Eli Saslow

RT @AlecMacGillis: "How can any of this be considered normal?" Another stunning @elisaslow story from the front lines of the urban unraveli…

I write a lot about people and places in moments of desperation, but what I saw in Portland floored me: police lines that disconnect because of high call volume, dangerous 911 wait times, and a messy response to the attempted kidnapping of a 7-year-old. https://t.co/V7yRZ5Rs8c

RT @kelsieswrites: It’s hard to accept help. My friend Maya convinced me that ppl want to help & I should give them a way to do that. We wi…

Fall in America: Eight years ago in a classroom, Brenda Valenzuela survived one of America's worst mass shootings. Now she must send her own children back to school. https://t.co/2LgRYVU5gs

Increasingly, this is who state capitols and courtrooms are holding accountable for the fentanyl crisis - addicts like Josh Askins, who shared drugs with a friend who overdosed, called for help, performed CPR, and then was charged with murder. https://t.co/3hRqYLOKAQ

The number of homeless people dying in San Diego has gone up almost 10x in the last decade. Same in LA. Same in Seattle. Same in Denver, Phoenix, Austin and and and. This is Abdul. His wife and 20+ friends died last year, and any night he could be next. https://t.co/DrH4avfSuQ

After many great and fulfilling years at The Washington Post, I started a new job last month at the NYT. This is my first story. https://t.co/HFNjKsza4A

RT @nytimes: "It's the usual chaos and suffering. But the restaurant's still standing." As homelessness overwhelms downtown Phoenix, one s…

RT @nytimes: For his first New York Times story, writer at large Eli Saslow traveled to Phoenix to spend time with the owners of a sandwich…

As a mental health crisis overwhelms many American cities post-pandemic, a psychiatric nurse in Seattle reckons with the high cost of compassion. https://t.co/DuKxn8d9Wn

"One day teaching here is like a month." At a failing public school in Arizona, an international teacher finds an America much different from what she expected. https://t.co/BlgpwY4C70

Amid a historic U.S. teacher shortage and cratering student performance, a “Most Outstanding Teacher” from the Philippines tries to help save a struggling school in rural Arizona. https://t.co/BlgpwY4C70

A Buffalo attorney’s investigation of one mass shooting leads him back to another. https://t.co/cgn5F7wNJ2

The opioid epidemic, a homelessness crisis, and rising crime in post-pandemic America as experienced each day on a city bus. https://t.co/yYWhUfLzpB

As tensions rise across the world, a family in rural Montana reckons with the active nuclear missile that's ready to launch at any second from their ranch. https://t.co/zJO2L7tQGS

As moratoriums come to an end, the man some call ‘Lock-’em-out Lennie’ is once again knocking on doors in Arizona to evict more than a dozen people each day. https://t.co/fba5A7wEdv

RT @chihumanities: TONIGHT 7PM CT! Join @elisaslow in conversation about his book 📘VOICES FROM THE PANDEMIC with @tamarakeithNPR. Watch th…