Dateline: Nutbush City Limits nytimes.com/2023/05/29/us/…

On the Fourth of July in Atlanta, you first go see the official, government-sanctioned fireworks display, then you watch the almost certainly unsanctioned one being fired off in a bank parking lot.

Maybe disaster can lead to opportunity. I heard that a lot in Rolling Fork in the weeks after the devastating tornado. But was it a chance to breathe life into a struggling town — or set off on the well-trodden path to leave the Mississippi Delta? nytimes.com/2023/07/09/us/…

one step forward, 1,000,000 steps back Texas A&M University

Don’t be mistaken about who these vocal, anti-DEI constituents are . The Battalion did a deep dive last year on the exact type of hyper-conservative, anti-diversity and anti-LGBTQ+ Texas A&M alumni who A&M administrators take meetings with. thebatt.com/news/the-rudde…

In Louisiana, a Democratic Governor Leans on Vetoes to Stall Conservative Agenda. via @NYTimes ⁦Rick Rojas⁩ nytimes.com/2023/07/23/us/…

I wrote about Sinead O’Connor and how the experiences that shaped her — child abuse, teenage incarceration at a church-run home for “fallen women,” attacks she faced as an adult — helped chart the forces she fought against in her art and public life. nytimes.com/2023/07/27/nyr…

Hellish conditions, daily. By Rick Rojas nytimes.com/2023/08/19/us/…

The South Knows a Hot, Sticky Summer. But This? ‘It’s Hell.’ via Rick Rojas in New Iberia, LA nytimes.com/2023/08/19/us/…

"It’s not just the heat, as Southerners have explained for generations. It’s the moist, soupy, suffocating humidity that swallows up everything and conspires with the heat to make any activity without air-conditioning draining and even deadly." Rick Rojas nytimes.com/2023/08/19/us/…

“It’s the moist, soupy, suffocating humidity that swallows up everything and conspires with the heat to make any activity without air-conditioning draining and even deadly.” Classic ⁦Rick Rojas⁩ beautiful writing. nytimes.com/2023/08/19/us/…

Here's my latest for ProPublica:

This insane and terrible story, well told by ⁦Rick Rojas⁩ nytimes.com/2023/11/19/us/…

Beautiful story by ⁦Rick Rojas⁩ on the Carters, their marriage and their hometown of Plains, Ga. Well done Rick (and Rosalynn) nytimes.com/2023/11/20/us/…

“The Lord laid it on my heart and we all need to lift her up because — insert information here,” Mr. Bryant explained in the video detailing how one might go about gossiping by way of a prayer request. HIGH-larious story, especially in the hands of Rick Rojas. nytimes.com/2023/12/22/us/…

I might could read this piece by my fellow Southerner Rick Rojas. nytimes.com/2023/12/22/us/…

Outside New Orleans, a New Mardi Gras Experience: The King Cake Drive-Thru via Rick Rojas nytimes.com/2024/02/12/us/…

Trying so hard to get ⁦Rick Rojas⁩ to break up with the national desk and join the fun kids over at ⁦NYT Cooking⁩. nytimes.com/2024/02/12/us/…