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Eva Holland @evaholland.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Thank you to @genoways.bsky.social for the reminder (on another platform) that it's been 12 years today since we lost Matthew Power, a remarkable writer who mentored and encouraged so many of us in magazines/longform. I wish I was still reading his new work, but here is some of his best:

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Matthew Power · Longform

Articles written by Matthew Power on Longform.

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

This is an important story by @genoways.bsky.social -- Haitian workers vote 99% "YES" to strike at a meatpacking plant at the same time the end of TPS and their possible deportation hangs over their heads. Intersection of union power and the anti-immigrant crusade is laid bare right here.

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The Food & Environment Reporting Network @thefern.org · 06/02/2026

The largely immigrant workforce at JBS's flagship U.S. plant, in Greeley, Colorado, is refusing to back down after accusing the company of poor working conditions. Reporting by Ted Genoways for FERN and Mother Jones. Photography by Maryanne Andrei. thefern.org/2026/02/thes...

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Shawn "Smith" Peirce @silversmith1.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

In doing some research, I was reminded this weekend, that when some people say "No one saw these high prices coming" for things like beef, that those people were wrong. In fact, @genoways.bsky.social did. You were warned folks. www.nytimes.com/2024/09/02/o...

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Opinion | Trump Said Democrats Will Take Away Your Hamburgers. He’s the One Who Might. (Published 2024)

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Megan Savage @meganloverdesavage.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Thank you, Ted Genoways @genoways.bsky.social and all the Switchyard folks. Please read the whole incredible issue, including my story, at the link: www.switchyardmag.com/issue-5

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Blog 2 — Switchyard

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Ted Genoways @genoways.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

This makes me happy to no end—not least because I've had the pleasure of explaining to my mom how I'm known among Whitman scholars.

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W. Ralph Eubanks @wralpheubanks.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

On January 24, 2025, Switchyard gathered dozens of writers, radio producers, nonprofit leaders, educators, and thinkers at their headquarters in Tulsa to collectively imagine—and reckon with—what the next four years will be like. Proud to hve been a part of it. www.switchyardmag.com/issue-5/demo...

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Is This the End of Democracy? — Switchyard

By The Editors

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Blake @1kdne.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Hey @wwnorton.com Let's bring @genoways.bsky.social to Pittsburgh to promote the new Jose Cuervo book! White Whale Bookstore? @riverstonebooks.bsky.social? City Asylum? Penguin? Somebody step up!

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Eliza Barclay @elizabarclay.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Such an honor to chat with @genoways.bsky.social the other night about his seamless new biography of Jose Cuervo, who endured no small number of extraordinary political and economic trials to keep the family spirit flowing. Ted's writing is just gorgeous to boot: bookshop.org/p/books/tequ...

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Tequila Wars: José Cuervo and the Bloody Struggle for the Spirit of Mexico

José Cuervo and the Bloody Struggle for the Spirit of Mexico

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The Food & Environment Reporting Network @thefern.org · 14/05/2025

Kroger frequently overcharges customers by listing expired sales prices on the shelves but then ringing the products up at the regular prices at checkout.

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Petrarca @petrarca.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Looking forward to this, esp. after hearing the story of Jorge Salles starting El Tequileño after working for Jose Cuervo.

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Lou Agave of Long Island Lou Tequila- When Tony Salles Is in Your House, You Talk About El Tequileño

YouTube video by Long Island Lou Tequila

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Gina Kaufmann @ginak.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Tequila! Fun visit to the agave fields of Mexico with @tibizea.bsky.social and @genoways.bsky.social

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Ted Genoways @genoways.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

"Ted Genoways has dug deep... His densely packed biography of José Cuervo Labastida y Flores is a textured account that details Cuervo’s relationships with rival tequila producers, and his efforts to survive in a politically unstable era."

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Book Review: ‘Tequila Wars,’ by Ted Genoways

In a new history, Ted Genoways explores the dramatic life of an enigmatic figure who revolutionized his country’s spirits industry.

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switchyardtulsa.bsky.social @switchyardtulsa.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Tomorrow is Indie Bookstore Day! We’re giving a shoutout to our partners at Magic City Books—an indie that builds community, champions authors, and keeps great books in readers’ hands. Support them by pre-ordering Tequila Wars by @genoways.bsky.social now! magiccitybooks.square.site/product/tequ...

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Tequila Wars | Magic City Books

--Pre-Order--Publication Date: May 6, 2025Magic City Books will be hosting an event with Mr. Genoways on Monday, May 5. At the dawn of the twentieth century, José Cuervo inherited his family's hum...

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Jessica Goudeau @jessicagoudeau.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

LA!! Come see us!!

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switchyardtulsa.bsky.social @switchyardtulsa.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

You know the name José Cuervo—but do you know the story? In Tequila Wars, out May 6, Switchyard editor Ted Genoways tells the epic tale of how tequila became Mexico’s iconic spirit—built on resilience, revolution, and vision. Pre-order now: magiccitybooks.square.site/product/tequ...

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Tequila Wars | Magic City Books

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 02/04/2025

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com: President Trump’s Mexico agenda centers on what he calls border “chaos,” Ted Genoways writes in a guest essay. “How ironic, then, that his proposed solution of tariffs is bound to generate chaos at the border by creating powerful incentives for black market trade.”

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Opinion | Trump’s Tariffs Would Unleash Chaos at the Border

Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on Mexico undermines his stated intention to eliminate the “chaos” at America’s southern border.

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Joseph Luna @virologistjoe.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Solid analysis here but holy smoked agave the story of tequila makers forming Mexico’s first cartels responding to WWI import bans, the boon in smuggling during prohibition, violence in sleepy border towns…I’ll never see a margarita the same way again. Congrats on the book. Somebody option this asap

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Ted Genoways @genoways.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Some thoughts on Trump's tariffs and the history of how trying to limit the importation of tequila a century ago only led to violence—and increased popularity for tequila.

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Opinion | Trump’s Tariffs Would Unleash Chaos at the Border

Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on Mexico undermines his stated intention to eliminate the “chaos” at America’s southern border.

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Sarah Bowen @sarahkbowen.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Great article by my friend @genoways.bsky.social. What does the early 20th century history of tequila tell us about tariffs, illegal trade, the border, and Cuervo? I can’t wait for his book! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...

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Opinion | Trump’s Tariffs Would Unleash Chaos at the Border

Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on Mexico undermines his stated intention to eliminate the “chaos” at America’s southern border.

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Read everything by Ted. Especially now.

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The Food & Environment Reporting Network @thefern.org · 24/03/2025

In the latest REAP/SOW Video, FERN’s Editor-in-Chief Theodore Ross sits down FERN’s senior producer Ted Genoways to go behind-the-scenes of Genoways’ reporting on the controversy surrounding the world’s largest meatpacking company, JBS, and the hundreds of Haitian migrants that the company hired.

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Samantha Michaels @samanthamichaels.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

A harrowing story about Haitian immigrants in the US who produce meat for our grocery stores. After everything they've sacrificed, Trump wants to deport them. Important reporting by Ted Genoways @motherjones.com www.motherjones.com/food/2025/03...

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They fled Haiti and work America's most dangerous jobs. Trump plans to deport them.

After being recruited by the world's largest meatpacker, they faced grueling conditions on the line. Is the worst yet to come?

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