Just as Jobs Dry Up
Millions of people will lose food stamps, according to early estimates.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Aftermath: Plastics Clogged in the Persian Gulf
In today’s inaugural newsletter: plastic supply chains, sulfuric acid export bans, and the war drags on.