E. Tammy Kim
E. Tammy Kim is a contributing writer at The New Yorker who covers a range of subjects, including politics, labor, and the Koreas. Her series Deep State Diaries explores the fallout from cuts to the federal workforce. She is a Puffin Foundation Fellow at the Type Media Center, and her first career was as a lawyer.
An ICE Killing Puts Minneapolis on the Brink
The city where George Floyd was murdered finds itself again at the epicenter of a national crisis.
Minneapolis Grieves, Again
From the daily newsletter: the city is reeling after another act of state violence.
A Graphic Novel About Rage and Repression in Montreal
For the characters in Lee Lai’s “Cannon,” home is the place most resistant to real emotion.
The Year that Broke Federal Workers
From the daily newsletter: the recent upheaval in immigration courts mirrors the broader remaking of the government’s workforce.
What Was the Shutdown For?
From the daily newsletter: the scene at a Social Security office in Queens.
Inside Donald Trump’s Attack on Immigration Courts
Judges describe a campaign of firings and interference which threatens the system’s independence.
Donald Trump’s Assault on Disability Rights
Federal offices and programs that insure equal treatment are being shuttered and scaled back.
When the Federal Government Eats Itself
After six months of DOGE, vital institutions are in disarray as the civil service braces for new cuts.
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The Atomic Bombs’ Forgotten Korean Victims
Survivors of the nuclear blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki are still fighting for recognition.
Inside the Activist Groups Resisting ICE
As raids spread beyond L.A., organizers, lawyers, and volunteers in Orange County are attempting to slow down arrests and deportations.
Immigration Protests Threaten to Boil Over in Los Angeles
Over the weekend, Donald Trump’s deportation agenda met its fiercest resistance yet as federal officials conducted worksite raids and clashed with residents.
Democracy Wins a Referendum in South Korea
The newly elected President defeated an increasingly authoritarian rival party. Can he bring the country back together?
Cut Right Through the Boat and Illuminate Everything
The Singaporean photographer Nguan spent a decade capturing New York via the Staten Island ferry.
Trump Threatens NPR and PBS
How radio hosts and station leaders are reacting to the President’s move to defund public media.
Turbulence at the Airport
T.S.A. workers protect America’s transportation systems. Now their own protections are being stripped away.
What “America First” Could Cost Us
As the Trump Administration forces the U.S. to retreat from labor-protection programs abroad, American workers might end up suffering, too.
A Weird Tax Season at the I.R.S.
From the daily newsletter: Harvard versus the White House; and Trump eyes a minerals deal with the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The Plight of the Taxman
As I.R.S. employees toil through tax season, their agency is being dismantled by the government it powers.
“I Am Seeing My Community of Researchers Decimated”
Across the country, the Trump Administration’s assault on public institutions and its cuts to government funding are forcing scientists to abandon their work and the patients who benefit from it.
A Win for Democracy in South Korea
From the daily newsletter: the country’s President was effectively removed from office after a court upheld his impeachment.