
Jess McHugh
@mchughjess
Author. Journalist. Fausse Parisienne
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Everything about this story is my favorite thing—the number of times I gasped out loud is too numerous to count !! brava 𝚍𝚘𝚍𝚊𝚒 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚝 nytimes.com/2023/04/14/nyr…




The man who killed Jordan Neely wasn’t protecting himself. He was empowered by a cultural movement that has normalized regular citizens deputizing themselves as judges and executioners in the name of white supremacy. Infamously this also happened in another period of US history


"The human condition is inconvenient, and Americans appreciate a quick and tidy fix." Great piece in The Atlantic by Kelli María Korducki and honored to have a little shoutout for Americanon! theatlantic.com/technology/arc…





A hospital for wild animals in Paris takes care of 7,000+ animals per year, including many tiny hedgehogs, like this one! It's the most feel-good story I've ever written Please read! The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/world/2024/03/…


France is fiercely protective of its landmarks, food, and other forms of cultural heritage. Now the French government is hoping citizens can think of wildlife as “patrimoine,” too, Jess McHugh writes: theatlantic.com/science/archiv…
